Small capital ships and crew

[Hastings]

Just to put my half a cent in, I have always imagined the RM gunboat being crewed by 12-15 people.

1 Kaptain
3 bridge crew (comms, gunnery, scanners)
1 engineering officer
2 mechanics
4-7 gunnery crew (depending if you want to imagine a person for each gun or having a few of them slaved together)
1 doctor/cook

See I envision most military vessels having marines aboard - boarding actions can be considerably more effective than outright destroying a ship.

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