Do control station habs actually do anything?

[Slackerdude74]

Are control station habs actually useful in piloting and combat, or just provide more crew slots to your ship?
Like does control station habs work similar to cockpits that have two little control stations in them for you crew to sit on during combat and they talk to you while you are piloting the ship?
I am asking because currently I am using the Razorleaf(The Mantis) ship and the cockpit in that doesn’t have any little control stations in them, and if I put a control station hab on my ship will that work like the cockpits that have the two little control stations and I can hear them talk to me while piloting the ship?

[Slackerdude74]

There are way too many crap topics posted here that my topic just disappeared in the wastelands of topics that no one every looks at.

[UntrustedLife]

It should just tell you what it does in the editor.

[Phouse87]

https://starfield.fandom.com/wiki/Crew_Station

"A crew station is used to assign crew to both Outposts and the Spacefarer's ship."

So the more crew stations you have on board your ship, the more crew you can assign to that ship (according to the wiki).

The game does a very bad job at explaining how anything around the ship builder works (and a lot of other things).

As for the posts, this is the one game I generally don't bother with the discussion forum for, as it's mostly full of rubbish :)

[Orikz]

Originally posted by Phouse87:

https://starfield.fandom.com/wiki/Crew_Station

"A crew station is used to assign crew to both Outposts and the Spacefarer's ship."

So the more crew stations you have on board your ship, the more crew you can assign to that ship (according to the wiki).

What's the point of having more crew on my ship

[Cutlass Jack]

control station habs let you have 4 more crew assigned to your ship provided you have the skill to do it. Which lets you use the crew member's starship skills.

So yes it is useful in piloting/combat if you have the people with the right skills.

Basically you want to have enough crew stations to cover the people you assign to the ship. It doesn't matter if those seats come from your cockpit, control station hab, or whatever.

Also worth mentioning that the 'passenger seats' habs have aren't for crew. Those spots are for non-crew on your ship. Like if you take a terminal mission to deliver passengers somewhere.

[Odanrot]

Originally posted by Orikz:

Originally posted by Phouse87:

https://starfield.fandom.com/wiki/Crew_Station

"A crew station is used to assign crew to both Outposts and the Spacefarer's ship."

So the more crew stations you have on board your ship, the more crew you can assign to that ship (according to the wiki).

What's the point of having more crew on my ship

all the crew members you get will have specialties that can enhace the way you ship performs for example if i remember right Sara Morgan is a astrophysics witch increase your grav jump range SAM Cole is a pilot witch if installed as crew increases your ships top flight speed and so on

[Dr. Electrocutioner]

Originally posted by Cutlass Jack:

control station habs let you have 4 more crew assigned to your ship provided you have the skill to do it. Which lets you use the crew member's starship skills.

So yes it is useful in piloting/combat if you have the people with the right skills.

Basically you want to have enough crew stations to cover the people you assign to the ship. It doesn't matter if those seats come from your cockpit, control station hab, or whatever.

But what do they actually do?
I have been playing solo and don't appear to need any crew.

[Ivanark]

Originally posted by Orikz:

What's the point of having more crew on my ship

You use their skills instead/as well as your own. So if you get a laser cannon or missile launcher, but don't have skills, etc. Or if they have more pilot or repair skills...

Seems like computer core isn't as good as a hab with a lot of crew stations, like a battle stations hab.

I have one of those on my dreadnought turret corvette, but it might be computer core does something else as well that I haven't found information on.

[Cutlass Jack]

Originally posted by Dr. Electrocutioner:

Originally posted by Cutlass Jack:

control station habs let you have 4 more crew assigned to your ship provided you have the skill to do it. Which lets you use the crew member's starship skills.

So yes it is useful in piloting/combat if you have the people with the right skills.

Basically you want to have enough crew stations to cover the people you assign to the ship. It doesn't matter if those seats come from your cockpit, control station hab, or whatever.

But what do they actually do?
I have been playing solo and don't appear to need any crew.

Your crew adds bonuses to you that stack with your own skills. Their skills don't work the same way as yours do.

For example Sarah has a point in leadership which lets you assign one more person to a ship than you normally could.

Sam Coe's Piloting skill adds +30% to your ship's top speed and +1 engine power.

There's a list compiled here if you want to read more:
https://www.reddit.com/r/Starfield/comments/16f2kx2/guide_crew_skills_explained_and_optimal_crew/

[Dr. Electrocutioner]

Thanks for the link.
So they are effectively upgrade components that add a percentage to things.

[Dr. Electrocutioner]

What happens to the crew if you change ships? Do you manually reassign them?

Can I load all of Constellation onto a ship then sell it to the pirates?

[Cutlass Jack]

Originally posted by Dr. Electrocutioner:

What happens to the crew if you change ships? Do you manually reassign them?

Can I load all of Constellation onto a ship then sell it to the pirates?

Hah no. They just move over to your current assigned ship like the rest of your cargo.

[Dr. Electrocutioner]

And if there are not enough seats on the new ship?

[Jaggid Edje]

Originally posted by Dr. Electrocutioner:

Can I load all of Constellation onto a ship then sell it to the pirates?

ROFL, that made laugh so hard.

You get a Jester award. Unlike most people just trolling for them, you have actually earned it.

[Cutlass Jack]

Originally posted by Dr. Electrocutioner:

And if there are not enough seats on the new ship?

Unfortunately for you, they just become unassigned and go back to the Lodge or whatever. Even if you remove them from your crew on a planet with no settlements they always find their way back. Space magic.