Spaceships: Getting rid of cabins

Schilcote · 08-28-2013, 10:37 AM

I have a spaceship (which I already designed in non-game-mechanic terms) that I'm trying to recreate in Spaceships terms. Problem is, it's a big honkin' cargo freighter, so it's SM+12... but it's only supposed to have 12 crew quarters (and those aren't even full, it's just got the players in it). Since the 'habitat' component contains 600 cabins, this is a bit of a problem.

Does anyone have a different way of representing crew quarters that doesn't conflict so much with the established design? I suppose I could fill it with minifacs, saying they represent a big workshop that isn't quite big enough to count as 1/6th of a hull section.

Humabout · 08-28-2013, 10:40 AM

Not sure if it's RAW or not, but you can trade a cabin for 5 tons of steerage cargo - that is, it's pressurized and climate-controlled.

Nereidalbel · 08-28-2013, 10:41 AM

Convert unnecessary cabin space into extra storage space. The examples and such in the books aren't the universal law of every design ever.

Irenaeus · 08-28-2013, 10:46 AM

Either use the remaining cabins for steerage, or expand upon the "smaller systems rule". Replace one of the SM+12 systems with 100 SM+8 systems. Make 2 of them habitats and 98 cargo bays, and you get 12 cabins and 4900 tons of upressurized cargo holds.

You can also replace some more of the SM+8 Cargo Holds with other utilities without using a full SM+12 system, so it's a very flexible design solution.

Schilcote · 08-28-2013, 10:53 AM

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Originally Posted by Irenaeus

Either use the remaining cabins for steerage, or expand upon the "smaller systems rule". Replace one of the SM+12 systems with 100 SM+8 systems. Make 2 of them habitats and 98 cargo bays, and you get 12 cabins and 4900 tons of upressurized cargo holds.

You can also replace some more of the SM+8 Cargo Holds with other utilities without using a full SM+12 system, so it's a very flexible design solution.

Ooh, I like this.

The Wrathchild · 08-28-2013, 11:11 AM

Never has thinking inside the box been more elegant! :-)

Schilcote · 08-28-2013, 11:13 AM

Actually, it's more of a three-dimensional oval (is there a word for that?).

vicky_molokh · 08-28-2013, 11:26 AM

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Originally Posted by Schilcote

Actually, it's more of a three-dimensional oval (is there a word for that?).

Ovoid. Or just egg (from which both oval and ovoid are derived, directly or not).

Humabout · 08-28-2013, 12:00 PM

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Originally Posted by vicky_molokh

Ovoid. Or just egg (from which both oval and ovoid are derived, directly or not).

Don't forget ellipsoid!

vicky_molokh · 08-28-2013, 01:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Humabout

Don't forget ellipsoid!

That would be much more mathematically precise than an ovoid.

("An oval is an ellipse-shaped circle drawn inside a square of a 2:1 length/width ratio.")

08-28-2013, 10:37 AM	#1
Schilcote Join Date: Jan 2011	Spaceships: Getting rid of cabins I have a spaceship (which I already designed in non-game-mechanic terms) that I'm trying to recreate in Spaceships terms. Problem is, it's a big honkin' cargo freighter, so it's SM+12... but it's only supposed to have 12 crew quarters (and those aren't even full, it's just got the players in it). Since the 'habitat' component contains 600 cabins, this is a bit of a problem. Does anyone have a different way of representing crew quarters that doesn't conflict so much with the established design? I suppose I could fill it with minifacs, saying they represent a big workshop that isn't quite big enough to count as 1/6th of a hull section. __________________ "Son, I have seen some unbelievable things in my time, but I have never seen a Texan with a robotic chainsaw fist kill a gun-slinging dinosaur by punching it in the head."

08-28-2013, 10:40 AM	#2
Humabout Join Date: Aug 2008	Re: Spaceships: Getting rid of cabins Not sure if it's RAW or not, but you can trade a cabin for 5 tons of steerage cargo - that is, it's pressurized and climate-controlled. __________________ Buy My Stuff! *Free Stuff:* Dungeon Action! Totem Spirits My Blog: Above the Flatline.

08-28-2013, 10:41 AM	#3
Nereidalbel Join Date: May 2013 Location: Ellicott City, MD	Re: Spaceships: Getting rid of cabins Convert unnecessary cabin space into extra storage space. The examples and such in the books aren't the universal law of every design ever.

08-28-2013, 10:46 AM	#4
Irenaeus Join Date: Mar 2008	Re: Spaceships: Getting rid of cabins Either use the remaining cabins for steerage, or expand upon the "smaller systems rule". Replace one of the SM+12 systems with 100 SM+8 systems. Make 2 of them habitats and 98 cargo bays, and you get 12 cabins and 4900 tons of upressurized cargo holds. You can also replace some more of the SM+8 Cargo Holds with other utilities without using a full SM+12 system, so it's a very flexible design solution.

08-28-2013, 11:11 AM	#6
The Wrathchild Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: A nice, warm rock with an excellent view of the Damned	Re: Spaceships: Getting rid of cabins Never has thinking inside the box been more elegant! :-) __________________ The Wrathchild

08-28-2013, 11:13 AM	#7
Schilcote Join Date: Jan 2011	Re: Spaceships: Getting rid of cabins Actually, it's more of a three-dimensional oval (is there a word for that?). __________________ "Son, I have seen some unbelievable things in my time, but I have never seen a Texan with a robotic chainsaw fist kill a gun-slinging dinosaur by punching it in the head."