DivineWrath said:
The software I used with automated ships are the following:
I think you need more skills, but they are dirt cheap, so it does not matter much. E.g. Admin, Advocate, Broker, Diplomat, Electronics(all specs), Investigate, Languages, Navigation, Profession(Hydroponics), and perhaps Tactics...
DivineWrath said:
The external cargo ship that I was working on had a computer with a rating of 20, 15 of which was for the jump software with the other 5 was for automation. I had no bandwidth problems any time other than jumping.
You have no control&command software. I would not allow that.
Intellect allows the use of expert systems to perform tasks, it does not allow completely independent action. I would call it roughly equivalent with robotic Basic programming. E.g. an autopilot can drive you from point A to point B, but it cannot decide to go to point B, someone has to tell it that we need to go to point B. In the same manner an autodoc can treat a patient, but it cannot run a hospital. Robots that are truly independent and flexible needs Very Advanced programming, TL ~14, and cost several MCr.
Technically, it's the Virtual Crew software that allows a craft to operate independently and without a bridge. I would require Virtual Crew to run at all times. When we want to jump I would require the Astrogation & Engineering Expert systems to run concurrently too. And the jump software, of course.
So, for a J-3 I would require Jump Control-3 [15 BW], Virtual Crew-0 [5 BW], Intellect+Expert(Astrogation) [~3 BW], and Intellect+Expert(Engineer) [~3 BW] at the very least, for a total bandwidth requirement of 15 + 5 + 3 + 3 ≈ 26.
But all of this is of course only my interpretation and prejudice.
DivineWrath said:
By the way, no price has been given to Intellect 3. Any reason why?
CSC sets it at kCr 200, so it's probably an oversight.