Titan Class

The Titan Class is made up of 16 ships that were formerly Gayik'Von Yav'lik class destroyers. They became known as the Titan class after the Gayik'Von officially turned over full ownership of them to Earth upon their retirement from mainline Gayik'Von military use. One of the big differences operationally for the Titan class over the Yav'lik is that the Titans were heavily automated to greatly reduce crew requirements for the Earthfleet personnel (but not until AFTER all the Gayik'Von left, as they wouldn't let Earthfleet do that while they were aboard the ship, lol), bringing the minimum required crew for each ship from 250 down to 35, and normal staffing from 450 to 600. The maximum crew compliment of 900, however, was maintained, even though it was never used in its full capacity. Even then it was difficult, in the early days, to keep the ships fully crewed. Eventually, though, through induction, and other forms of recruiting, plus increased birth rates within the Society, that problem was mostly solved. However, continued fleet growth would constantly test their ability to maintain staffing numbers throughout the decades to come.