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cheshire
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| Dooku wrote: | | Supposing the 2 crew; 8 gunners scenario, what modifications would have been made to remove the need for 8 crew members? Or is crew for the Action VI Transport including gunners? |
Yeah, even if you had two gunners for three turbolasers, that's still two guys sitting around on a coffee break.
But, I noticed that the ship doesn't have a listing for passengers. It would make sense if it needed a crew of two, and then it could hold eight passengers. However, it's still a far cry from the six-person skeleton crew of the Corellian Action VI Transport. |
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The Crew for the stock Action VI can't include gunners since that model has no weapons.
As for reducing a ship's minimal crew, I guess you could do it by automating functions. You could install a droid brain to handle the more mundane tasks and share the load.
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Xynar
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Or just have dedicated droids for certain tasks. There doesn't need to be a droid brain.
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| Xynar wrote: | | Or just have dedicated droids for certain tasks. There doesn't need to be a droid brain. |
Yup. I have had one pc who did that with a galofree ship..
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Gry Sarth
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Well, if you're using actual droids, the correct way to note the ship's crew would be "Crew: 2, plus 8 droids". Because it must be noted that you NEED those 8 droids there in order to fly the ship, they are not integral to the vessel.
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Modifications would likely be different components for the engine core, as well as reliance on more droids.
Droids are a good way to explain things. |
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vong
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so, after thinking about it, and happening to re watch the matrix, i found a good example of co-pilot.
when Niobe is piloting back to Zion, she needs Morphious to set the engine vectors while she just uses the stick.
So the same principle can be with co-pilots in star wars. setting engine speed, adjusting manoeuvring thrusters, and so on.
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| vong wrote: | so, after thinking about it, and happening to re watch the matrix, i found a good example of co-pilot.
when Niobe is piloting back to Zion, she needs Morphious to set the engine vectors while she just uses the stick.
So the same principle can be with co-pilots in star wars. setting engine speed, adjusting manoeuvring thrusters, and so on. |
That was a good example of a copilot...
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| Gry Sarth wrote: | | Well, if you're using actual droids, the correct way to note the ship's crew would be "Crew: 2, plus 8 droids". Because it must be noted that you NEED those 8 droids there in order to fly the ship, they are not integral to the vessel. |
I don't remember the Katana Fleet ships stating droids in the crew statistic. But hey, typo's galore and differing stats all around I say! There can be many different reasons for differing crew sizes which includes automation but also improved control systems, larger console space, and increased efficiency in design (or re-design).
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And what do you call Droids performing tasks but Automation? 
But, ya, more efficient equipment, better computer controls, the Fusion Core doesn't need to be CONSTANTLY monitored to prevent it from building up too much pressure and exploding.
No, wait, that was the Steam-Powered Fusion Generator one of the PCs tried to create.
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cheshire
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| Ray wrote: | And what do you call Droids performing tasks but Automation?
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Artificial crew supplement. 
Take a look at Dark Force Rising, and they seem to think that there's a difference. Karde and Mara talk about it towards the beginning of the book when Karde tells Mara about the history of the Katana Fleet. |
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Xynar
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Slave rigging a ship is different than just putting droids into a person's position. There are also several different levels of rigging as well. So there are people, droids, and automation. These can be used together in multiple ways so I guess we'll need to figure out what type of ship it is, the level of technology, and who makes it. For example, a yacht will have improved control systems, more redundant systems, and some automation. And also, most Corellian designs will have room for droids and automation but not the actual gear for it as Corellian ships are know to be tweakable.
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