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[Victoria Valadeus]

Minimum Crew is the bare minimum number of personnel required to operate the vessel with only basic functions (i.e., assuming no modules fitted).

Amarr: Mid-range
Caldari: Mid- to upper-range
Gallente: Lower-range
Minmatar: Upper-range

Needed to get that out of my system.

[Kybernetes Moros]

Yeah. For people who've RPed players who have been happy to lose frigates because of the lack of deaths, though, from years before this information was released, it doesn't seem like much of a stretch to assume that those 1-3 people can be covered with drones or whatever. The higher complexity of, say, a cruiser forbids it, but when it's the choice between a slight handwave and a good many older RPers retconning much of their characters?

[Casiella]

I can hand wave 1 person pretty easily with no heartache.

[Mizhara]

At least there won't be anyone who can say 'Frigates don't have crew and urdoinitrong if your frigates have'em.' anymore.

[Morwen Lagann]

... Yeah. Frigates have a small enough crew complement that I'd think it would be acceptably handwaveable for a well-trained capsuleer (like, specced into frigs and/or high-SP, for example) could handle smaller frigates without crew.

[Ulphus]

I think it depends on the frigate. I've previously played that something like the rifter has no non-pod-pilot crew, and something like the cheetah (or other electronics platform or scanning ship) has half a dozen electronics specialists etc.

This isn't really a change for me.

[Katrina Oniseki]

I think it depends on the frigate. I've previously played that something like the rifter has no non-pod-pilot crew, and something like the cheetah (or other electronics platform or scanning ship) has half a dozen electronics specialists etc.

This isn't really a change for me.

This. It was explicit said long before Tony-G came along that the Rifter has no crew besides the Capsuleer. It was in the original artwork. If anyone is reconning previous established lore, it's Tony Gonzales... not us.

[Z.Sinraali]

Frigates are crew in the grand galactic spaceracer!

[Casiella]

See, it's just CCP catalyzing conflict...

[Graelyn]

This topic is silly.

Really.

[Kazzzi]

The survivor rate is kinda cool. Haven't seen that before.

[lallara zhuul]

I love when PF rears its ugleh head and people hand wave it away.

[orange]

 I see nothing that says the Capsuleer is not including in the crew listed.  This makes it very possible that the crew of 1 is the capsuleer.

[DrakeFoxes]

I see nothing that says the Capsuleer is not including in the crew listed.  This makes it very possible that the crew of 1 is the capsuleer.

Actually if you take a look at the Shuttle row you'll see the "with capsuleer" section has a zero in it, making it clear that the capsuleer is not included in the crew section.

Hoo hoo.

[hellgremlin]

Very neat, I like these numbers. Also makes it clear that stuff like modules, i.e. a gun battery, require dedicated gunnery crews, etc.