I'm thinking again about the oddities thrown up by crew rating. The impression I get from RAW is crew rating is supposed to be the number used for all crew rolls. But with even a competent crew, that's a 30. That's for the helmsman, the head astropath, the navigator prime. It seems odd, especially since there is so much gear that can boost rolls (e.g. MIU).
So I'm toying with the idea of letting certain select NPCs have a bonus to their rolls above the crew rating. Particularly the navigator.
Current notion is a +20 above crew rating to the navigator, pilot, and enginseer prime.
And/or allowing a fixed number of rerolls between all of the crew per warp trip/combat/other encounter.
Any thoughts?