There is a suggestion that turrets being automated. I'm neutral on that. I think a better solution would be that turrets come in two flavors: manned and automated. The automated versions will use a higher grid than then manned variant. I think double the grid is fair.

Why did you create a new thread for that instead of just posting this on the main thread?

Its a separate issue and covers all turrets
+1 to a good way of handling this issue.
allows the specs ,requirements and costs to be addressed in a flexible way.

-1. The Goli already can't use one of its turrets. Doubling would make it useless just to use a single automated turret.

So stick with manual capital turrets or rely on non-capital auto turrets. It's not like the Goliath is a real capship anyway. If capital ships are semi trucks, the Trident is an F-350 and the Goliath is a Ford Ranchero.

lol @ Ranchero