Check: Unless you have the
Starship Operation feat (page 14), you take a -4 penalty on Pilot checks made to pilot a starship. The pilot of a starship can make a Pilot
check to escape after being held or immobilized by another starship's grapplers or tractor beam; see
Grappling Systems for more information on grapplers and tractor beams.
Special: For modern-day (PL 5) spacecraft such as the space shuttle, the
Aircraft Operation (spacecraft) is sufficient to negate the -4 penalty on Pilot checks; however, this
feat cannot negate the penalty as it applies to PL 6 or higher spacecraft.