Kraven Kor Posted March 13, 2006 Report Share Posted March 13, 2006 Question: The ship comes in at 97 meters long (on the map, add about 3-6 meters of hull and such to each side), and about 34 meters wide. It has 3 decks, the lower being 12 meters high in the cargo hold, the rest and the upper decks each being 2.25 meters tall with about 1.25m space between decking in most areas. Now, by raw measurement, I came up with about 107m long, 42m wide including structure, hull, armor, etc. 53.5" by 21", or essentially size 17. Actual usable area, however, is only 800~850 hexes. Size 16. Which should I go with? Also, any comments / suggestions about that map? I know there has to be some imporant ship-board something-or-other that I am completely overlooking. Edit: Forgot about Credit where credit is due -- These maps created using Autorealm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kraven Kor Posted March 13, 2006 Author Report Share Posted March 13, 2006 Re: [Deck Plans] Merc / Independent Cruiser Should specify: The Grey areas represent maintenance access -- crawlspaces and such. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobGreenwade Posted March 14, 2006 Report Share Posted March 14, 2006 Re: [Deck Plans] Merc / Independent Cruiser I'd say go with Sizd 17. Only about half to two-thirds of a Vehicle's space is normally usable anyway. Good work on this. I may swipe it for a game some time (especially if you put the character sheet and everything together into a PDF... that would be so sweet!). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kraven Kor Posted March 14, 2006 Author Report Share Posted March 14, 2006 Re: [Deck Plans] Merc / Independent Cruiser I'd say go with Sizd 17. Only about half to two-thirds of a Vehicle's space is normally usable anyway. Good work on this. I may swipe it for a game some time (especially if you put the character sheet and everything together into a PDF... that would be so sweet!). I will post the sheet (again - had posted a write up that I've decided to change) eventually, but have no capability to make .pdf's. I'm still toying with stuff on it, and I can't promise it will fit with the tech in any other game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susano Posted March 14, 2006 Report Share Posted March 14, 2006 Re: [Deck Plans] Merc / Independent Cruiser Did you remember bathrooms? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobGreenwade Posted March 14, 2006 Report Share Posted March 14, 2006 Re: [Deck Plans] Merc / Independent Cruiser I will post the sheet (again - had posted a write up that I've decided to change) eventually' date=' but have no capability to make .pdf's. I'm still toying with stuff on it, and I can't promise it will fit with the tech in any other game.[/quote'] Here is what I use for PDF making. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starwolf Posted March 14, 2006 Report Share Posted March 14, 2006 Re: [Deck Plans] Merc / Independent Cruiser If you e-mail me a copy of the ships character sheet and the graphic for the map I can convert it to a PDF and send it back to you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starwolf Posted March 14, 2006 Report Share Posted March 14, 2006 Re: [Deck Plans] Merc / Independent Cruiser Did you remember bathrooms? Main deck just aft of the crew quarters... and presumably in the captains stateroom also... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadowcat1313 Posted March 14, 2006 Report Share Posted March 14, 2006 Re: [Deck Plans] Merc / Independent Cruiser nicely done design, the simple deck layouts are great I just wish I had the artistic talent to create my own Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kraven Kor Posted March 14, 2006 Author Report Share Posted March 14, 2006 Re: [Deck Plans] Merc / Independent Cruiser I'll hopefully have the sheet done tonight. If so, I'll try that PDF maker and if I have no luck, might take you up on that offer, Starwolf. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kraven Kor Posted March 14, 2006 Author Report Share Posted March 14, 2006 Re: [Deck Plans] Merc / Independent Cruiser Also, what class of ship would you call this? Frigate? Destroyer? Cruiser? It's main intention is going to be escort and black-ops -- it will be somewhat stealth fitted plus having some decent sensor and comm jamming capabilities. We came up with a crew compliment of about 15 souls, not including the marine squad. This is a ship modified by one of the PC's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobGreenwade Posted March 15, 2006 Report Share Posted March 15, 2006 Re: [Deck Plans] Merc / Independent Cruiser Also, what class of ship would you call this? Frigate? Destroyer? Cruiser? It's main intention is going to be escort and black-ops -- it will be somewhat stealth fitted plus having some decent sensor and comm jamming capabilities. We came up with a crew compliment of about 15 souls, not including the marine squad. This is a ship modified by one of the PC's. If it's owned independently of any government, they can call it a Butt-Kicker if they want to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starwolf Posted March 15, 2006 Report Share Posted March 15, 2006 Re: [Deck Plans] Merc / Independent Cruiser Depending on weaponry I would call it a Cutter in the sense of like a coast guard cutter - fast, small crew, combat capable against light vessels (pirates and such), and suitable forblack ops... