Could an ISD really carry nearly 50,000 people?

Sarevok · Post by **Sarevok** » 2004-02-18 03:51am

Spanky The Dolphin wrote:
evilcat4000 wrote:The big question is why does an ISD need so many crew members to operate ?
Because it's a big ship.

Another explanation would be ISDs have limited automation and many systems can only be operated by people.

Kazuaki Shimazaki · Post by **Kazuaki Shimazaki** » 2004-02-18 04:40am

Possible, but there were still 28000 people after the NR refit. We've seen some of their other works, and for the Dreadnaught, they managed to get it down to about 5000 for the Assault Frigate. Suggesting something else is at work here.

Sarevok · Post by **Sarevok** » 2004-02-18 08:32am

Perhaps the limited automation is due to the nature of ion cannon weapons. A highly automated ship would be quickly disabled by ion cannon fire.

FOG3 · Post by **FOG3** » 2004-02-18 04:43pm

Howedar wrote:Volume of a 1600m x 900m x 200m triangular prism: 9.6E7 m^3
People onboard said triangular prism: 37,000
Cubic meters per person: 2600 m^3
Volume of a Nimitz class carrier of 333m x 771m x 41m: 1.1E6 m^3
People onboard said carrier: 5000
Cubic meters per person: 220 m^3

Not doing the math before asking a dumbass question: priceless

Beam isn't a measure of height. It's a measure of width. Height would be 18 stories converted to meters.