What is the large launch like

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iggy
March 20, 2018 - 9:43pm
Refer to: Deck 1 - Bridge.

This deck has a large launch.  What does this large launch look like?  How big is it?
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jedion357
March 22, 2018 - 4:03am
I believe the book says it has a bubble canopy, no air lock. Requiring vacuum suits for everyone on board if there is an eva. 
I might not be a dralasite, vrusk or yazirian but I do play one in Star Frontiers!

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JCab747
March 22, 2018 - 9:36am
jedion357 wrote:
I believe the book says it has a bubble canopy, no air lock. Requiring vacuum suits for everyone on board if there is an eva. 

Yes, that description seems so... so limited.

I think there should be a variety of designs, because the canon version seems ripe for disaster.

Why not something like they had in Star Trek the Motion Picture.

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It doesn't have an airlock but it at least has a docking collar.
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JCab747
March 22, 2018 - 9:38am
There's always the Lost in Space pod too.

See the source image
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jedion357
March 26, 2018 - 8:21pm
JCab747 wrote:
jedion357 wrote:
I believe the book says it has a bubble canopy, no air lock. Requiring vacuum suits for everyone on board if there is an eva. 

Yes, that description seems so... so limited.

I think there should be a variety of designs, because the canon version seems ripe for disaster.

Why not something like they had in Star Trek the Motion Picture.

See the source image

It doesn't have an airlock but it at least has a docking collar.


I can roll with this. Just hand wave that the large and small launches are this style with a docking collar.
I might not be a dralasite, vrusk or yazirian but I do play one in Star Frontiers!

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Shadow Shack
April 15, 2018 - 1:01pm
I had intended on copy/cut/pasting the lifeboat from the Gullwind and remapping it for the launch but never got around to it. I also have MS Paint renderings of both a small & large launch on a disc somewhere...
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JCab747
April 15, 2018 - 1:33pm
Shadow Shack wrote:
I had intended on copy/cut/pasting the lifeboat from the Gullwind and remapping it for the launch but never got around to it. I also have MS Paint renderings of both a small & large launch on a disc somewhere...

neat
Joe Cabadas