on of the big selling points of this game is multiple people in one ship, but i keep seeing people demanding the ability to use these ships without multiple people. this is an mmo, a world full of players, but i keep seeing people demanding for a way to not need to interact with other people. i understand the want for npc gunners for when there are not enough players in the area who want to, but i do not understand the want to have the ability to have npc only. understand people's fear of PVP, in most games you have weak enemies that you often out number, over power, and manipulate, them when you fight a players, you no longer have the advantage, you can no longer manipulate them, and they do things that make it a lot harder. in SC npc will have the same capabilities as players, and have aimbot. this aimbot has its accuracy and reaction time lowered, but it can still be set to be better than most players. this is an mmo. do not be upset when you don't get a button to say npc only when you put a crew request on the job board. edit; there are npc crew for if there is not a player that wants the job nearby, and the npc doesn't spawn in the ship, the npc will also need to travel if they don't happen to be near. the reputation system will tell you is a player is trustworthy or not, and it is confirmed that not all npc are trustworthy.