Elthar Elite Spaceworks Odyssey Class Courier

[Grim]

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Spoiler: Interiors

Meeting Room

Saloon Living Space (optional design, turns the saloon of the ship into a luxury living space)

Room Design (note that the windows are just displays not actual windows)

Second Room Design (note that windows are displays not actual windows)

Bar (optional, replaces meeting room or 2 other smaller rooms)​

Affiliation: Senators, Planetary Governors, CEO's, pretty much any rich non-sith.

Ownership: Gavin Cain

Intent: The purpose behind this ship is to create a ship that most of the well to do characters in the timeline could use. Most of the ships I was able to find were all combat ships in one way or another, this ship is not meant to fill that gap at all. Instead this ship is made to be the ship that the 1% of the galaxy use to get from one end of the galaxy to the other while looking good doing it. TL;DR: Its the rich mans consular cruiser.

Model: EES Odyssey Class Courier

Name: Gavin's Personal ship: Forgotten Hope

Dimensions:

• Length: 85m
• Width: 55m(wing tip to wing tip)
  
• Height: 24m

Class: Luxury Yacht/Armed Courier

Crew: 3x flight crew(1x pilot, 1x navigator, 1x co-pilot), ship can be flown by one person.

Armament: 2x light laser cannons

Complement: depending on passenger space configuration space for 4 - 11 people, no cargo space outside of basic consumables.

Equipment:

• IFF(Identify Friend Foe) system
• Standard Civilian Plating
  
• navicomputer
• high end civilian sensor suite
  
• Countermeasure system(targeting sensor disruptive chaff and flare systems, 10 charges each)
  
• 1x escape pod
• 1x lifeboat(explained below)
• Highend Civilian model
  
• long range communication suite
• holonet transceiver
• luxury accommodations
• two weeks of consumables

Speed: 75 mglt


Hyperdrive Rating: Class 3, backup class 10

Maneuverability: Fast top speed and rapid acceleration, below average maneuverability for a ship this size and ship has tendency to bleed lots of speed in medium and hard maneuvers.

Description: Elthar Elite Shipwrights are the luxury super yacht subsidiary of the Elthar Heavy Industries constructed this design at the behest of a very rich playboy. He laid down that he wanted to be able to stay in contact at all times with this various business interests as well as keeping up on the latest holodrama. He also laid down that the center of the ship house a saloon that could function as a life boat equipped with its own class 8 hyperdive. The saloon it was made separate from the rest of the ship and protected against probing and snooping making it almost impossible for external and even some internal bugging to fail to work on it. The man stated that that the bug proofing was done so that the extragalatic qwib-qwib (his personal therapist stated that these were just constructs of the man's mind). Since then, EES has kept the saloon and its basic parameters in every Odyssey that is crafted.

Outside of that the man left it up to EES to create rest of the ship, only stating that it had to be fast and it had to have the best shielding around. EES rose to the occasion by creating a ship that was designed to be able to outpace most pirate and private ships. The ship is designed around some of the most powerful drives fitted to a ship of this class while including the best shield generator and power plant on the market. The saloon itself is designed to hold the majority of passangers as well as basic supplies in the event of an emergency. The ship is broken into more or less three sections. The crew compartment up front near the bow of the ship is as small as possible housing a small bunk room and a small refresher, midship is based around the passengers and their facilities, while the rear third of the ship is reserved to the the engineering. This leaves no room for cargo aside from the basics a traveler would bring with them and the consumables on board the ship. They then filled the ship with the best holonet transceiver on the market and the latest in communications technology. The last design feature of the ship is the variable s-foil wings that fold inward to allow the ship better access in locations where the larger wingspan may prevent it from landing. Since its introduction the Odyssey has been a main stay of the who's who of the galaxy thanks to the fact very few Odysseys are ever the same.

The ship while armed is not meant to fight instead it relies on his strong shields and fast speed to get away from is attacker, only fighting when it has too. The handling of the ship match this as the ship is known to loose speed in hard maneuvers and it is advised pilots keeping the ship going as fast as possible and to make it into hyperspace as soon as possible.
Features:

• Best in class interior design that is fully customizeable (refers to basic layout, materials, furniture, etc)
  
• Detachable Lifeboat Saloon
  • equipped with own compact class 8 hyperdrive
  • resistant to bugging and probing
  • control panel /w its own astromech class navicomputer for plotting jumps in the boat
  • own very basic comm suite with a more basic holonet transceiver (used when not tied into the main ship systems)
  • Civilian Armor Plating
• Powerful Engines
• High End Shield Generator
  
• Advanced long range comm suite and holonet transceiver
• Inward Folding S-foils

 

[Outlander]

Hey! So, I can see some issues with this ship that make is somewhat unbalanced against similar vessels.

First and foremost is the current speed. We're talking about a luxury vessel here, which is fairly explicitly stated in the profile. You have to make certain accommodations that a military ship won't have, and that's gonna cut down your stats across the board. At the moment, you're faster than all comparable ships I can find that are this large (With most being primarily utilitarian military vessels to boot) with heavier shielding along with a fully integrated self sustaining luxury life boat. Ideally, you should cut this down by at least 10 MGLT, and i'd say 15 would be ideal.

Second, the shielding. While I understand this ship doesn't have much in the way of defenses, you're not going to be able to get away with a higher class shield than most military vessels on a ship with plenty of living space. It would likely be illegal in the Core if it was even possible.

Third, the hyperdrive rating seems too high to me. Even military ships of this size have trouble hitting 1.5. Ideally, it should be 2.5.

Finally, you have a bunch of small things that I feel add up. Like the issue of how such powerful systems would work when the interior is very customize-able. Or the exact amount of space the chaff systems would take up. Minor things, but worth noting.

