Ship crew loadouts

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I do agree with you on the fact that gunboats look much bigger in FL then you'd expect.... but I don't think that's a reason to go with a crew of 50 or more... I still see them as being a mix between a real world gunboat and a frigate so not 10 people like a current real world gunboat but not 50 like a real world corvette, so I'd say more like 25 to 35 (similar to some of the larger transports) but I do think we can go much higher with the destroyers.. simply because FL does miss out the Frigate and Corvette classes. But maybe your numbers are a little too high. I'd would personally say Destroyers and Cruisers are more like 150 to 400 (depending on the actual model, some houses may go with larger crews for example RH and Bertonia) with Battlecruisers and "assault frigates" (I don't understand where this class of ship fits... it's new since I've come back) ranging in the 350 to 750 ballpark and Battleships/Carries can be over 1000

Well, the gunboats would probably be lower, and battleships would probably have about 750-1000.

With the cruisers and things, though, here is my reasoning. After looking at some ships, the U.S.S. California has a crew of ~580, with a length of ~600' (181.1m).

So, this would probably make it possible for cruisers to have a smaller crew, and battleships with a more varied size. For example, large battleships like battlestars, and the RH and KU battleships would be at 1000 crew. Medium sized ones like the Bretonian would be 650-750, and smaller ones like the Osiris and LI dread. would be 500-650.

As for cruisers, I'll drop it to 400-650 since there are some interesting models out on our seas that can fit in there. For example, at 600 feet, the U.S.S. Iwo Jima (present day) has a crew of ~600, in addition to a large amphibious detachment with storage and medical facilities for 600. Aircraft carriers are generally in the thousands for length. However, this ship is considered a "light" aircraft carrier, so I'm not sure where it would fit in. It would probably fit in around the larger frigates or something like that.

After looking at these things, ships seem to have larger crews than you would initially expect, but I'm not sure how all this compares to Freelancer. It may just not work to switch them around.

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