Maybe it’s also a local public works job program :-)
 
Or maybe total crew needed for 3 8hr shift/day with fire control AND engineering requirements.  Per Wikipedia, each of the main turrets on an Iowa-class required 85-100 crew in total.

On Jul 15, 2019, at 1:02 PM, Thomas RUX <xxxxxx@comcast.net> wrote:

I've run the Guardian through a new spreadsheet based "A MegaTraveller Starship Design Example"  and discovered that a 100 ton bay requires a crew of 50 versus the CT requirement of 2 per bay.

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