Goal: To design a new ship that is compatible for Star Frontiers with the help of this forum. 

Rules:  I am willing to alter, change and add decks if this forum believes I’ve missed something in the design.  My drawing use real world examples and concepts to make the ship believable, but due to my drawing ability some things are represented so the floor plans can be used in a gaming setting. Remember, redesigns take time and I do have a day job.  I’m not a gear head and have been out of gaming since 1987.  Stats for this ship will be proved by members of this forum.   Such discussion should be limited until all decks have been approved by the forum.

General information:  Due to my ability to draw the orientation of the decks don’t match the exterior drawing.  The deckplans however are in the correct orientation.  As we go through this process I’ll update the exterior to match the floorplans.  The drawings have not been cleaned up and still have their guide marks are still on them.

  

1.     Ground Deck: The Ground Deck houses additional equipment used by engineering and the landing gear. An emergency escape hatch is located here as well.  The hatch uses explosive bolts and once open there is no way for the hatch to be reattached to its mounts. It is located under the center access tube. The emergency hatch can only be deployed from the inside for security reasons. An iris valve hatch is located between the Ground Deck and Engineering in case of accidental deployment of the emergency hatch.  This hatch can be locked.

2.     Engine Deck: This deck main function is to transfer power from the engines to the rest of the ship.  2 access tunnels in the wings provide access to the power transfer system in the wings. Work on the transfer system, ceiling and floor plates must be removed to reveal the system, which is a maze of wiring harnesses and equipment.

3.     Engineering:  There are 2 workstations and the equipment necessary to monitoring the ship’s systems.  There are 4 batteries located here as well, which provide 20 hours of backup power (NE, NW, SE & SW locations on deck plans).  In the center of this deck is the central access shaft for the entire ship and common to all decks. Backup power is designed to keep the life support system, lighting and computers operational during times of crisis.  When the ship is on backup power only the maneuvering thruster can be used.

4.     Life Support Deck:  At the top of the picture is the computer for engineering. To the left is the air recycling system and to the right is the water recycling system.  At the bottom is a storage locker containing spare parts for the ship’s systems.  Computer room and storage locker have doors which can be locked.  There is an Iris Valve door here which separates the rest of the ship from engineering.  This door is closed at all times and can be locked if require.  The crew on the bridge can override the security lock if necessary.

5.     Aft Utility Deck:  At the top of this picture is the bot closet which contains 3 aerial drones similar to the four rotor type that are on the market today. The drones can be controlled by the workstations in the room or on the bridge through one of the two auxiliary workstations located there.  To the left and right are the aft scanner array used for navigation and planetary surveys.  At the bottom is a storage room that holds spare equipment used by the scouts.  Four maneuvering thrusters are located here as well (NE, NW, SE & SW locations on deck plans).

6.     Cargo deck: At the top and bottom of the pictures are the cargo holds. The cargo holds contain an extendable crane which lowers a pallet capable of holding 10 tons of cargo to the ground.  These pallets can be preload with equipment and switched out with easy.  Normally they are loaded with remote scientific stations and Quad type ATVs for exploration of a planet.  A loaded pallet can be lowered in winds up to 30 MPH and start swaying at 35 MPH, for every 5 MPH after that they begin to do damage to the hull. Empty pallet can be lowered in winds up to 15 MPH and start swaying at 20 MPH.  For every 5 MPH after that, they will do half the damage a loaded pallet would do.    To the left and right of the drawing are the extendable airlocks used to transfer equipment in space.  This deck is the only access point to the interior of the ship.

7.      Lab Deck: At the top is the science lab which can be used to study specimens brought on board the ship.  To the right is workshop that is capable of making minor repairs to the ship’s systems and equipment normally carried on board the vessel.  To the left is the meteorological, planetary cartography and stellar cartography lab.  Mounted into the hull is a very large and accurate telescope which can swivel 180 degree.  At the bottom is the Medlab which has two beds.  The center access is surrounded by two utility trunks for power, water, and heating.  This access truck continues through the living area of the ship.

8.     Recreation Deck: At the top is the crew lounge. The lounge has a large flat screen monitor used to watch movies, there are bookshelves and a table for playing cards. To the NW is the weight room used to keep the crew in tip top shape.  To the NE is the Conference room used by the scientific team. To the SW is the pantry, this room is used to store food.  The room also contains a walk in freezer.  The room to the SE is the ship’s library used by the science team to do research.  At the bottom is the ship’s gallery which can seat 12 and has a full kitchen.

9.     Gun Deck: At the top and bottom are the ball turrets, each are armed with 1 laser cannon. To the left and right of this picture are the double occupancy crew quarters. Under normal operating conditions this deck houses the scientific team. Just outside the door for these rooms are storage lockers for additional equipment. 

10.  Crew Quarters:  8 room for the crew are located on this deck. To the left and right are 2 single occupancy rooms for senior officers. At the top and bottom are 2 double occupancy for the crew.  Each room has its own bathroom with shower and writing desk.

11.     Forward Utility Deck: Much like the Aft Utility Deck, this deck contains the forward scanner arrays and maneuvering thruster.  However, 2 rooms at the top and bottom have changed.  At the top is the Ship’s Command staff briefing room.  In this room there is a bathroom and a small kitchenette that is used by the bridge crew.  At the bottom is the ship’s main computer.

12.     Bridge:  There are 8 workstations on this deck.  Pilot, Astronavigation, Ship’s Captain, Communication officer, Engineering and Science officer each have a work station devoted to their tasks.  Two auxiliary workstations are provide as backup and perform of some of the ship’s tasks can be undertaken at these stations. The roof of this room is a glassiloy dome that allows the crew to look forward.

 UPDATE:

Largest deck is 20 meters or 65.6 feet diameters. Deck height is 4.5 meters or 14.75 feet.  1 meter of each deck is used for Mechanical space between the decks.  Length of the ship is 54 meters or 177.2 feet.

Additional Information:

Mechanical locks:  Level 5

Communication:  Radio and Subspace radio.

This is all the information I can get out of Knight Hawks Module about the computers and their programs.  I’m unable to locate my copy of Advance Star Frontier supplement and it’s not on the web site.  So if someone could point me in the right direction in locating that information I would be happy.

Computer:  Level 6   Function Points: 507

Main computer:

Total FP for Main Computer:  507

Engineering Computer:  Level 5

Total FP for Engineering Computer: 449

Library Computer:

Total FP for Library Computer ?

This is the equipment cost thus far.  Could use help Here as well.

Cost:

Drives: 500,000

Life Support: 1500

Astronavigation: 50,000

Radio:  1,000

Subspace Radio:  20,000

Intercom:  550 (one in each room except the walkin Freezer)

Portholes: 750 (15 )

Camera:  25,000 (6 Cameras)

Skin Sensors:  3000

2 Laser Cannons: 20,000 Cr (Laser batteries)

4 first class cabins: 8,000

8 Journey Class:  8,000

2 Cargo Cranes: 6,000

1 laboratory 100,000

Main Computer:  507,000

Engineering Computer: 449,000

Library Computer: ?