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If a Battleship talks to the convoy while they’re being escorted, is that seen as a bad sign? Do Pilots and their ships work together to make decisions, or can there be a disconnect? Like a rowdy pilot doing impulsive things against their partner’s wishes? Are there ways for the ships to relax/decompress?
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1. It’s usually not seen as a bad sign, but it’s pretty uncommon. Battleships during escorts tend to only communicate when extremely necessary.
2. The ships’ system has two modes- Manual and Automatic. When their pilot isn’t on board/isn’t able to pilot, they run on Automatic, where they have full control of their movements. Manual is used when the pilot is on board- meaning that the pilot is able to control and/or interfere in their ship’s movements (the control isn’t complete though- even on Manual, the ship still has some freedom to move by themselves).
Because of that, it’s heavily encouraged for the pilots and their ships to have a good, stable relationship! So that they’re able to work together smoothly. So yes, they work together.
Buuut, disconnections can happen, yes! A rowdy pilot can have two outcomes. Their ship can fully submit to them and do what they want with no protests, or the ship can change into Automatic by themselves (which is possible for safety reasons) and completely ignore the pilot.
But a rowdy ship can also happen. Say, the ship tries a maneuver too intense and their pilot isn’t ready for it, and they end up taking too many G’s of force and fainting. That’s quite common with more energectic ships.
Usually when a pilot-ship pair has a rocky relationship, the officials encourage them to talk to each other about it and see if it can be solved with communication. When that doesn’t work, the pair is broken and they’re given new partners. On that case, both the pilot and the ship’s personalities are taken into considerationto find their new partners to ensure that the problem is solved as fast as possible, to avoid having a ship or pilot stagnant for too long.
3. When they’re docked they tend to relax by themselves. On Auto, a ship has full control over their body, including their engine, so they can decompress at will. They do that while docked. When they decompress by themselves, they become immobile, but counscious, since their AI system is still running. It’s their “sleep”: decompressed engine and AI on standby. A forced decompression (emergency only!) can also happen through the activation of the second level cooling system- one that only the pilot can activate. When that happens, the ship shuts down entirely. They might need some time to recover afterwards.