• Naz@sh.itjust.works
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    4 months ago

    The computer can do all of that, including managing shields, it’s just slower, and has safety checks installed to prevent itself from unpowering or blacking out modules.

    Human operators have a “chaos factor” and can do stupid things like diverting power from shields (down to 1%) to recharge the phaser banks just a bit faster, in-between enemy volleys.

    At least, that’s what we want to tell ourselves to ensure that there’s still jobs aboard fully autonomous luxury gay communist spacefaring vessels ;)