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Old 06-22-2013, 10:15 AM   #4
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Default Re: Spaceships, Floor / Deck Plans, Volume and Hexes

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Originally Posted by Turhan's Bey Company View Post
I ran into this when I started trying to create deck plans based on those designer's notes. The first thing is to go with the upper end of the range for habitat modules. In this case, I wouldn't bother with less than 45 hexes per system. Second, think submarines rather than cruise ships, let alone buildings. Most crew will sleep in stacked bunks, so two-ish hexes will sleep two crewmen.
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Originally Posted by Langy View Post
A bed is only about 1 yard by 2 yards; it should fit within 2 hexes.
I was looking for cabin sizes, not bunks. For bunks, there's actually 0.66 to 2.08 hexes per person total (apparently both for the room and the bed-slot).

And if a bed is 1 yard by 2 yards, that makes it 2 square yards. A hex is 0.64yd², so it takes 3.125 hexes for the bed alone.

I wonder if calculating volume from SM is actually a better idea.
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