I am too much of a newbie to know if this is a bug or just a part of a feature I am unfamiliar with. I designed a ship that has no "Design Errors" listed, but which has -1 spare berths. To me that implies a shortage of life support, which will decrease morale over time. (based on
http://aurorawiki.pentarch.org/index.php?title=Class_Design#Crew_accommodations )
M Class class Frigate (P) 5 000 tons 189 Crew 843.5 BP TCS 100 TH 228 EM 30
2280 km/s Armor 4-26 Shields 1-300 Sensors 6/6/0/0 Damage Control Rating 24 PPV 11.86
Maint Life 4.65 Years MSP 423 AFR 49% IFR 0.6% 1YR 32 5YR 479 Max Repair 160 MSP
Intended Deployment Time: 4 months Spare Berths -1
Hanson Dynamics 228 EP Ion Drive (1) Power 228 Fuel Use 49.26% Signature 228 Exp 9%
Fuel Capacity 300 000 Liters Range 21.9 billion km (111 days at full power)
Bradley-Hill Alpha R300/168 Shields (1) Total Fuel Cost 7 Liters per hour (168 per day)
Single 12k/1 Turret - Bradley-Hill 12cm C4 Near Ultraviolet Laser (2) Range 120 000km TS: 12000 km/s Power 4-4 RM 3 ROF 5 4 4 4 3 2 2 2 2 1 1
Bradley-Hill Fire Control S08 64-12000 (2) Max Range: 128 000 km TS: 12000 km/s 92 84 77 69 61 53 45 38 30 22
Bradley-Hill 4.2MW Stellarator Fusion Reactor Technology (2) Total Power Output 8.4 Armor 1 Exp 5%
Bradley-Hill Active Search Sensor MR96-R100 (1) GPS 16000 Range 96m km Resolution 100
Bradley-Hill Active Search Sensor MR3-R1 (1) GPS 64 Range 3.84m km MCR 418.2k km Resolution 1
Robinson-West Thermal Sensor TH1-6 (1) Sensitivity 6 Detect Sig Strength 1000: 6m km
Robinson-West EM Detection Sensor EM1-6 (1) Sensitivity 6 Detect Sig Strength 1000: 6m km
This design is classed as a Military Vessel for maintenance purposes
I suspect some sort of floating point comparison issue is at play because "Accom HS Req" is 6.0004 and my actual HS provided is 6 exactly, or possibly some logic that is tripped up by technically needing less than a fighter accomodation.
I have "fixed" the issue in this case by trying to add a "Crew Quarters - Fighter" with "Keep Excess Q" checked. It instead added a "Crew Quarters - Tiny" and did not increase the mass of the ship but changes spare berths to 3.
So, is this some really complicated feature I do not understand, or a bug? And, would a very small negative in that field affect crew morale?