On 21Jul2019 1320, Thomas RUX wrote:
> Howdy Bruce,
>
>> On July 20, 2019 at 4:04 PM Bruce Johnson
>> <xxxxxx@Pharmacy.Arizona.EDU> wrote: The problem is that all of
>> the Traveller design sequences are woefully deficient regarding
>> the state of automation even for the time they were published.
>
> MT does, in my opinion, deal with automation by using a computer. The
> higher the CP Multiplier the fewer control panels needed which
> reduces the crew requirements. TNE FF&S Step 9 p. 13 uses a similar
> format as MT, though I did not find any mention of automation. T4
> FF&S p. 71 Controls discusses automation.

One thing to remember is that a 'small' ship of say 400 DTons will mass
2,000-4,000 tons, and in CT have a crew of 5-6 (a Type M merchant) to 18
(a Type T patrol cruiser), while in TNE they had crews of 9 and 19
respectively. That implies a fair bit of automation - the warships have
crews about 1/10th as large as those of 2-4kTon frigates today, and
about the same per ton mass as USS Zumwalt does.

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Rupert Boleyn <xxxxxx@gmail.com>
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