Talk:Parsec Errata/@comment-1538006-20120523083748

Thank you guys for finding these. I'm curently reading an Isaac Asimov novel that has plenty of errors in it, which makes me feel slightly better.

The last vestiges of Investigation need to be scoured from the text, and should be replaced by Detection, Analysis or Social Networking depending on the character and how he or she is likely to go about discovering things.

Navigation is also a Skill that was supposed to have been cut - that is why it isn't in the list and lacks a skill description. In brief, it isn't a very interesting Skill, and cutting it made Science more valuable. Clearly we did that wrong. I can see where it is still in some character stat-blocks and also in the specialization list. Arg.

For the record, navigation is primarily covered by Science, but for the most part it is either automated or simple enough that it doesn't require a roll. Generally speaking, travel takes place "at the speed of plot". In the stat-blocks where it is listed as a Skill, we'll put in an appropriate replacement. One of the three specializations under Science should also probably be replaced by Navigation.

(In the event that a character is cut off from technological aids on Earth's surface, navigation is covered by Survival.)