Why don't we see more Robot Crewmen in this version of Traveller?
In the Main Rule Book There are Robots listed, Repair Robots, Servitor Robots, etc. Couldn't you just take those, add in some Expert programs and use them as Crewmen to fill up the crew requirements on a ship?
Using the Robots book, it is very easy to design a Robotic Crewman.
So, if you add Robot Crewmen to the original cost of the ship and add that in to the 40 year Mortgage an extra couple of 100K credits on top of the several MCr's of a ship isn't all that much, why don't we see more Robot Crewmen?
And I don't mean as replacements for PCs but as additions. So instead of a group of 4 to 6 PCs running a 200 Ton Free Trader, why not the same group being the Chief Pilot/Captain, Chief Engineer, Chief Steward, Chief Gunner, etc, in charge of a Robot Crew of a 600 to 1200 ton Trader ship to start off with?
It seems to me that most Deckplans/Ship Designs are setup for only Biological Crewmen when you could have a Trader ship with a much lower life support, making room for more passengers with a Robot Crew.
Thoughts on the subject?
In the Main Rule Book There are Robots listed, Repair Robots, Servitor Robots, etc. Couldn't you just take those, add in some Expert programs and use them as Crewmen to fill up the crew requirements on a ship?
Using the Robots book, it is very easy to design a Robotic Crewman.
So, if you add Robot Crewmen to the original cost of the ship and add that in to the 40 year Mortgage an extra couple of 100K credits on top of the several MCr's of a ship isn't all that much, why don't we see more Robot Crewmen?
And I don't mean as replacements for PCs but as additions. So instead of a group of 4 to 6 PCs running a 200 Ton Free Trader, why not the same group being the Chief Pilot/Captain, Chief Engineer, Chief Steward, Chief Gunner, etc, in charge of a Robot Crew of a 600 to 1200 ton Trader ship to start off with?
It seems to me that most Deckplans/Ship Designs are setup for only Biological Crewmen when you could have a Trader ship with a much lower life support, making room for more passengers with a Robot Crew.
Thoughts on the subject?