In my campaign the characters sort of anti-hero type characters that become the Heros. We started the campaign right during Episode 1, season 1.
Within the first month they were enlisted by the Vorlons to fight the Shadows. Well, since there were no White Stars at that point, the pc's were given a Hyperion Cruiser called the Aegeus that had last been reported entering Vorlon space 8 years previous. No sign of the crew at all.
And as the characters (who are not Earthforce personell) began to use the ship as stealthily as they could I began to notice weird things about the ship, some of which I have asked about on this site and had answers from.
My first issue was the size of the Hyperion ships. Being Collosal II, the ship can at most be 256ft long. Well, I felt that was totaly wrong so I have switched to useing the size of 1025 or so Meters long. That way, fighters could be put inside it.
Anyways, my new question is this: Where do the shuttles go?
The Earth Force Shuttle is roughly 29 meters long! Where do they go? An Atmospheric shuttle would take up most of the width of the Cobra Bays of a Hyperion, effectively removing 2 Starfuries to put in a shuttle. That's assuming that the Cobra Bays width is over 29 Meters. So then where are they put?
Would they be put in the large section just behind the Cobra Bays? Mongoose has that section being Engineering. I've also looked at some footage from Voices II, S1, and so no docking bay doors in that section.
So I don't think that they would go there.
Then there's the engines in the aft section. I'd so no to the shuttle bays being there.
So then there is the large section that juts down to the lowest point of the ship, ending with two turret weapon systems. I can see this area being large enough to hold 2 shuttle bays, perhaps 1 on top of the other.
Or, does it even have any shuttles at all? I see one bit of evidence to support no shuttles. In Voices II, the Captain of the Hyperion travels to B5 using a Badger Class Starfury, not a shuttle.
Abraxus
Within the first month they were enlisted by the Vorlons to fight the Shadows. Well, since there were no White Stars at that point, the pc's were given a Hyperion Cruiser called the Aegeus that had last been reported entering Vorlon space 8 years previous. No sign of the crew at all.
And as the characters (who are not Earthforce personell) began to use the ship as stealthily as they could I began to notice weird things about the ship, some of which I have asked about on this site and had answers from.
My first issue was the size of the Hyperion ships. Being Collosal II, the ship can at most be 256ft long. Well, I felt that was totaly wrong so I have switched to useing the size of 1025 or so Meters long. That way, fighters could be put inside it.
Anyways, my new question is this: Where do the shuttles go?
The Earth Force Shuttle is roughly 29 meters long! Where do they go? An Atmospheric shuttle would take up most of the width of the Cobra Bays of a Hyperion, effectively removing 2 Starfuries to put in a shuttle. That's assuming that the Cobra Bays width is over 29 Meters. So then where are they put?
Would they be put in the large section just behind the Cobra Bays? Mongoose has that section being Engineering. I've also looked at some footage from Voices II, S1, and so no docking bay doors in that section.
So I don't think that they would go there.
Then there's the engines in the aft section. I'd so no to the shuttle bays being there.
So then there is the large section that juts down to the lowest point of the ship, ending with two turret weapon systems. I can see this area being large enough to hold 2 shuttle bays, perhaps 1 on top of the other.
Or, does it even have any shuttles at all? I see one bit of evidence to support no shuttles. In Voices II, the Captain of the Hyperion travels to B5 using a Badger Class Starfury, not a shuttle.
Abraxus
