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Originally Posted by hal
Dumb question:
Why does High Automation require size 12+ vessels, but Total Automation has no size requirement?
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For the practical reason that High Automation reduces the workspace requirement by a factor of 10, and at SM 11 and below each system has less than 10 workspaces. At SM 9 and below systems don't even have workspace requirements (except for the Engine Room).
This would result in ships with High Automation needing to keep track of partial workspace requirements, which is messy and against the core KISS tenant of the Spaceships rules. It would also have some odd results in dealing with damaged/destroyed systems and where the workspaces actually are. I could certainly see a case being made for allowing SM 10-11 ships to have High Automation and simply apply the reduction to the total workspace requirement for the ship, with a minimum of one workspace.