A maybe silly STM question
 

In the STM mod the captains have a negative maintenance cost modifier, does this mean that adding a captain adds maintenance cost ? (it's a bit confusing)

Re: A maybe silly STM question
 

No. Negative reduces maintenance. See bases in the stock game, which have an ability value of -50.

Re: A maybe silly STM question
 

well it states a negative value in the component view, and in general most other info view gives a positive value, so I dont know :/ I'll have to test it I suppose.

Re: A maybe silly STM question
 

Check the ability value in the data files. If that is negative, I guarantee that it lowers maintenance. If it is positive, it raises maintenance (adding that ability to any other maintetance reduction abilities on the ship, including the hull itself).

Re: A maybe silly STM question
 

The positive values are for things like Offensive Bonus and Defensive bonus. In this case you want Positive numbers as they boost the components ability in those areas.

Things like reducing maintenance are as Fyron has stated.