Crash Course

[Frewfrux]

When choosing a skill, does it have to be a skill already on the target (which would raise it from trained to expert) or can it be any skill at all, even if the doesn't already have it (raising it from untrained to trained)?

[Horizon Jeff]

Any skill. At first glance, this just makes Crash Course better than a card like Consultant Call. However, note a few subtle differences.

First, Crash Course requires a to stick the skill on.

Second, you can't give a a skill it already has (though you can improve it to expert). This is relevant because there may be instances where you'd like two tokens of the same skill, so going from trained to expert won't really help.

Third, Crash Course only provides the skill for the phase, rather than the round. So if you want a token, you have to play it during the Resource Phase. However, there are other uses if you play it in other phases. For instance, it can also allow you to play heroics for skills your crew natively lacks if you use it during the Action Phase

[Frewfrux]

Third, Crash Course only provides the skill for the phase, rather than the round.

I was just assuming you added the token when you played the card. That's very interesting.

[Frewfrux]

Just for extra clarification:

you can't give a a skill it already has (though you can improve it to expert)

So, for Fatimah Noori, her ability to "gain" is really an ability to improve her existing to , right? You don't end up with both and .

[Horizon Jeff]

Just for extra clarification:

you can't give a a skill it already has (though you can improve it to expert)

So, for Fatimah Noori, her ability to "gain" is really an ability to improve her existing to , right? You don't end up with both and .

Correct. For whatever reason that didn't end up in the rulebook, it'll be added to the errata.