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Fan rooms for the life support system library chartroom smokepit galley messdecks wardroom (wierdroom) training facilities swimming pool dojo gym spa firing range combat information center (CIC) labs battle dressing stations repair lockers firefighting equipment lifeboats cargo handling booms cargo bay airlocks (like TMP era) armory - primary and alternates Quarterdeck aft steering emergency generators backup engines, both impulse and warp. For a TMP era ship, a backup linear intermix chamber & matter/anti-matter reactor (aka warp core in TNG). counter-intruder systems multi-species life support EVA lockers Damage Control Central low-tech emergency comms (like sound-powered phones) fightercraft, remote drones, probes, remote comm/sensor relays stealth gear/cloak ECM/ECCM/Elint/EW gear all transporters on a separate circuit, so a casulty in one doesn't take them all down - and transporter probes that allow beaming through shields. Large through-deck shuttle bay administrative offices ground and air vehicles for landing parties security lobbies (kind of like a guard shack and airlock) for sensitive areas. solar sail (for loss of propulsion emergencies) telescopes (visual, radio, etc) sextants printshop site tv ship's store vending machines laundry Supply division storeroom paint locker hazmat locker deck gear locker grapples telescoping "gangway" airlock water storage waste reclamation raw material storage for fabricators reefers for cold and cool food storage chapel scuttles and hatches for emergency access between decks
Just off the top of my head
-------------------- Darkwing If you don't drink the kool-aid, you're a *baaad* person - Rev Jim Jones It is useless for sheep to pass resolutions in favor of vegetarianism while wolves remain of a different opinion - William Ralph Inge Almond kool-aid, anyone? - DW [email protected]
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But it's true that many larger navy ships have one or more PX shops, roughly equivalent to a newspaper stand or 7-11. Aircraft carriers even have a small TV studio for their own news channel.
Mark
PS - Bridges still coming. My favorite pencil is broken. Very sad.
quote:Originally posted by Mark Nguyen: Like a mess hall?
But it's true that many larger navy ships have one or more PX shops, roughly equivalent to a newspaper stand or 7-11. Aircraft carriers even have a small TV studio for their own news channel.
Mark
All ships I know of, except perhaps the Cyclone PCs, have a ship's store, and a newsstand or small 7-11 makes a good description. OTOH, Alcohol Support Unit Bahrain is a shore facility which only has a Ship's Store, not an NEX (Navy Exchange; PX or AAFES is for zoomies and grunts) I hear carriers have several, and maybe even a McDonald's. I don't believe that one, but then I've only physically been on the Shitty Kitty. And every ship (again, possibly excepting the PCs) has a site TV shop.
-------------------- Darkwing If you don't drink the kool-aid, you're a *baaad* person - Rev Jim Jones It is useless for sheep to pass resolutions in favor of vegetarianism while wolves remain of a different opinion - William Ralph Inge Almond kool-aid, anyone? - DW [email protected]
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quote:Originally posted by Darkwing: All ships I know of, except perhaps the Cyclone PCs, have a ship's store, and a newsstand or small 7-11 makes a good description. OTOH, Alcohol Support Unit Bahrain is a shore facility which only has a Ship's Store, not an NEX (Navy Exchange; PX or AAFES is for zoomies and grunts) I hear carriers have several, and maybe even a McDonald's. I don't believe that one, but then I've only physically been on the Shitty Kitty. And every ship (again, possibly excepting the PCs) has a site TV shop.
"All ships I know of, except perhaps the Cyclone Class coastal patrol ships, have a ship's store, which could be described as a newsstand or 7-11. On the other hand, Alcohol Support Unit Bahrain is a shore facility which only has a ship's store, not an NEX (Navy Exchange) shop. No Navy ships or bases have a PX (Post Exchange) or AAFES (Army and Air Force Exchange Service) shop, because they are only for Air Force and Army Personnel. I hear carriers have several, and maybe even a McDonald's. I don't believe that one, but then I've only physically been on the USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63). And every ship (again, possibly excepting the coastal patrol ships) has a television room."
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quote:Originally posted by Mark Nguyen: Mr. Ewing, you fill your heads with much incomprehensible jibberish! Your swabbie talk is lost on landlubbers - and most Trek fans!
Let's start with Shitty Kitty = USS Kitty Hawk, and work from there. Why is it that so many USN ships have such profane nicknames?
Mark
Sorry, I'm so used to the jargon that I sometimes fail to translate fully when speaking to others. I know what I mean, and sometimes it's so transparent to me that I don't notice it's opaque to people not used to it.
Phoenix did a decent job of translating, except that "tv rooms" is unclear - that should be a shipwide tv cable system, often including satellite tv, and channels reserved for shipboard broadcast (training, addressing th crew, briefings, etc), not just a tv viewing lounge. Also, I should have said "Administrative Support Unit", the other is a common joke made about the place.
Heinlein once wrote that the first caveman to cross a river on a log renamed everything so nobody would think he was a landlubber.
Sailors have had irreverent nicknames for their ships since the dawn of time, partly affection, partly spite for the toil the ship requires and the harshness of life aboard (nowhere near as bad as it once was). My first ship, USS Shasta (AE-33), now USNS (TAE-33), an ammunition ship, we called Shaftya, because of command policies many felt were unfair, and the heavy workload of an underway replenishment ship. Next, the USS John S. McCain (DDG-56), was called Johnny Mac. USS Blue Ridge (LCC-19), though, had the most various nicknames, none complimentary. Blue Bitch, Blue pig, blue sledge, and more. LCC was interpreted as Largest cleaning Crew or Let's Clean and Clean. Basically, we had the most restrictive policies, the most time wasted 'field daying' (deep cleaning), and the least useful mission.
Sometimes nicknames show how much a particular ship is revield by others, or appreciated. Bunker Hill (CG-52) was Benny Hill to some, Cellblock 52 to others. Abraham Lincoln became Stinkin' Lincoln to us after she nearly ran us over during an unrep (underway replenishment), and after plane guard with the Independence, we started calling it the 'end-of-my-penis'. And finally, sailors simply are profane. It's part of our image, and many go to great lengths to cultivate that image. Again, sorry I posted unclearly. I'll try to remember to more fully translate in future.
-------------------- Darkwing If you don't drink the kool-aid, you're a *baaad* person - Rev Jim Jones It is useless for sheep to pass resolutions in favor of vegetarianism while wolves remain of a different opinion - William Ralph Inge Almond kool-aid, anyone? - DW [email protected]
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That info alone would be most interesting to see Masao make patches on.
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Unfortunately, most of it is not going to wind up in my Lego Star Trek ship.
I just don't have the space or material to build a huge starship, so it's going to be small. A Bridge, Transporter Room, Conference Room, Officers and Enlisted crew living quarters, Main Engineering, maybe a Shuttlebay, a Galley, Mess Hall, Science Labs, Sickbay, plus a collection of "facilities" and lifepods. I'm figuring about 25 total complement.
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