Re: Crew for Space Stations

Another reason for a high boarding factor for a repair
station is that spacesuits with powered servomechanisms
would be extremely useful in repairing hull damage or
in general space construction.	Skill with operating
powered spacesuits would be very important to Space
Marines.

Rather than have a standing Space Marine force which
is idle most of the time it would make sense to 
crosstrain your repair crews with equipment very
similar to what they use every day.  I imagine that
a repair crew 'marine' would have less effective
armor and weapons but he would have a *lot* more
time in a zero-g enviroment and more familiarity
with power equipment as well.

Those repair crew trained for power suit hull repairs
might spend their offduty time playing lasertag
outside the hull, in simulation of actual boarding
situations.

In short, it is fairly easy to come up with justifications
for a high Boarding factor for a repair base, if it suits
your purposes.

Michael Sandy