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L. Inhibiting competition is probably counter productive, and against the ethos of the Solomani Party.

M. Except against the Imperium, and other aliens.

N. Small, independent operators are probably tolerated, if not indulged, especially if they service the areas that Transstar can't, or won't, cover.

O. However, their size and growth has an unspoken glass ceiling.

P. Which only the most connected transport corporations can overcome, and that only on a subector basis.

 

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Q. The Heighliner concept seems to be similar to a car ferry.

R. I would think that the difference is, each spacecraft hull is charged as cargo, and is responsible for it's own life support.

S. For the revisioned Lost In Space series, family suites are situated in breakaway hulls in the Resolute colony ship, though their manoeuvre drives don't assist primary propulsion.

T. Which is somewhat similar to the Firefly arrangement, where one of the two onboard shuttles serves as residence (I'm guessing penthouse suite) and office for Inara Serra.

U. And as I suggested, ye eons ago, use a self contained recreational vehicle or motor home.

 

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V. You could also go camping.

W. Since life support probably would be an issue, probably have to set up habitat modules, rather than tents.

X. Long term life support includes closed loop systems to recycle air, water and waste for up to 90 days without replenishment at a cost of Cr100000 per module.

Y. Replenishment and maintenance at the end of each life support duration requires Cr1000 and 50 kilograms in replenishment supplies per module.

Z. The TL10 version is pressurised and includes life-support for six occupants for one week (1,000 person-hours) and benefits from a collapsible emergency airlock.

 

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1. A single fully expanded module would occupy five ship tons.

2. Twenty five percent larger than a stateroom.

3. 5 total modules,

4. Fusion Plus generator

5. The advanced base comes with the main (powered) cabin unit plus four additional unpowered modules.

6. The TL10 version includes a Fusion Plus generator to provide support for up to a month without need for fuel replenishment or up to 10 times as long by using deuterium-enriched water (Cr500) as fuel.

7. How much does refined fuel cost again?

8. You could assume that refined fuel is deuterium enrich water.

9. So I assume that a fuel processor isotopicizes hydrogen.

 

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A. The TL10 version is pressurised and includes life-support for six occupants for one week (1,000 person-hours) and benefits from a collapsible emergency airlock.

B. The usual setup is for three modules each to house two people and the fourth used as a common area, with freshers, galley and other facilities shared by all personnel.

C. The TL10 version includes a Fusion Plus generator to provide support for up to a month without need for fuel replenishment or up to 10 times as long by using deuterium-enriched water (Cr500) as fuel.

D. An additional ‘blank’ powered module, containing only a power plant able to support four other modules, costs Cr15000.

E. Adding 24-hour power cell backup to an existing or additional power unit costs Cr40000 or Cr24000 at TL10.

F. Replenishment and maintenance at the end of each life support duration requires Cr1000 and 50 kilograms in replenishment supplies per module.

 

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G. That seems like twenty five kilogrammes of supplies at five hundred starbux per person.

H. Optimally, if you invest a hundred kilostarbux per blank module at technological level eight, for long term life support.

I. For a period of ninety days.

J. Which would work out at 277.7777777777778 grammes at 5.56 starbux per day.

K. Presumably, that's daily non recyclable consumption/loss.

 

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L. Could you use these modules to build a spacecraft?

M. I'd say yes, especially if you use the options for extreme temperatures and corrosive atmospheres.

N. The question would be, would it be worth it?

O. The answer would probably be no, since if you wanted to propel it, you'd need an actual spacecraft to form a core for either the rockets and/or thrusters.

P. However, the (interconnected) modules could form a bas(i/e)s for external expansion of a spacecraft.

 

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Q. What the external expansion of the spacecraft provides, is essentially greater living space.

R. You could use the rules for pop up turrets, but that might needlessly waste money and space, and seems to rely on an existing hard or firm point.

S. A collapsed module takes up half a tonne.

T. Set up time is usually four man hours, sixteen for the primary module.

U. We'll assume performance is readjusted for the extra five tonnes per module.

 

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1. Stealthed.

2. Submersible.

 

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V. Connections to external power sources are available.

W. Which means that you could tap into the onboard power sources, such as batteries solar panelling, and/or fusion reactor.

X. The baseline temperature of outer space, as set by the background radiation from the Big Bang, is 2.7 kelvins (−270 °C; −455 °F).[2]

Y. Adding support for Corrosive environments or extremes of temperature (beyond +/- 200°C) costs an additional Cr100000.

Z. A life support option is a prerequisite for this level of protection and modules operating in such environments should at least double their power supply to maintain habitability.

 

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1. It includes 42 person-days of survival rations, potable water and power cells to maintain minimal lighting and temperature control for one day.

2. That's five modules: one primary, three powered quarters, one unpowered storage.

3. Quarters are tight, with three bunks, a mini-galley and a very small fresher.

4. I think I may have mixed up advanced base modules, and stand alone habitat modules.

5. I assume that most, if not all, modules are standardized to six by three by four metres.

6. Connections to external power sources are available.

7. Quarters are tight, with three bunks, a mini-galley and a very small fresher.

8. The module requires 12 person-hours to assemble.

9. It will protect against Tainted atmospheres and temperatures extremes ranging from +/- 50°C.

 

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A. The TL10 version is pressurised and includes life-support for six occupants for one week (1,000 person-hours) and benefits from a collapsible emergency airlock.

