Re: Starship Automation
That would be the Royal Manticoran Navy (of the former Star Kingdom of Manticore, which has since
become the Star Empire of Manticore) of the Honor Harrington series of novels by David Weber.
While it does make sense from a certain standpoint to have fewer people aboard a warship (less crew
to be lost to weapons fire or explosive decompression), there is a definite downside to it; as several
of the main characters in the novels have observed (since the higher levels of automation have been
adopted), the lower numbers of personnel mean that they lack sufficient people to put prize crews
aboard ships that have been captured following a battle. Marine detachments have likewise been
reduced as well.
Major Tom 2009