Vcrew Sign

* Equipment Name: VCREW Sign
* Function: Manage Non-Player Character (NPC) - Villager / Vehicle Crew
Allows for Human Crew remotely rejoin the ship
* Cost: Unspecified

## Description

A VCrew sign is designed to help players to manage npc crews on both Ships or Submarines.
All vehicles (Ships, Submarines, etc) require number of players or villagers to operate. Essentially, standing in front of the sign and keep various vehicle's systems operate. Example: *If a no one is standing in front of a Boiler sign, this will cause it overheat and possible loose power or explode.*

When a vehicle is successfully activated, the vehicle will create minimum number villagers to operate Ship's Wheel and all vehicle's engines controls. When guns are manned, additional crew will be assigned awaiting for direction from the NPC XO or controlling player.

### Detailed information on Uses of a VCREW sign

The VCREW Sign can be used for three purposes.

* Supply Crew needed to operate vehicle.
* Help the Player to manage NPC Crew and be able to move them when needed.
* Replace killed NPC crew with replacements.
* Allows Human Crew join active ships from remote.

## How It Works

When active, the vcrew sign gives three line of information.

* Total Bunks - This is the Total number beds. This defines maximum amount of npc crew the ship will be housed.
* Total Active Crew - Total number of villagers/crew currently operating a vehicle.
* Total Reserve Crew - Total number remaining villagers/crews remaining

The sign allows the player captain to reassign villagers from reserve or move npc crew to a whatever vital vehicle sign (Engine related signs, ship's wheel).

If a player falls off a ship, when the command is used by tying the command **/ship respawn**, this will subtract 1 from total number of active vcrew npcs. Acting as a member has died. This should be used sparingly.

If all VCrew signs are destroyed or all reserves are used up, as long as there are still villagers remaining on the ship, if a crew member player attempts to respawn they will be able to be spawning in the place of one of the villager crew.

Villager reserve crew is killed in action whenever bed bunks get destroyed on the ship.

## How to Use it

Most of the functions of the VCREW sign are automatic. A player only needs to monitor sign to make sure the vehicle has enough crew members to function.

When first activated, the VCREW sign will assign whatever number crew needed for minimum function of a vehicle, such as crews for engineering and crewmember to man the Ship's wheel.

In some cases a XO will appear and command the ship for the player Captain.

If crew numbers are LOW, there is not enough members or for one reason or another a npc has not been assigned to a crew position, the player need only click on the VCREW sign and this will create a "Iron Hoe" which will allow them to right click on a NPC crew member and make them go back to Reserve. The player need only return to the sign/gun/etc that requires a crew member they may left click the sign/gun to make a npc appear again, they will give a message "Manning position, as ordered!".

* No More Crew
If a Player whom has jointed the crew and has either fallow off the ship or is unable to join the crew when the ship set sail, they can use /ship respawn. This command will allow them to be teleported to the ship's main sign. However, as noted above. A VCrew member slot will be subtracted from total crew available while the ship active. If a NPC crewmember is killed, and there not enough total Vcrew spots available. There will be no additional new NPC Crew spawn.

* Sign Destroyed
If the Vcrew sign is DESTROYED, the ship will be unable to provide additional crewmembers to operate it's vital locations or weapons.

* Bunk (Beds) Destroyed
Total NPC crew provided by the sign is LINKED to how many bunks put inside the ship. VCrew sign cannot have more than number of beds found on the ship while active. If these bunks are destroyed, this also effects the VCrew sign.

## How to Setup a sign

* Sign Setup
Writing "Vcrew" on the top line of the sign is that all that's needed to make this works.

* Mandatory Items on Vehicle
Ships / Submarines must have beds for the ship's crews to sleep. The Vcrew sign will count how many these beds are available. This will limit the maximum crew of the vehicle to this number bed blocks used on the vehicle.

* Wiki Note
Common issue with using this sign is the name buoyancy is misspelled or the "V" is not capitalized.

## Notes

* The writings of Maximuspayne on the signs works in navycraft made this article possible.