Another take on starship crews, but from the Traveller side
Traveller manpower requirements are based on the ships displacement tonnage, and installed tonnage of various equipment, so a conversion from DT to HERO terms is needed.
that I posted a while back and can post again if needed.
These figures are for military ships of 1,000 displacement
tons or more
Sections:
Command, Engineering, Gunnery, Flight, Ships Troops, Deck
Each section will have a an officer in charge and a senior nco
Command: Average of 10
Engineering: 1 per 100 tons of installed drives and powerplant
Gunnery: 1 per turret Battery, 2 per weapons bay, 1 per 100 tons of main weapon battery[Spinal]
Flight: flight crew as needed +1 1 crew chief/mechanic per 3 craft carried. 10 per launch tube if launch tubes are equipped.
Ships Troops[If Carried] Varies considerably by type of ship. but the formula I've always used was on the order of
Escorts: 1 squad
Destroyers: 1 Platoon
Cruisers: 1 Company
Capitol Ships: 1 Battalion
Service and Support: 3 per 1,000 displacement tons, unless carrying troops than 2 per 1,000 tons
as far as figuring the exact engineering and main gun crews, go by 1/50 AP or something similar.
these figures also assume standard automation/computer support. higher degrees of automation will cut the crew size by 10% for enhanced, and 20% for Advanced. this concept comes from Traveller 4th Edition however
Captain of the Free Trader Beowulf
This is Free Trader Beowulf,
Calling Anyone...
Mayday, Mayday we are under attack...
main drive is gone...
turret number one not responding...
Mayday... losing cabin pressure fast...
calling anyone.. please help..
This is Free Trader Beowulf..
Mayday...
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