Editing Rogue Trader: The Lavesgrie Exile (section)

==== Ship Population Census ====

'''Shipboard population:''' 91,837 individuals (excluding transitory passengers and servitors not taxed)

''Commissioned Officers:'' 5,678

''Mechanicus:'' (laity and clerical) 9,432

'''Deck department:''' 35,079

The deck department manages most non-engine related matters aboard the ship, including gunnery, void-shield, Gellar field, and hull maintenance, cargo stowage, and general repairs. The gunnery sub-department almost justifies separation out as a separate department, as it includes at least half the members of the deck department.

'''Engine department:''' 17,504

Engine snipes manage the ship's warp engines, manuevering thrusters, and the massive plasma drive that occupies a full third of the ship.

'''Steward's department:''' 8,495

The steward's department is responsible for the provisioning, clothing, housing, and general support of the crew. In addition to maintaining the ship's mess halls, galleys, promenades, and supply depots, it also manages the life sustenance system, as well as seeing to well-being of passengers and senior staff.

'''Administrative department:''' 5,295

While each department does have its own internal bureaucracy, a second layer is required on a ship the scale of the Malleable Abyss. In addition to managing and allocating the ship's resources, crew wages, and internal economy, the administrative department also serves as a commercial headquarters for the Lady-Captain's investments and trade operations beyond the ship - which are currently minimal.

'''Astrogation department:''' 2,567

The astrogation department includes the ship's five navigators (lead by Master Navigator Lorquacious von der Maret), its astropathic choir, and the support staff of augury systems.

'''Militant department:''' 1,543

Overseen by the ship's Marshal-at-Arms, the armsmen complement of the Malleable Abyss serves as a combined police force and marine corps. In case of a major boarding action, the ship's munitorium contains probably enough basic weaponry to outfit a third of the crew.

'''Ecclesiarchal complement:''' 1,289

Deacon Kaine's flock is somewhere between official crew and passengers, as they serve as the official chaplain's department, but when appropriate, the majority will disembark and perform missionary activities upon worlds encountered.

'''Bridge department''': 613

The bridge department simply includes the officers and support staff necessary to maintain the command bridge, the reserve bridge and internal communications. This number does not include the senior command staff, who are again divided by department.

'''Dependants, miscellaneous persons, and assorted other:''' 15,452

Given its relatively recent reclamation from the void, the Malleable Abyss has not yet developed the full-scale parallel society found aboard many Imperial vessels, but plenty of crew have brought spouses, children, and other dependants aboard, while a number of entrepreneurial stowaways have set themselves up as commerciers in the underdecks and are too useful to be dislodged.