Direct Assistance

Direct Assistance is an Advanced Function for crew members. To learn about other functions go the Space Ship Functions section of the Space Ships page.

Description

The Captain takes a more direct administrative approach to leadership. The Captain chooses another Bridge Crew Officer to directly assist. This means the Captain's focus is on that person and they lose their Change Position ability and cannot do any other action. If they choose to switch back they must sacrifice a round making a Move action getting back to the Captain's chair and taking a general leadership position again. This also negates Commanding Presence. However, these drawbacks come with extra bonuses. The Captain rolls for Give Command to the target of the Direct Assistance every turn with an extra Advantage. Even if the Captain fails (unless natural 1) the person receiving the Direct Assistance gets to roll an extra advantage while doing there action as well as any bonus provided by Give Command. If a person is receiving Direct Assistance then they cannot be helped by anybody else.