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susano Posted March 15, 2006 Report Share Posted March 15, 2006 Re: [Deck Plans] Merc / Independent Cruiser Frigate -- the first true ships of the US Navy were frigates. Medium-sized, quick (mostly), well-armed, and used all over the place for various combat actions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kraven Kor Posted March 17, 2006 Author Report Share Posted March 17, 2006 Re: [Deck Plans] Merc / Independent Cruiser OK, I'm trying to put this into a PDF using that thing. What I need is a good export template capable of being pasted into word, so I can put it all in word then convert to PDF. Unless there is a better way -- like, using that program to combine 3 files into a single PDF? I guess I could save the sheet, convert it to PDF, then combine them? Those that use that PDF maker care to give me some pointers? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobGreenwade Posted March 17, 2006 Report Share Posted March 17, 2006 Re: [Deck Plans] Merc / Independent Cruiser Basically PDF995 acts like a printer. If you can make a single document out of something and print it, you can make a PDF out of it. Any of the RTF-based templates should work. I personally prefer the ones made by Robert P. Miller (check out the Free Stuff section of the site). Those export directly into MS Word, then you can make any minor edits for formatting, add in the plans and a map key, and voila. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kraven Kor Posted March 20, 2006 Author Report Share Posted March 20, 2006 Re: [Deck Plans] Merc / Independent Cruiser This is going to drive me freaking mad. None of the export templates paste into word in any usable fashion. They are all WAY outside the margins, and no amount of editing will fix it. Just when I think I have it right, it suddenly breaks another table and I have a 1 character wide column going 15 pages down. Starwolf, that offer still stand? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starwolf Posted March 21, 2006 Report Share Posted March 21, 2006 Re: [Deck Plans] Merc / Independent Cruiser Sure thing just e-mail me the info. If it is in HD format I can export it myself, or you can send me the RTF or word DOC file. I can work with either setup and convert it to PDF. Send it to pmbruner@comcast.net Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kraven Kor Posted March 21, 2006 Author Report Share Posted March 21, 2006 Re: [Deck Plans] Merc / Independent Cruiser Well, I'd post the character sheet here, but the "Hero Boards" export template doesn't seem to work on the boards. You see all the codes and <>'s and it won't format the post correctly. I'd host it but the only hosting I currently have available is for images. I'm looking at having a website for this stuff soon, but I wouldn't hold your breath. Anyone who wants it, post or PM me your address and I'll email it to you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kraven Kor Posted March 22, 2006 Author Report Share Posted March 22, 2006 Re: [Deck Plans] Merc / Independent Cruiser Thanks to StarWolf, the .pdf is now available. Unfortunately, I don't have a place to host it right now. Anyone got some advice on where to do free/cheap file hosting? Also, I'd be interested in finding an artist of some type to make a depiction of the ship, if anybody knows of someone who might do such. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thia Halmades Posted March 22, 2006 Report Share Posted March 22, 2006 Re: [Deck Plans] Merc / Independent Cruiser Contact Tony Moller (tony@aroooo.com I think) at Star Hero Fandom.com - he'll be hosting my entire HALO conversion, you should email him. Cool cat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadowcat1313 Posted March 22, 2006 Report Share Posted March 22, 2006 Re: [Deck Plans] Merc / Independent Cruiser I am talking to the folks at Freelance Traveller about adding a Traveller Hero/Star Hero section. I can also make room at Fafrhds Pocket Empire if needed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starwolf Posted March 23, 2006 Report Share Posted March 23, 2006 Re: [Deck Plans] Merc / Independent Cruiser Also the file is not extemely large, you could post it here on the Hero board. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kraven Kor Posted March 23, 2006 Author Report Share Posted March 23, 2006 Re: [Deck Plans] Merc / Independent Cruiser OK, here it be. The picture is from http://www.scifi-meshes.com/gallery/showphoto.php/photo/949/limit/views and may be replaced at some point. Thanks again for all the input, I'll hopefully have my second ship done by next week. We had session 1 last night, I'll be putting up a campaign log at some point too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadowcat1313 Posted March 23, 2006 Report Share Posted March 23, 2006 Re: [Deck Plans] Merc / Independent Cruiser interesting work on the ship, the modeler does some magnificent work as shown on the website, now I will have to tackle the Tigon class BB myself Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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