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Vol.2
U.S.S. APOLLO
FAT DRAGON GAMES www.fatdragongames.com
2008 Fat Dragon Games
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Finding itself with an aging and difficult to maintain fleet of
long range reconnaissance and survey starships, the military issued
a contract to three separate shipyards to produce a single
prototype each for the next generation long range recce ship. The
specification was made that it utilize an existing, in production
design for the hull to both expedite the design process and keep
research and development costs to a minimum. Of the three designs
submitted, the Aeromax Corporations offering was selected for
immediate production. The decision was made based on political
considerations, not the quality of the design. The submission of
the Hammerfell company was superior in every benchmark, and the
prototype was so successful the military commissioned it the U.S.S.
Apollo and pressed it into service for special deep space
reconnaissance missions. Thirty five years later, after the
Aero-max design has been out of service for several years, the
U.S.S. Apollo is still in service, having gained an almost mythical
reputation among crews, many members of which were younger than the
ship they served on. Following the original specification rather
loosely, the Apollo is actually a hybrid ship combining the engines
and fuel stor-age of a deep space transport with the forward hull
of a destroyer. The lower portion of the front hull was gutted of
its main energy weapon and missile batteries, and this space was
then utilized for an advanced sensor suite, the largest ever
carried on a vessel and normally only seen on frontier space
stations.
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3Design Features
Advanced Sensor SuiteCapable of mapping large stellar areas at
an immense distance, this sensor package still represents the state
of the art for this mission, even if it is somewhat larger than
newer designs.
Offensive WeaponsWhile most of the weapons from the forward hull
were re-moved, the primary energy cannon located in the split
between the upper and lower halves of this section remains. It is a
slow fire weapon, but capable of dealing devastating blows.
ConfigurationThe biggest problem the lead design engineers had
to cope with was interference with the main sensor array from
emissions from the engines. Their solution, elegant in its
simplicity, was to mount the forward hull far away from the engines
using a long boom section. While never utilized in its service
history, the for-ward hull can separate from the rear if one of the
two sections becomes severely damaged.
EnginesTaken from a long rage transport, these two massive units
and the nuclear reactors powering them provide all power for the
ship. Faint radiation emissions, while harmless to humans,
hin-dered the proper functioning of the sensor array.
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DECK 1 (FORWARD)
DECK 1 (AFT)
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DECK 3
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7DECK 1 (FORWARD)
1a: StorageThis room in the forward end of deck one was
origi-nally designed to be a workshop but has been relegat-ed to
serving as a storage area.
1b: LavatoryThis small facility contains two sinks, three
toilets and a shower area.
1c: Crew QuartersEach of these small rooms contain four beds
(stacked in twos, each containing a small storage area under-neath
them), a small table and a large storage locker.
1d: InfirmaryThis room contains basic medical supplies and
equip-ment, a single bed, storage locker, table and com-puter.
1e: Mess Hall/GalleyAll food preparation is done here, with a
small oven and refrigeration unit. Additional storage for food is
located in 2h.
1f: LiftThis lift goes to Deck 2.
1g: Systems 1This room contains backup power generators and
batteries. Main power is normally produced via by-product power
from the engines, but when those are shut down all power is
generated here.
1h: Systems 2Systems 2 contains the primary computer core for
the entire ship. The room contains three large servers hard-wired
into all ship systems.
1i: Main CorridorThe main corridor runs between the forward and
aft sections of Deck 1.
DECK 1 (AFT)
1j & 1k: Main EngineeringEngine control, maintenance, power
distribution and shield modulation control is accomplished from
these rooms.
1l: Escape PodsSix emergency access chutes lead to escape pods
located near the belly of the ship. Each pod can carry up to three
adult humans.
DECK 2
2a: BridgeThe bridge contains three massive view screens along
the forward wall and two sides, three computer stations along the
rear of the room, and a dropped station area for the four crew on
duty at all times. A captains chair sits on a pedestal in the
center of the room.
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82b: Holographic CartographyThis room is the heart of the data
collection mis-sion of this ship. All sensor data is routed through
this room where two massive CPUs process the data and display it as
a 3D hologram via a projector in a sunken area in the center of the
room. Complex stel-lar maps can be generated here and transmitted
via the communications relay to a command repository elsewhere.
2c: Main Sensor AccessAccess to Deck 3 is via a hatch in this
room. Sensor power is regulated and routed through this room to the
deck below.
2d: Environmental ControlAll air and water/waste recycling is
done through this room. Most maintenance of these units can be done
via this area, but some repairs require access from the exterior of
the ship.
2e: LiftThis lift goes to Deck 1.
2f: Weapons Control RoomThis room contains a monitoring station
for the main cannon mounted in the forward fuselage.
2g: AirlockThe only airlock on the ship is located in the aft
wall of this room. Extra cargo is usually stored here as well.
2h: StorageSteel storage crates house small arms and other
equipment including survival packs, environmental suits, food
stores and medical supplies.
DECK 3
3a Sensors/CommunicationsAll accessible equipment for sensor and
commu-nication control is in this room. Modifications and
reprogramming can only be done from this location as these
functions are not able to be modified from the bridge.
3b Sensors/CommunicationsMonitoring stations for the main sensor
array along with the four wave generators that are the heart of the
ships massive sensor package are located here. A ladder leads
upward to a hatch leading to room 2c on Deck 2.
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