Piloting skill allows a character to fly a spaceship. This skill represents a fundamental understanding of a ship's systems and capabilities. This is one of the hardest skill areas to learn, as it requires years of hands-on technical experience on-board a space ship. As a result, this is not a common skill, and experienced pilots are in high-demand. In the UPF Spacefleet, Piloting is one of the three primary skills learned (at level 2) by graduate officers. The qualifications needed to obtain a 1st level piloting skill are: Technician 6; Computer 2.