Thank you for the shout out Glorious Leader!
One of the things that I learned from today’s (Feb 16, 2018) “Reverse the Verse” is that food availability/quality and hygiene will matter. They discussed things like NPC vendors increasing prices 10 percent if you walk in out of the swamp into a nice upper class area without taking a shower or that some NPCs won’t talk to you if you have not showered in a week. They mentioned that hiring an NPC who can cook might increase crew morale, vs having frozen or freeze dried meals, and the if you have not eaten, you might get a debuff that gives you slower reflexes or makes you bleed out faster.
NPC crew might also reject orders if their morale or relationship/faction with you is not high enough.
So it looks like things like food stations, showers, and toilets will matter beyond role play.