Last two posts nailed it. Not too helpful and not replacing humans. As an engineer, one of the first cool bits of RP was the realization of how the damcon teams are affected. I have referred to it less as it was getting morbid. Thanks to Solari for first bringing it into the fiction.
I wrote the definition above in a personal log exactly to limit their usefulness while at the same time addressing a lot of very warmly expressed concerns for the crew of Hydra when she was stolen and destroyed with all hands.
Also, let’s face it. We do not want references to Red Dwarf to get too comical.