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[Matariki Rain]

Is the crew of one the capsuleer alone? If yes, then that'd be exactly the same as the old blueprints [...]

No: the capsuleer shuttle has a crew of zero. An unfitted capsuleer frigate apparently now requires a crew of 1-3 to undock, and if it's fully crewed and carrying passengers a frigate could have 10-40 souls aboard (in addition to its probably-soulless pilot).

[Ulphus]

Hey! Who are you calling a soulless pilot?

[Seriphyn]

Hm, interesting how it doesn't really infer automation and ships crewed by drones isn't also "advanced technology"...just says "Caldari ships have advanced technology" without specifying what exactly.

[Casiella]

So I think Seri is spot-on with pointing to CCP Zero's comment. If you think (as I do) that your Slasher doesn't need that one crew member, it doesn't. In my case, my Slasher is just a courier, basically a shuttle with a bigger cargo bay. This is fine with me.

Also, frigates having the ability to carry lots of passengers isn't new in the least...

[Z.Sinraali]

Seri, you can do it as soon as you can buy them in-game.

I'll sell you some at fair market rates.

(Fair rates determined by average market value in seller's choice of region. Delivery not included.)

Addendum: In fact, you know what, I think I'll start carrying some of those in all my ships.

[Borza]

I would expect logistics ships to have fewer crew than other T2 cruiser hulls - remote reps rather than ammo-chewing guns which need to be targeted at foes.

[lallara zhuul]

Wouldn't it mean that Amarrians would have least amount of crew on their gunships, because they do not really have any hassle with the ammo...

[BloodBird]

Wouldn't it mean that Amarrians would have least amount of crew on their gunships, because they do not really have any hassle with the ammo...

Technicly, yes. also remember that while the act of reloading is likely fully automated (realoading hybrid guns, projectile guns and launchers in 10 seconds and lasers in 1? No crew does that by hand.) someone has to ensure that ammo is loaded in-out and thus stored properly in between re-loads. In Amarrian ships it may be as simple as having a moving slider with the crystals fixed along them, simply stopping the gun's energy flow for a second, while adjusting it to swap the multi aside for the radio or whatever, then resume fiering. At least on other ships you have to empty the magazine and load more/a new sort of ammo.

It's nearly a given that Amarrian ships need considerably less crew per gun. Ofc, Khanid ships would be an exception with their launchers etc.