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Subject: Inaccurate Deck Plans???  Not really...

> Date: 31 Jul 87 13:08:00 PDT (Fri)
> From: James T. Perkins [email removed]
>
> > Date: Fri, 31 Jul 87 12:32:15 PDT
> > From: [email removed] (Michael D. Smith)
> > To: [email removed]
>
> > 1. How accurate are the ship diagrams shown in the books?
>
> >     The book indicates the staterooms require 56 cubic
> >     meters, yet most ships' diagrams show a stateroom
> >     has a floor space of 3 meters x 3 meters.
> >     With a 2.5 meter high ceiling, those staterooms
> >     would only be occupying 22.5 cubic meters.
> >
> >     Assuming a 2.5 meter high ceiling, a typical
> >     stateroom should be 4 meters x 5 meters
> >     (the remaining 6 cubic meters could be used for
> >     plumbing, air, & electrical).
>
> Hmm.  Guess I better whip out my:
>
> 	Supplement 7, Traders and Gunboats
> 	Copyright 1980, by Game Designers' Workshop, Inc.
> 	Page 5.
>
> 							"STARSHIP DECK PLANS
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 	"The creation of starship deck plan data is based on the assumption
> that one ton of mass displacement equals fourteen cubic meters.  The starship
> displacement ton is derived from the volume of one ton of liquid hydrogen, the
> material used as fuel for starships.
> 	"Since the square grid scale used for deck plans is 1.5 meters [sic]
> squares, a ceiling height of three meters means that two floor squares,
> extended floor to ceiling equals four 1.5 meter cubes or about 14 cubic meters
> (1.5x1.5x1.5x4=13.5 cubic meters), or one ton.  If a 100-ton ship were mapped
> as a one-level square, it would have two hundred grid squares within.
> 	"Allowances of approximately 10% (plus or minus) were made in most
> areas to allow for proper access and representation of specific items within
> the ship.  For example, crew quarters call for four tons per person (in Book
> 2); the actual tonnage allocated to staterooms stands at less than that, but
> the remaining area is take [sic] up in communal facilities such as galley,
> mess, and recreation lounges.
> 	"In addition, a limited volume of passages has been added to some
> starships.  Passages and access ways which have no other use may be safely
> added to a ship without affecting its volume or displacement for construction
> purposes; such additional passages should amount to no more than an additional
> 10% of the total ship volume."
>
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> |[address removed]
>

Thanks for the quick response and clarification.

The above indicates that 1 ton takes 2 grid squares with a 3 meter
ceiling.

Why a 3 meter ceiling?  This seems quite high for humaniti?


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