Phantom887
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I've been trying to create realistic-ish science fiction ships for a series of short stories I'm writing. I want them to be set in a consistent universe so I can minimize inconsistencies having to do with background information (such as the technology) interacting the the foreground story. One thing I just have no idea about, though, is the number of people it would take to run a large war cruiser. These are the city-in-space type of ships. The centers of command that only get called into action for the truly major confrontations.
This is their dimensions:
shape: cylinder
length - 1.7km (like I said, city in space)
diameter - 550m
external weaponry - thousands of small automatic turrets, hundreds of manual turrets, and several main batteries. (I have an actual design, but I wont get into it.)
fighter ships housed - in excess of 300, exact number undecided.
power - 6 fusion reactors
Can anyone take a guess at about how many crew members something like this might take to run? Assume artificial intelligence doesn't exist and computers are only moderately more advanced than they are now. (Don't worry, I'm not ignoring that factor. Those will come in later models.)
The only reason I ask is because I've heard modern aircraft carriers need about 3200 people, where as my estimates for a ship like this came out to less than 1500.
This is their dimensions:
shape: cylinder
length - 1.7km (like I said, city in space)
diameter - 550m
external weaponry - thousands of small automatic turrets, hundreds of manual turrets, and several main batteries. (I have an actual design, but I wont get into it.)
fighter ships housed - in excess of 300, exact number undecided.
power - 6 fusion reactors
Can anyone take a guess at about how many crew members something like this might take to run? Assume artificial intelligence doesn't exist and computers are only moderately more advanced than they are now. (Don't worry, I'm not ignoring that factor. Those will come in later models.)
The only reason I ask is because I've heard modern aircraft carriers need about 3200 people, where as my estimates for a ship like this came out to less than 1500.