I play this game called Cosmoteer, now launching on Steam.
I've got a 227.3 Tonne Model-s heavily modified, and I am still down 11 crewman.
I get in the habit of saving every iteration of the ship because if you don't and then die, you cant begin where you left off.
When you edit your ship, the crew keeps working unless you pause. They retrieve and refill power packs and load weapons, or if you take damage they retrieve and use the fire extinguishers.
Once you get your ship built and working the way you like, you can assign dedicated crew to their own color coded tasks, for engineering or weapons, to keep them on task and focused on one job.
I am assigning Power Team to Engines, Shields and Lasers.
An army of redshirts should keeping everything running smoothly!! You can spend hours customizing these crew but they will die in sim spaceship battle, so don't get too attached.
In the new full version I hope there is more, and it looks like there is in the demo.
Still it's good to have an army of redshirts keeping everything running smoothly!!
In order to gain resources you must defeat enemy ships
My vessel is worth a cool 246,300 Credits.
This small guy is no match for the might of my ship!
When I started playing this game I spent so much time micro-managing and having fun, I wore a sore spot on my wrist and since started using one of those arm rest things for the mouspad.
During battle the crew is responsible for keeping the weapons firing and the engines hot!
As your ship gets bigger you can face tougher opponents but eventually they will get you.
Try Cosmoteer today! https://cosmoteer.net/
Get Early Access on Steam! https://store.steampowered.com/app/799600/Cosmoteer_Starship_Architect__Commander/
Here is their x page https://x.com/CosmoteerGame