Learning How to Fly

[0111narwhalz (OP)]

Is there some tech to increase the efficacy of Engineering Sections? For instance, a larger model of the section? I don't like adding several hundred of them to get my ships below 300% AFR. Or is AFR less important than I think? Do I just need to carry sufficient maintenance supplies?

Also, how do I make morale on my fighters not go down? Is this what Flight Crew Berths are for on my carrier?

[83athom]

Is there some tech to increase the efficacy of Engineering Sections? For instance, a larger model of the section? I don't like adding several hundred of them to get my ships below 300% AFR. Or is AFR less important than I think? Do I just need to carry sufficient maintenance supplies?

No there are not larger/advanced versions. Engineering space is actually very important in a ship that flies through space for long periods of time, even today's navy ships are mostly 'empty' space for crew to work on the ship (and has been for a looooooooong time). And AFR is less important than you think. What you want to look at is maintenance life.

Also, how do I make morale on my fighters not go down? Is this what Flight Crew Berths are for on my carrier?

Yes.

[Iranon]

Every time a lightbulb burns out, it's a failure. Lightbulb will be replaced from MSP and life goes on.
On a big ships, there are simply more lightbulbs to burn out so AFR goes up, but there's a correspondingly larger storage.

[0111narwhalz (OP)]

So, I'm now facing enemies with ECM. They purport to possess an ECM level of 30. I have ECCM which yields an "ECM Offset" of 30. Does this completely nullify their ECM, or should I go for the ECM Offset of 40?

[Steve Walmsley]

So, I'm now facing enemies with ECM. They purport to possess an ECM level of 30. I have ECCM which yields an "ECM Offset" of 30. Does this completely nullify their ECM, or should I go for the ECM Offset of 40?

The ECCM 30 will completely offset ECM 30.

[0111narwhalz (OP)]

So, I found a connecting path between a safe system and a system with enemies. My automated jumpgate builder crafts keep wanting to build a jumpgate there, but I don't want that. So, can I ban this system from automated travel?