1) What's the skill to raid a beast? i would go for Pilot (planetary) 'cause they are some sort of primordial vehicle, but dunno if that's a good choice

also, there is special rules for riding a beast?

also, where can i found a list of rideable beasts?

2) a vehicle can do one maneuver and one action. If small, can do a second maneuver either by spending strain from pilot, or thanks to co-pilot. But what if has different weapon system?

and what if there are other crew members, like gunners (each one can activate a single weapon system) or navigator or other ones?

on AoR page 243-244 states 2 different scenario: "single pilot small craft" and "sil 5+ capital ship". But what about sil 3-4 freighter, or a 4-crew members AT-AT?

3) on AoR page 248 list other actions a passenger/crew members can do. So i assume

a) everyone does standard initiative

b) pilot spend maneuver and action for the ship. If there are a copilot, he can spend his maneuver to do a second maneuver

c) everyone else on board can do other actions

in this way a small freighter with pilot, cco-pilot, 2 passenger can do

-> up to 2 maneuvers and up to 2 "pilot only" actions (one the pilot, one the co-pilot)

-> up to 4 not "pilot only" action (one for each passenger and one for the crew, assuming they don't do other maneuver or pilot only maneuver)

so can accelerate, move, fire 2 weapons system, gain advantage and boost shield

is that correct?

1. Survival, the Ace supplement Stay on Target has a great couple of pages on beast riding.

2. The ship limits are on Pilot Only actions and Maneuvers. Every gun can fire (slow firing permitting) so long as there are enough people on board to take the required actions. Generally the intellectual characters will be fixing system strain, pilot and co-pilot flying, a gunner or 2, and possibly a social character doing things like inspiring rhetoric.

3. Your correct that everyone on the ship can still do 2 maneuvers and an action. But only a single Pilot Only action can be made by the ship each round. Sil 4 and under can perform 2 pilot only maneuvers. Sil 5 or bigger can only ever perform 1 pilot only maneuver