Operator Repair Special ability

[Dustin Fireblade]

Also, you could justify it as the 1200 might be for characters with the OCC -- in other words Operators charge that much because they can work fast and cheap, in contrast to another OCC who just has the skills.

YMMV.

That's my take on it pretty much - The individual operator charges that much doing it as a solo job. The costs in SB1 are for a garage.

[Nikoli]

My feelings are that the garage probably has a large amount of parts and a good bead on getting more. The lone operator has to scrounge, beg, borrow, steal their parts. That's costs them cash. Also, their servies are highly specialized and mobile. I'd say that the ability as written is what it costs the player to perform the ability, what they charge the poor sod who needs it done is another story altogether.