Shipboard AI

Shipboard AI control most of the mundane functions of a spacecraft through a complicated network.

Origin
Like all AIs shibboard AIs stem from one of the computer companies, Lancaster Electronics, Songnam United AI and the like. They were originally only needed to do the complex jump calculations required for interstellar travel but ships have become much more sophisticated and need AIs to manage the information load from all of the ship's modules and sensors.

Specialized AIs
Some ships require a specialized AI for certain systems. For instance many millitary vessels have an AI dedicated to weapon control and sheild pad management on top of the Shipboard AI. Such arraingements are called King-and-Prince, the shipboard AI is the king who control's the ship as a whole, the prince is independent to manage one part of the ship. If the King system is hacked the Prince can freeze it and assume the throne. On milliary ships this would result in a return of targeting control to human gunners, an unpleasant but not crippling effect to a ship's capacity to do battle.