Pilot Training and Pay[]
- Training -- 4 years, 24 cantra + 2 years apprentice[1]
- For piloting games and exercised see Pilot Lore
- Pay -- 1st class, 8 cantra a year, 2nd class 5 cantra a year (estimate for a good pilot doing contract work)[1]
- Life-Sum: “The life-sum agreed upon by the Council of Clans for a first class pilot is three hundred cantra.”[2]
Portmaster[]
Pilots — all crew — must follow the rules of each port and submit to the authority of the Portmaster
Pilot Hand Talk[]
see Pilot Lore
Master Pilots[]
Incomplete list
- All Scouts are Master Pilots, including Clonak ter'Meulen, Binjali's Master Jon dea'Cort, Daav yos'Phelium, Val Con yos'Phelium, Win Ton yo'Vala, etc. See The Scouts list.
- All Yxtrang Explorers and Pathfinders are Master Pilots, including Nelirikk and Haz, Stost and Chernak
- Cheever McFarland -- as a Master Pilot, he signs the piloting license for Pat Rin yos'Phelium, along with Portmaster Liu[3]
- Shan yos'Galan -- achieved Master level when studying under a Scout that his father Er Thom hired, in exchange for free passage on Tradeship Dutiful Passage
- Priscilla earned it on the job as First Mate of Dutiful Passage. Achieved master level by the time she became Captain.
- Inas Bhar - Natesa the Assasin, a Juntavas Judge
- Er Thom yos'Galan
- ven'Ducci -- Master Pilot on the Dutiful Passage, teaching Er Thom (Pilot of Korval)
- Hopanik -- Master Pilot who tested Er Thom
- Robir -- Master Pilot who taught Er Thom and Daav
ALL SCOUTS ARE MASTER PILOTS. See The Scouts list.
Pilot Guild[]
The Pilot Guild operates in Terran and Liaden Space. They issue and update Pilot Guild Licences. Most reputable pilots are Guild members.
Quote form the By-laws of the Pilots Guild: "There shall be four levels of pilot acknowledged by the Guild. The base level, or Third Class, shall be qualified for work within system and orbit, operating ships not above Class B. Mid-level, or Second Class, shall be qualified to lift any ship to Class AA within system and orbit. A pilot holding a First Class license shall be competent in accomplishing the Jump into and out of hyperspace. Master Pilot is one able to perform all aspects of piloting with excellence. This grade may undertake to train and test any of the lower three levels. For the purposes of these by-laws, Scout-trained pilots shall be understood to hold a license equal to Master Pilot." [4]
Guild Masters[]
- Guild Master Bruce Peltzer
Pilot Guild Offices[]
While bigger ports and major Trade Centers qualify for permanent offices with several staff, smaller ports make do with Temp Offices, managed by Circuit Riders. Liaden Worlds are likely to have a guildhouse for Liaden pilots, and there may also be one for Terrans, as with Casiaport.
- Liad has a Pilot’s Guild in Solcintra and in suburban Chonselta
- Staederport Guild Temp Office - where Daav and Aelliana give Hevelin to Circuit Rider Bruce Peltzer[5]
- Casia — city, Casiaport, birthplace of Ren Zel dea'Judan, has two piloting guild offices — a Liaden Guild Hall and a separate Terran Guild Hall [6]
- Codrescu Station Guild Office - in orbit above Eylot - where Theo Waitley gets her Guild license and meets Hevelin the norbear for the first time. Later, Kara ven'Arith is certified in the same office[7]
- Avontai, one of the Liaden Worlds, has a pilots guild[8]
- Surebleak has recently added a small Pilot’s Guild Field Office at the Port[9]
- etc etc etc
Pilot’s Special[]
Restaurants and other businesses catering to the piloting lifestyle:
- Theo, on Volmer
The Guild cafe on Volmer, the loud pilot—Casey Vitale, that was her name—shouting to the whole room: Aelliana Caylon is back! They say she came busting in from Galaxy Nowhere with guns blazing and blew apart battleships with her little courier ship.[10]
- Pat Rin and Cheever, breakfasting at Panake House, Teriste Midport:
At the Panake House, Cheever’s jacket—or perhaps his face—won them entry into the roomy and more comfortable inner sanctum with a cheerful, “This way, pilots!” from the beaming host. The menus were on the table and coffee poured before Pat Rin could refuse. The offer to “stow those bags” was waved away, politely acknowledged.. . [11]
- On Surebleak, the Galaxy Ballroom nightclub caters to pilots and Scouts, offering Bowli Ball courts. [12] See Surebleak Directory
Pilot Guild Headquarters[]
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