Pilot

Pilot

The Pilot profession allows players to access Space sectors and control starships. All player characters can become pilots by joining one of the nine squadrons available in the game.

The pilot profession is comprised of three Galactic Civil War faction declarations, each allowing access to several factional Ships. Player characters declared under the Galactic Empire or Rebel Alliance can become pilots for their respective faction. Neutral player characters with no faction declaration can only become freelance pilots.

Quality of Life: Faction-Free Ship Access

As part of a quality of life enhancement, factional restrictions on ships have been completely removed. Once a pilot reaches Ace Pilot status, they can fly any ship type in the game — regardless of which faction it was originally tied to.

This means an Imperial pilot can fly Rebel-aligned ships, a Rebel pilot can fly Imperial ships, and freelance pilots are no longer limited to a narrow faction-neutral ship pool. Your faction declaration still determines your squadron and GCW standing, but it no longer limits which ships you're able to pilot once you've earned Ace status.