EVE Fiction

This is just specualtion,

I would assume because of the dangers of living in a POS in comparison to a station, most POS' would be drone automated. There may be a couple of random individuals who look after the drones and small tidbits drones cannot do, but I can't imagine they would have a large crew in there.

I always thought they were run by a deranged AI, to which we daily sacrifice dozens of lesser robots in the hope of escaping the Tower's wrath.

TIL stargates are manned

That must be a really boring job in the backwater systems

I also think it would depend on the space as well.

Highsec, easier access thus more crew a bit of drone support

Losec, little unsafer so fewer crew and more drone support

Nullsec, I'd say sov dependent ranges on how built up the space is

WH, least accessible and probably all drones or very few crew.

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I really wish, if the game lore involving ship/station crews want's to be taken seriously, that it required acknowledging it in game somehow...specifically, requiring pilots to provide AT LEAST food, water, and oxygen for the crews...till then, can't be arsed to care about a crew of non-eating un-dead invisible crews. :P
Yayaya...we CAN assume that ships are fitted with food replicators/dispensors, to aviod having to buy food at stations each week or so to restock ship galleys, but, where are the mats coming from?

(not a bash at lore, just a bash at lore elements that aren't connected to game play in some way....missions acknowledge and play upon lore, i'd like to see equipment do it too on some level.)

Seriously, how bout a reduction in ship bonuses (like tracking or range of weapons) if the crews aren't kept well fed, after all, how can one expect a starving ship's crew to perform at optimal levels when they have no food or water...or air. How bout "Elite" foods (or liquor for moral) for "crew boosters".
How bout crews that gain experience as you use them, and can be transfered to your other ships, or who can be trained to specialize in certain hull types/ship classes. And how bout if the crews had a chance to be dropped if you lose your ship then "conscripted" by whoever picks them up (perhaps at some initial loss to their stats till "loyalty" is built up over some time/use.

o7

TL;DR
Add crews to ships please.

rebuttal
Too hard, go away.

Wait so THAT'S why half my Invention research jobs always failed? "Human judgement and oversight?" For years I thought the whole thing was automated and thus was somehow my fault!

Alright, where did I park my dreadnought...

Although this may be true, in some cases such as wormholes, where connections to Empire are limited would it make working at that star base a permanent posting? I can't really see anyone who would be willing to work in the middle of nowhere with little or no access to the outside world and with no opportunity to use spend their income

As part of the general handwavium regarding crews, I've often assumed that it's possible to "book passage" on vessels making a trip to or from empire space, even combat or purely freight-running vessels. This may not be a comfortable passage (you might very well spend the trip locked in a cargo crate alongside a few thousand rounds of ammo, with stale, recycled air and a flashlight to see with) and may not even be known by the capsuleer piloting the vessel (maybe a relative knows a dockhand who handles dockside operations with a lot of freighters going to/from nullsec...) but ultimately, I do imagine we often end up with some passengers whenever we take long trips to/from distant regions, including W-Space.

When you figure in that there are also a lot of desperate people in New Eden willing to do some crazy things for a few ISK, suddenly riding a cramped corner of a warship out to some godforsaken corner of nullsec or being largely out-of-contact from the rest of the cluster in W-space for a few months doesn't seem to much of a stretch to me.