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New Players => The Academy => Topic started by: se5a on December 10, 2012, 07:42:52 PM

Title: Conscript crew
Post by: se5a on December 10, 2012, 07:42:52 PM: what exactly does this checkbox do?
or rather, what does it mean to a ship design with this enabled?
Title: Re: Conscript crew
Post by: Erik L on December 10, 2012, 08:30:58 PM: Quote from: se5a on December 10, 2012, 07:42:52 PM
what exactly does this checkbox do?
or rather, what does it mean to a ship design with this enabled?

They won't consume trained naval personnel from the academies.
Title: Re: Conscript crew
Post by: sloanjh on December 10, 2012, 09:14:14 PM: Which means they'll be oh so alert and quick to respond to orders :)

John
Title: Re: Conscript crew
Post by: Gyrfalcon on December 11, 2012, 02:07:45 AM: It's good for freighters and other noncombatants that aren't required to be able to respond to orders quickly during battle to change heading or 'fire all missiles at that one over there!'.
Title: Re: Conscript crew
Post by: metalax on December 11, 2012, 07:24:17 AM: It can also be worthwhile to use it for some of your regular ships if you have a large number of officers with a good crew training bonus. By the time the ship finishes fleet training it's crew grade will normally have risen enough to take it out of causing a penalty.
Title: Re: Conscript crew
Post by: Saibot on July 07, 2013, 09:14:31 AM: Where do you see how many trained crew members you have available? Never mind, just checked the academies tab and saw it.