I really like the concept of this ship, but I can't in good consciousness agree with the current stats associated with it.

Edit: The speed and hyperdrive rating have been lowered. I feel, however, that they are still too high.

 

[The Living Daylights]

I agree with @Outlander for the most part regarding the stats. 70 MGLT might be a more appropriate figure, but I don't think 75 MGLT is that outrageous. I'm not quite sure what's wrong with the interior being customizable? Isn't that mostly just cosmetic stuff anyway? Maybe some interior defense or something, but that's probably not even going to turn up 99% of the time so I don't think that's a major concern. I'd imagine that most people would like being able to add personal touches to their ships.

Also, from your post, Outlander, I'm guessing it's possible to have somewhat higher stats than you'd expect for the class if it's an illegal ship?

On a side note, are some of those pictures from Passengers or something? Haven't seen the movie, but they seem oddly familiar (might've been the trailer or something). Looks awesome anyway @Grim.

 

[Outlander]

I agree with @Outlander for the most part regarding the stats. 70 MGLT might be a more appropriate figure, but I don't think 75 MGLT is that outrageous. I'm not quite sure what's wrong with the interior being customizable? Isn't that mostly just cosmetic stuff anyway? Maybe some interior defense or something, but that's probably not even going to turn up 99% of the time so I don't think that's a major concern. I'd imagine that most people would like being able to add personal touches to their ships.

Also, from your post, Outlander, I'm guessing it's possible to have somewhat higher stats than you'd expect for the class if it's an illegal ship?

On a side note, are some of those pictures from Passengers or something? Haven't seen the movie, but they seem oddly familiar (might've been the trailer or something). Looks good anyway @Grim

The only reason I really bring up customization is that a ship where you're trying to cram in as much stuff as possible wouldn't have a lot of customization, at least in the layout, since it would have to be optimized for what you're shoving in. You could probably do stuff just on the surface level, but switching layouts would absolutely wreck your systems.

Well. Yes and no. I'd expect slightly higher stats for ships with aftermarket mods, but that's for personal ships as opposed to ship lines. Otherwise, you need to take into account stuff like why any company would be allowed to ship military grade hardware to people.

 

[The Living Daylights]

The only reason I really bring up customization is that a ship where you're trying to cram in as much stuff as possible wouldn't have a lot of customization, at least in the layout, since it would have to be optimized for what you're shoving in. You could probably do stuff just on the surface level, but switching layouts would absolutely wreck your systems.

I don't think switching the layouts of entire rooms is what he means by customizable. I know he says "interior design" but I'm pretty sure he's just referring to sandbox elements like dropping a few gizmos here and there or something.

Well. Yes and no. I'd expect slightly higher stats for ships with aftermarket mods, but that's for personal ships as opposed to ship lines. Otherwise, you need to take into account stuff like why any company would be allowed to ship military grade hardware to people.

Interesting. So could a single character buy this ship and then add aftermarket mods to make their ship faster? There has to be limitations to that.

 

[Outlander]

@The Living Daylights

Complement: depending on configuration space for 4 - 11 people, no cargo space outside of basic consumables.

• Best in class interior design that is fully customizeable

And yes, there are limits. Although, largely, these things don't get looked at very often and it can get out of hand.

 

[The Living Daylights]

Complement: depending on configuration space for 4 - 11 people, no cargo space outside of basic consumables.

I'm not too sure what that refers to in the first place, so I'll concede the point on merit of ignorance.

Best in class interior design that is fully customizeable

I already addressed this.

And yes, there are limits. Although, largely, these things don't get looked at very often and it can get out of hand.

Interesting. I'll consider doing that on one of my characters (and this ship looks to be a good choice, once it gets approved). Within reasonable limit, of course :)

 

[Grim]

Since there seems to be confusion I will try to rework it so it makes more sense. Ideally when the customer places the order for this ship they specify how they want the passenger area, as it it states in the description the back 1/3rd of the ship is all engineering and stays that way. The idea is no different than when someone orders a custom jet from say Leer. If the customer wants a ship that is meant to act as a home away from home they can have it have living spaces designed around that with personal quarters and a common area. However if they so choose they can turn it into a private bar in space, or they can turn it into an office. I imagine if you the person was so inclined they could even squeeze a hot tub or similar in there.

 

[The Living Daylights]

Since there seems to be confusion I will try to rework it so it makes more sense. Ideally when the customer places the order for this ship they specify how they want the passenger area, as it it states in the description the back 1/3rd of the ship is all engineering and stays that way. The idea is no different than when someone orders a custom jet from say Leer. If the customer wants a ship that is meant to act as a home away from home they can have it have living spaces designed around that with personal quarters and a common area. However if they so choose they can turn it into a private bar in space, or they can turn it into an office. I imagine if you the person was so inclined they could even squeeze a hot tub or similar in there.

Yeah, that's what I imagined. I suppose having more clarification won't hurt, though. Something like "above average sensor suite" might be a bit too ambiguous.

 

[Clayton]

I agree with the previous posts. What's "above average"? Is it a civilian or military sensor suite? Why would it have a military grade stuff? Though the rich could probably afford a beefier shield. I'd also move the hyperdrive to a 3 or 4.

I'm assuming that the customizable interior simply refers to aesthetics/furniture stuff?

 

[Grim]

Yes just purely aesthetic with a touch of what type of rooms and what type of materials and basic layouts(bar on one side, rooms on the other stuff like that).

 

[Grim]

updated, the reason for the military shield was that the people who could afford this probably could afford the connections to get the strongest shield possible but its all good toned it down and clarified where I could.

 

[Clayton]

Approved