I made this thread over at the trek forums and as ususual, it's like tossing pearls before swine when trying to start a debate that does'nt involve combat or "How can I make myself look unigue and above everyone else" routine.

  Anyway's, what I was wondering about is this; As we all know the crews of starships can be a loyal bunch, in fact they will risk life and limb and even their careers for a much respected captain like Kirk or Picard.  Will see this idea integrated into the game? I mean, if a crew is well treated and cared for, would we not get, say some bonus somewhere in ship performance.  By the same token it only makes sense that a badly treated crew will give a poor job in ship performance, encouraging players to treat their crews well rather than just cannon fodder.

  Any comments about this idea is welcome.

Interesting idea.  I would think that a well treated crew would result in higher morale which in turn would boost ship performance, but, how would you measure this? 

I think the idea is good, but how would it be implemented?

This will probably not be something we see at launch, though I could see it being in an update soon after....