Game in the Brain

Calculating Sections is hard and messy. I noticed I have to keep adjusting, also I have some contrary opinions regarding how man power should be distributed in a Highly Automated age like TL10.

Section Strength
< 50 -7 to -10
51-60% -5
61-70% -3
71-80% -2
81-90% -1 on general tasks.
91-110% Normal.
111-125% +1 to ship saves: like damage control, ready and alert conditions. By this level, there is time to train and even have special meetings and assessment of crews condition.
126-150% +2 to ship saves. Note that at this level, you have battle damage redundancy.

Calculating Sections. You can be off by 1 person more or less. 1 more is great for the redundancy and shifts, 1 less is great for the overhead. 

Sections are the Following: 

Edit Feb 13 2012.
Command – They Operate the Ship. This is the captain, comm, sensor, piloting, tactical (gunnery is automated and incorporated into tactical). Regardless of TL 1 captain, and officers ranks are 1 : 5 (1 officer to 5 petty officers, ). Military Vessels as a rule work with greater than 150-200% strength in command.

• In TL10, 3 at 100 to 1,000dtons, and +1 every 5,000dtons. For spreadsheet command = 3 + (ship dtons)/5000. 
• In TL9, 3 at 100dtons and +1 at every 400dtons. For spreadsheet command = 3 + (ship dtons)/400.
• Rank and Crewmen Calculation: always One Captain; Officers = (Command-1)/5; The remaining are petty officers.  

Engineering – They deal with continuous maintenance of everything in the ship, they also do trouble shooting, repairs, upgrades, migration etc… They deal with the power plants, the M-drive, the J-drive, the life support, the cargo, the hull, the armaments, and even the Small Craft within the ship. Regardless of TL one Chief Engineer, a additional officer level engineers is every at 50 engineering. 1 Petty Officer Engineering for every 10 Engineering crewmen. Military Vessels as a rule work with greater than 150-200% strength in command.

• On TL10 3 at 100-400dtons and +1 every 500dtons. 1 medium robot (use android UT41) and 3 small robot every 500dtons. for Spreadsheet = 3 + [(shipdtons)/500]; 1 medium robot = 500dtons; small robots = medium robot x 3.
• On TL9 5 personnel every 200dtons of ship. Along with the crew 2 medium and 5 small robots every 200dtons of ship. for Spreadsheet = 5 x [(shipdtons)/200]; medium robot = (ship dtons)100; small robots = medium robot x 2.5  
• Rank and Crewmen Calculation: always One Chief Engineer; Petty Officers = (Engineering-1)/10; The remaining are crewmen.  

Support – They support Command, Engineering and Passengers. Typically they are medical professionals, like Nurses/Medics. They also perform general servicing tasks. A petty officer is a registered and certified nurse/medic, an officer is a doctor and a unranked person is a general services and maintenance person. Doctors are needed every 100 core personnel and passengers.

• 1 : 20 Command, Engineering, and Passengers. 
• Half as many Robots (use android UT41) as support personnel.
• Spread sheet calculations: Support = (Engineering + Command + Passengers)/20; Support Robots = 1+(Support/2); 

Passengers 
Everyone not part of Command, Engineering, and Support are not core personnel. Even the owners of the ship, and any back-office personnel who work on keeping the ship solvent are still not part of the Core Crew.
Security Personnel. A ship may need a security officer. you may want to have 24/7 security on ship, especially if you have to deal with a 3rd party within the ship like passengers. If you want 24/7 security, get at least 5 security personnel.
Back-Office Staff. This is the owners, or the representative of the owners or financiers. Depending on the job, he may have a staff. Note that a staff will be very helpful on the ground when generating leads (ISW180, Finding Goods for Sale).
Paying Passengers. self explanatory.

Robots. UT41