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17 -Ship Crew Management is an important aspect of improving your fleet's capabilities.
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8 +Updated for version 4.10, **TODO:** Add information on seminars, finish terraforming section
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15 += Overview =
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22 -Each ship has a limited capacity to accommodate crew members. The crew consists of 3 different types of NPCs:
20 +Crew management is an important aspect of improving your fleet's capabilities. The ships crew consists of 3 different types of NPCs:
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27 -* The Captain (relief pilot)
25 +* The Captain (relief pilot when you're not personally commanding)
28 28  * Service Crew
29 29  * Marines
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31 -On stations there are additionally:
29 +Stations only require a Manager crew and optionally additional workforce (see [[doc:Station Building And Management]]).
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31 +Each ship has a limited capacity to accommodate crew members. On a ship, the captain is by far the most important crew member: their ability affects the quality of the ship actions the most. A good Captain is capable of more maneuvers, fights and trades better, and unlocks new standard behaviors for their ship. The Service Crew are no less important for a good ship: they improve the ship's capabilities: controlling, aiming, trading.. **and repairing!** Everything gets better with a skilled Crew! The overall quality of the ship's crew is improved with the number of crew members and experience level of each crew member.
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33 +Anyone can fill the role of a Captain (if you only believe in yourself). Anyone you employ, whether it's through the shipyard, through buying via the [[ship upgrade interface>>doc:Purchasing And Upgrading Ships]] or through direct recruitment on a station, can be deployed in any position (captain, service crew, marines, managers). This means, for example, you can use a marine as a service crew or an engineer as a captain or manager, whether temporary or eventually permanent.
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40 -On a ship, the captain is by far the most important crew member. His abilities affect the quality of the ship actions the most. A good Captain masters more maneuvers, fights and trades better, and unlocks new standard behaviors for your ship.
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45 -The crew is no less important for a good ship. They also improve the ship's capabilities: controlling, aiming, trading ... Everything gets better with a good crew! The overall quality of the ship's crew is improved with the number of crew members and experience level of each crew member.
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50 -Anyone can be a captain (if you only believe in yourself)
42 +The quality of employees is summarized in capability groups. These abilities are displayed with a star rating of 0 to 5 stars. If you open the details of a single crew member you will find an overview with their individual skill groups:
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55 -Anyone you gain, whether it's through the shipyard, through the docking station ("ship upgrade" interface) or through direct recruitment on a station, can be deployed in all positions (captain, service crew, marines, managers). This means, for example, you can use a marine as a service crew or an engineer as a captain or manager.
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48 +* Morale
49 +* Management
50 +* Engineering
51 +* Boarding
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53 +How well an NPC does their task(s) depends on those abilities. While the Captain's ability to pilot is very important, the Marines benefit most from the ability to board.
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69 -The quality of employees is summarized in capability groups. These abilities are displayed with a star rating of 0 to 5 stars. If you open the details of a single crew member you will find an overview with the individual skill groups:
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80 -How well an NPC strikes at work depends on those abilities. While the captain's ability to pilot is most important, the navy benefits most from the ability to board.
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180 -__**Train the crew or the Marines**__
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154 +== Training the crew or Marines ==
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156 +=== Learning by Doing ===
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185 -To make it short: Learn by doing! Everyone gets better the longer they survive!
160 +Everyone gets better the longer they survive! While marines best enhance their main attribute "boarding" on real boarding operations, "normal" crewmembers learn from usual ship actions. However, surviving a fight improves their skill across many areas!
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190 -While marines best enhance their main attribute "boarding" on real boarding operations, "normal" crewmembers get better from usual ship actions. However, surviving a fight improves your skills in many areas!
165 +See [[doc:X4 3\.1x NPC SkillExperience training - a short overview]] for a more detailed explanation of how NPC training happens, with external links to videos
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169 +=== Digital seminars ===
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203 -__**Digital seminars**__
178 +Guide written by Bernd, translated to German by Oliver and re-translated from German to English by anonymous, cleaned up by Sao t'Lp
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209 -The seminars have not proven to be effective in training your crew .... (Note Translator: feature not yet implemented)
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214 -Guide written by Bernd, translated to German by Oliver and re-translated from German to English by anonymous
186 +=== Terraforming ===
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188 +//(main page [[doc:Terraforming]])//
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190 +Crew can have their levels increased either en masse (for low crew levels) or individually (for high crew levels) provided certain terraforming projects are completed.
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