Yeah, the intention is the station count is adaptive. You choose the number of players and the ship you'll play with, and it automatically generates an appropriate station configuration.

So if you have fewer players, you can play on a smaller ship that doesn't have any non-player crew members. Or, conversely, a large group will have additional stations to spread the work out a little bit.

Hopefully everything feels meaningful and impactful at every crew and ship size and nothing feels like busywork.