Greetings! We have introduced dedicated engineering roles aboard ships, allowing players to actively manage power distribution, repairs, and system efficiency in real time. The overall goal and experience with this Engineering update should see ships behaving approximately as well as 4.4.0 in combat and survivability with the added bonus of engineering and multi-crew to extend this beyond the capabilities of 4.4. Beyond this, players may need to check on their ship between battles to make necessary repairs so that they are fully prepared for their next encounter. We have also released a design doc to go along with this release of Engineering to help provide as much information as possible for the intentions of this gameplay. Please read through this document and then leave your feedback in this thread. The doc can be found at: Star Citizen Alpha 4.5.0: Engineering Design Doc We look forward to reading your feedback! -Shark Player Experience Team