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Originally posted by tesco samoa:
Must be my imagination that has blinded me to that fact. I always assumed that the MC controlled ship would just be computers and components fully automated. I still do not see how a boarding party of space marines can just take over a ship. But thank you for letting me know. I have a few adjustments / upgrades to make to my ship classes.
Even more than that, if the ship is
designed from the beginning as a computer-controlled ship, who says it even has corridors or any other spaces for humans to enter? It seems to me that you'd pack the ship together as tighly as possible to make it efficient and deadly. Thus the space savings by dropping crew quarters and life support. No corridors, no air conduits, etc. This completely skips the issue of lack of life-support, of course. The marines would have to live in their space suits after taking a computer controlled ship.
I guess the marines live in their space suits for a while anyway if they take a ship with an alien race's life support (different atmosphere!). Ever wonder why life-support doesn't reflect atmosphere types? Shouldn't you have to refit a captured ship with life support for your atmosphere if it comes from a race that uses a different atmosphere?