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Updated for version 5.10, TODO: Add information on seminars, finish terraforming section |
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Overview
- The Captain (relief pilot when you're not personally commanding)
- Service Crew
- Marines
Stations only need the require a Manager crew type and optionally additional workforce (see Station Building And Management).
Each ship has a limited capacity to accommodate crew members. On a ship, the captain is by far the most important crew member. His abilities affect : their ability affects the quality of the ship actions the most. A good Captain masters is capable of more maneuvers, fights and trades better, and unlocks new standard behaviors for your their ship. The crew is Service Crew are no less important for a good ship. They also : they improve the ship's capabilities: controlling, aiming, trading... and repairing! Everything gets better with a good crewskilled Crew! The overall quality of the ship's crew is improved with the number of crew members and experience level of each crew member.
Anyone can be a captain fill the role of a Captain (if you only believe in yourself). Anyone you gainemploy, whether it's through the shipyard, through buying via the ship upgrade interface or through direct recruitment on a station, can be deployed in all positions any position (captain, service crew, marines, managers). This means, for example, you can use a marine as a service crew or an engineer as a captain or manager, whether temporary or eventually permanent.
Skills
- Piloting
- Morale
- Management
- Engineering
- Boarding
How well an NPC strikes at work does their task(s) depends on those abilities. While the captainCaptain's ability to pilot is most very important, the navy benefits Marines benefit most from the ability to board.
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Manager |
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Service Crew |
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Marine |
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Training the crew or
theMarines
Learning by Doing
Digital seminars
Terraforming
(main page Terraforming)
Crew can have their levels increased either en masse (for low crew levels) or individually (for high crew levels) provided certain terraforming projects are completed.