FTL rate of movement for GURPS SPACESHIPS

[Rupert]

Originally Posted by Agemegos

On the other hand, the larger ships don't need engine rooms and can be automated more cheaply. I recently did a cost study for a particular set of assumptions, and found that a highly-automated SM+12 ship came in 30% cheaper per ton-lightyear than an SM+9 ship with an engine room.

I assume that's including crew salaries and life support costs, etc. Did you try a SM9- ship with Total Automation of the Engine Room?

I'm curious as to whether the high cost of total automation would be worthwhile in this case.