Automation support

The ship has been carefully fitted to support the use of non-sentient expert system robots in its operation. At least one human, VI, or True AI crew member is necessary to oversee the bots and monitor spike drills, but otherwise crew may be replaced with cheap, basic robots at a cost of 1,000 credits per crew member replaced. Bots don’t draw pay, don’t take up life support, and their maintenance is assumed to be part of the ship’s operating costs. These bots are incapable of any actions unrelated to operating the ship and are treated as level-0 in their skills where relevant.