[TML] CT Sup 7, Crews room sizes.

[Richard Aiken]

On Thu, Apr 24, 2008 at 5:36 PM, Peter Brenton <pbrenton at mit.edu> wrote:
> Of course, I still think there should be bathrooms.  My problem
> (deckplan related) is that I also think there should be
> *plumbing*.  Where do I put the holding tank?  Or do we flush it out
> into space?  Waste of water there.  Maybe its all self contained in
> the .2 meters under the floor?  Ultimately my one requirement is that
> it has to break sometime (for cinematic purposes!) spewing nasty
> stuff everywhere.

When I draw up deckplans (or re-draw them . . . I don't find many
pre-made ones that are entirely to my liking), there are always odd
bits left over, little nooks and crannies between compartments or
along the edges of the streamlined hull shape.  So that's where I
figure these bits go.  Also, most of my engineering spaces are crammed
with pipes and such, especially if it's a modified ship.  Even in
places which the deckplan shows as "open deck space."  You see,
something that always sticks in my mind is a line from "Han Solo At
Star's End," where the illicit shipyard owner's daughter says to Han
(paraphrased): "In exchange for your help in finding my father, I'll
fix your drive problem.  I'll even throw in some reworking of your
piping and conduits, to take out the worst of the headknockers you've
got all over the place in here."

-- 
Richard Aiken

"Never insult anyone by accident." Robert A. Heinlein