Roleplay ?

[Tenacity]

Not trying to argue the point, really, it just makes sense to me that these ships would not need, or be able to accommodate, crew populations numbering in the hundreds. What could you possibly need so many for?

Think of the primary roles you'd need to man a bare-minimums military gunboat:
-Navigator/pilot
-Anywhere from one to eight gunners - depending on if you think each turret is manned independently or not
-Comms operator
-Medical personnel - anywhere from two to four for a ship
-Captain and XO
-Chef - which probably isnt needed since food in freelancer comes in the form of personal synthe-paste meals.
-engineer and assistants, anywhere from two to four.

Add them up, you've still only got 20-25 personnel onboard the ship. All basic tasks are handled via technology/computers, you dont need people to shovel coal into the boilers anymore.

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