B. This variant has actual self contained life support.

C. Short term life support requires half a kilogramme per man hour, and costs twenty starbux.

D. It includes 42 person-days of survival rations, potable water and power cells to maintain minimal lighting and temperature control for one day.

E. 23.81 kilogrammes per person day, at 238.10 starbux

F. One assumes that if you expand it completely, the habitat module will take up five tonnes in the cargo hold.

 

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G. Two primary and six powered advanced based modules take up forty tonnes.

H. Supports twelve inhabitants, extended to a year on long term life support.

I. Technological level eight advanced base, one primary and four blank modules, seventy five kilostarbux.

J. Plus one primary (fifteen kilostarbux) and two blank modules (five kilostarbux each), totals hundred kilostarbux for two primary and six blank modules.

K. External power source, shipboard fusion reactor, and eight times six blank modules times ninety day periods, equals two and two fifths tonnes life support supplies, at forty eight kilostarbux, per annum, or three hundred sixty days.

 

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L. Ten staterooms take up forty tonnes.

M. Supports twenty passengers, extended to twelve maintenance periods or a year.

N. Ten staterooms costs five megastarbux, annual maintenance five kilostarbux.

O. Twelve kilostarbux life support per annum per stateroom, one hundred twenty for ten staterooms per annum.

P. Twenty passengers costs twenty kilostarbux per month, two hundred forty kilostarbux per annum, total three hundred sixty kilostarbux, total annual operating cost three hundred sixty five kilostarbux.

 

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Q. Forty tonnes of barracks houses forty troops.

R. That would be two megastarbux, with annual maintenance of two kilostarbux.

S. Life support cost being five hundred starbux per tonne, twenty kilostarbux for forty tonnes per month, and two hundred forty kilostarbux per annum, for forty troops.

T. And then you add the kilostarbux per person per month, which nets an additional four hundred eighty kilostarbux per annum, total seven hundred twenty kilostarbux per annum.

U. That's fifteen hundred starbux per trooper, the same as double occupancy, just sardinized.

 

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V. What's worse than sardinization?

W. Incarceration.

X. Ten brigs take up forty tonnes and hold sixty prisoners, at two and a half megastarbux.

Y. Life support is a kilostarbux per brig, therefore ten kilostarbux per month, one hundred twenty kilostarbux per annum; sixty prisoners would be seven hundred twenty kilostarbux per annum.

Z. Essentially, eleven hundred sixty six and two thirds starbux per prisoner, per month.

 

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1. In comparison, cabin space is fairly luxurious.

2. At one and a half tonnes, that would be business class on short haul flights.

3. That's twenty six plus for forty tonnes, let's close an eye and say twenty seven for forty and a half tonnes.

4. Seventy five kilostarbux per cabin, two million and twenty five thousand starbux for forty and a half tonnes.

5. Freshers and other facilities would be separate, like on most passenger planes.

6. Three hundred seventy five starbux life support per cabin, one hundred twenty one and a half kilostarbux per annum.

7. Plus twenty seven kilostarbux for the passengers, three hundred twenty four kilostarbux per annum.

8. Still comes down to thirteen and three quarters hundred starbux per passenger, per month.

9. Cabin space looks attractive, but basic facilities, freshers, galleys, etcetera, are separate.

 

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A. Moving up the market segmentation ladder, we have high and luxury staterooms.

B. Four tonne staterooms cost half a megastarbux, six tonne high staterooms cost four fifths of a megastarbux, and ten tonne luxury ones, cost one and a half megastarbux.

C. That's 125'000, 133'333.34, and 150'000 starbux per tonne, respectively.

D. Life support costs would be two hundred fifty, five hundred, and five hundred starbux, per tonne, respectively.

E. You have to wonder how much doubling life support gets you - wagyu beef and Perri-Air?

F.

 

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G. And then you have stables.

H. Stables come with their own air scrubbers and waste-collectors, avoiding the need to tax the existing life support systems of the ship.

I. Minimum size is ten tonnes, capable of supporting twenty humans, at twenty five kilostarbux.

J. Perhaps, unsurprisingly, life support costs two hundred fifty starbux per tonne; but, this is capable of supporting two humans.

K. Since we don't have separate life support costs for cattle, and the stables life support system is autonomous, we can make the assumption that we don't have to pay an extra kilostarbux per human, per month.

 

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L. Space stations seem to require the same power for basic systems as other spacecraft.

M. It looks like the same costs pertain to accommodation options listed previously.

N. Residential zones don't quite sync up with spacecraft accommodations in terms of cost, and seem to require additional power, per hundred tonnes.

O. Luxury staterooms cost five times more, but has no direct life support costs attributed to it

P. High almost double, medium twenty percent less, and low seems new, at two tonnes for a hundred kilostarbux, which is probably cabin space plus half tonne toilet.