An example of a starship from my water world setting, although one with-
out the "aquafitting" mentioned in another thread:
„Kepler's Dream“ is a 200 dton commercial survey ship with a streamlined and selfsealing hull, but without
armour. The bridge is outfitted with a computer model 2, basic electronics and additional survey sensors.
The drive section consists of a hyperdrive A, a maneuver drive B and a fission reactor D with reactor fuel for
1 year, giving the ship a hyperspace speed of 2 parsec per day, a maneuver thrust of 2 G and an endurance
of 1 year. The ship has 8 staterooms, 4 of them for the permanent crew of pilot, survey specialist, engineer
and medic and 4 for mission specialists, usually provided by the customer. It also has a lounge, a sickbay,
a laboratory and a library. The cargo hold has a volume of 85 dtons, mostly used for spare parts, provisions,
survey satellites and probes, and the ship has a grappling arm to deploy the satellites and probes or to
collect samples.
The price of a new ship of this type, including the reactor fuel for 1 year, is 92 MCr., the ship's basic opera-
tion costs, including reactor fuel, maintenance, life support and crew wages, is 8.5 MCr. per year. The ship
can be hired, the charter is negotiable, but rarely below 13 MCr. per year.
The ship is not armed, there are neither hostile aliens (well, no known ali-
ens at all) nor pirates or other spacefaring threats in this setting.
A ship of this type is usually at the center of the first phase to establish a
new colony, the collection of detailed survey data of the system and espe-
cially the planet that was chosen for the colony.
The usual procedure is to deploy an astronomical satellite, several plane-
tary observation satellites in equatorial and polar orbits and - in the case
of a water world - some aquatic probes. The mission specialists provided
by the customer, in the case of a water world for example a planetologist,
an oceanographer, a marine biologist and a marine engineer, evaluate the
data and collect and analyze samples of the planet, while the survey spe-
cialist of the permanent crew studies the star and the other planets of the
system.
After a mission of usually several months the ship return to its base, and
the colonists use the data to plan the first settlement of their colony and
to decide about its location on the planet and about the necessary equip-
ment, from habitats, vehicles and robots to aquafarming species.
out the "aquafitting" mentioned in another thread:
„Kepler's Dream“ is a 200 dton commercial survey ship with a streamlined and selfsealing hull, but without
armour. The bridge is outfitted with a computer model 2, basic electronics and additional survey sensors.
The drive section consists of a hyperdrive A, a maneuver drive B and a fission reactor D with reactor fuel for
1 year, giving the ship a hyperspace speed of 2 parsec per day, a maneuver thrust of 2 G and an endurance
of 1 year. The ship has 8 staterooms, 4 of them for the permanent crew of pilot, survey specialist, engineer
and medic and 4 for mission specialists, usually provided by the customer. It also has a lounge, a sickbay,
a laboratory and a library. The cargo hold has a volume of 85 dtons, mostly used for spare parts, provisions,
survey satellites and probes, and the ship has a grappling arm to deploy the satellites and probes or to
collect samples.
The price of a new ship of this type, including the reactor fuel for 1 year, is 92 MCr., the ship's basic opera-
tion costs, including reactor fuel, maintenance, life support and crew wages, is 8.5 MCr. per year. The ship
can be hired, the charter is negotiable, but rarely below 13 MCr. per year.
The ship is not armed, there are neither hostile aliens (well, no known ali-
ens at all) nor pirates or other spacefaring threats in this setting.
A ship of this type is usually at the center of the first phase to establish a
new colony, the collection of detailed survey data of the system and espe-
cially the planet that was chosen for the colony.
The usual procedure is to deploy an astronomical satellite, several plane-
tary observation satellites in equatorial and polar orbits and - in the case
of a water world - some aquatic probes. The mission specialists provided
by the customer, in the case of a water world for example a planetologist,
an oceanographer, a marine biologist and a marine engineer, evaluate the
data and collect and analyze samples of the planet, while the survey spe-
cialist of the permanent crew studies the star and the other planets of the
system.
After a mission of usually several months the ship return to its base, and
the colonists use the data to plan the first settlement of their colony and
to decide about its location on the planet and about the necessary equip-
ment, from habitats, vehicles and robots to aquafarming species.
