I have found that my crew's boredom has lent certain members of the engineering staff alot of 'creativity' when it comes to devising ways to entertain themselves, and making a fortune on the side too boot.
The situation first came to my attention when a BHG destroyer exploded as we passed it.
A junior engineer had the brainwave of hooking up a simulation booth to the ships flak cannons, by-passing fire-control and several safety systems.
So anyone using the booth was not shooting computer generated targets but real ships.
Which, admittedly, is not that much of a problem when your flying through nomad infested space, unless you come across 'friendly' ships, I'm just grateful he hadn't done done that until after we left NY.
I thought that the best way to deal with the junior engineer was to promote him, hoping that some responsibly would mature him...
Though after having to vent main engineering to space, due to a still (distilling something that probably shouldn't even be used by a human, let alone drunk) going critical, and being unable to use the cruise engines for a week I think I might have made a mistake.
So this a warning, DO NOT LET YOUR CREW BECOME BORED!
The repercussions result in alot of paperwork, compensation claims and a massive headache.
