<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=157589.msg7236042#msg7236042">Quote from: Branwen on 17-11-2012, 03:36:46</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Is one of these what you're looking for, sir?  Scaled.  Click to enlarge.<br/></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>I see Elfi is always trying to be helpful.<br/>The top one is Serenity, a Firefly class transport. But the lower one is exactly what we need, the Alliance Patrol boat.<br/><br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Deck Plans - Various</div><div class="spoiler_body">(http://i440.photobucket.com/albums/qq127/Wisperness/The%20Verse/8.jpg)<br/><br/>(http://i440.photobucket.com/albums/qq127/Wisperness/The%20Verse/7.jpg)</div></div><br/>Our ship, The Line, is significantly bigger than Serenity with about twice the weight and twice the footprint. However, she is sleeker and more aerodynamic and much of her weight is in the more powerful engine. So, even after taking out the ASREV's (fighters) and converting the hangar bays into cargo bays, she has less storage space. She has nothing like the Firefly's cavernous cargo hold and everything is more cramped.<br/><br/>However, she has some extra facilities that a Firefly has not. For example, her med bay is far bigger than our need (hopefully) and the recovery ward on the upper level has been converted to passenger rooms. She has a 4-Cell brig (2 big cells, 2 singles) which are in use as bunks for Mya and Elfi, and as storage for sensitive goods.<br/><br/>She has a few rather remote places that are used for storing cargo and supplies. This is where the weapons used to be. The only military thing that was kept on is the nose turret, and the gun was replaced with a very powerful searchlight.<br/><br/>Alliance Patrol Boats sometimes carry a large number of troops for short distances and while there are no bunks for them, there is a significant number of escape pods on board for that occasion. The number of escape pods (basically just man-sized tubes with a little life support and a rocket engine in back) has been reduced to save weight. The empty launch tubes can be used to store some cargo or supplies and a significant number of escape pods have been kept for safety, and also to store 'sensitive' cargo in a place where it can be shot off into space with the push of a button.<br/><br/>On the whole, the ship's layout is impractical for its current use. Taking on cargo is a pain as much of it has to be maneuvered through narrow corridors to somewhere deeper in the ship. The bridge is far too large for the needs of just one pilot. Many systems are more complex than a civilian ship would use and spare parts are hard to come by. However, The Line is fast and she is tough. She may not be armed anymore, but anything she can't outrun, she can can probably<em>outlast</em>. There<em>is</em>armor on all essential sections of the ship.<br/><br/>Satan_Klaus