[member="Nyxie"] [member="sabrina"]
The example of 17 players get's you 17 ships in regard to as many ships as members was part of a special minor faction check in procedure that no longer applies. It was set up as I understood it to specifically apply to Fleet size of an individual minor faction. But not the size of each individual ship in the Fleet.
No if you take the rules literally each PC member of a minor faction could Command a ship up to 1,000 meters in length.
In true fashion if you wanted to go towards a bit of realism if a minor faction has 6 people. One person could have a ship of the max 1,000 meters, maybe two more could have a ship at 600 to 800 meters, while the remaining 3 would most like use more along the lines of fighters for a more balanced out Fleet able to fill a larger range of roles.
Have a Fleet, in at least my opinion, of all 1,000 meters length ships does not make a great deal of sense and depending on what the ships are is setting yourself up for failure.