Quoting the rulebook:

DEAD TO RIGHTS: The character may spend one Destiny Point to add additional damage equal to half his Agility rating (rounded up) to one hit of a successful attack made by ship or vehicle-mounted weaponry.

Does that imply that you actually have to fire the weapon? Or could, e.g., the pilot of a YT-1300 flies the ship in a way so that the gunners can take advantage of the situation?

1. Dead to Rights performed by the Pilot can be used by the ship's gunner(s) to add damage equal to half the pilot's agility

2. Dead to Rights can only be used if the pilot of the ship is also the gunner (e.g., single seater)

I would assume (2), but the pilot in my group begs to differ.

I’d say two (though no reason you can’t operate the guns as pilot in a multi seater if they aren’t manned turrets). Reason being that it is an incidental, not an out of turn incidental, and the pilot is the only person attacking on their own turn.

I came here to say I let it be option 1 in my game, so my pilot didn’t need to hold off on buying a good talent just b/c the 1300 has no pilot guns.

That being said (and I didn’t catch it at the time), i completely agree w/ Darzil re: not an out of turn incidental. I think that makes it pretty clear it’s only on the pilot’s turn.

However, slap a “Once per round” on it and I think it’s fine to use as option 1. (Though that may actually nerf it if your pilot plans on taking Master Pilot and attacking twice.)

Thank you guys!