Dave Chase
Mongoose
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Some really neat ideas for those tight quarter space ships.
Dave Chase
Some really neat ideas for those tight quarter space ships.
Dave Chase
Space saving furniture
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Captain Jonah
Mongoose
It would be interesting to see just what can be achieved in a 2 by 2 square stateroom. Given the ability of furniture like this to become desks or beds I can easily see a stateroom being very roomy if single purpose.
Lord High Munchkin
Mongoose
Throw in some VR, AR, nanotech, and smart materials... it is perfectly conceivable that the future passenger would think they are swanning about a grand hotel (or wherever they want to be).
Lord High Munchkin
Mongoose
The area of a 2 by 2 square stateroom, especially if it was made more rectangular to increase length of usable wall, is actually quite a lot.
Add in the ability of smart materials to assemble, disassemble themselves as required for furniture; AR & VR overlays and sensory feeds; holographic projectors and wireless linkages... the "actual" stateroom might seem to be a completely bare space, bar the luggage that the passenger brings with them.
Although to the occupant it would seem opulently palatial.
Add in the ability of smart materials to assemble, disassemble themselves as required for furniture; AR & VR overlays and sensory feeds; holographic projectors and wireless linkages... the "actual" stateroom might seem to be a completely bare space, bar the luggage that the passenger brings with them.
Although to the occupant it would seem opulently palatial.
Patron Zero
Mongoose
I've always thought that one overlooked storage option in Traveller starships, staterooms in particular, has been below deck-floor stowage bins and lockers.
If one views the interior of contemporary mini-vans and SUVs so equipped that one could stash-store away the general outfitting of a modern soldier so when was such thinking lost when applied to starships ?
Mind in upscale High Passage accommodations things might appear less utilitarian than in the berthing for a crew member but same principal involved of 'rolling up' the carpeting and such space then being accessible.
Also below deck stowage would be the perfect place for emergency gear, readily accessible and highly visible in such circumstances.
If one views the interior of contemporary mini-vans and SUVs so equipped that one could stash-store away the general outfitting of a modern soldier so when was such thinking lost when applied to starships ?
Mind in upscale High Passage accommodations things might appear less utilitarian than in the berthing for a crew member but same principal involved of 'rolling up' the carpeting and such space then being accessible.
Also below deck stowage would be the perfect place for emergency gear, readily accessible and highly visible in such circumstances.
