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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Reverend: [QB] First off, there WILL be an extra set of landing gear for the aft section, I just have to wait until I've plotted out the ventral view so I can find a sensible place for them to go (not as simple as you might think.) As for the visibility of the upper deck, as I've already explained I designed the bridge with an eye towards it being dismantled and used as a balcony by the colonists - note that the deck level of the bridge is about a meter lower than the outer dorsal hull, so it wouldn't be visible from the ground - as for the rest of the upper deck, it's far enough back so that it wouldn't be visible in the screen shots. I did think about flipping the whole thing 180 to have the upper deck on camera left but it causes more problems than it solves. For one thing yes, there could be a central corridor, but with a ship this small it just doesn't make sense to have THREE hallways running parallel and it would make it impossible to place the passenger cabin set (the one they had meg in) anywhere inside the hull. Believe me, you're not suggesting anything I haven't already considered and eliminating the upper deck altogether just makes it worse as you have less space for passenger cabins and cargo bays. As far as the ground clearance goes, I may yet extend the belly to ground level, or add retractable parallel skids along the entire length, I haven't decided yet and again, it will have to wait until the ventral view is sorted. As for the Danube's capacity, 60 would be at EXTREME discomfort and strictly short term. This is a civilian personnel transport, so it requires at LEAST one bunk for every two passengers and a seat in an escape pod for every person aboard, with room to spare. So the internal volume to passenger ration goes up compared to a runabout. Then you need somewhere for them to eat and socialise, hence the midship mess hall and you need to see to their hygiene and any medical issues, so that means a sonic shower room and a very small infirmary with a stasis pod. It's as small as it's going to get and any bigger and it becomes two big for the "about 4x the size of a Danube" to be valid. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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