Hull

The Hull is the main body of a ship or other vessel.

• It contains the frame, skeleton, and structure.
• It is a kind of Ship Equipment.

Description / Specifications

Physical Structure

• Tonnage (Tons of displacement, equivalent to 1 Ton of liquid hydrogen). Dimensions and Volume.
  • Airlocks
  • Bulkhead Walls
  • Hardpoints
  • Landing Gear

Configuration

• Box
• Close Structure
  • Cluster
  • Braced Cluster
• Cone
• Cylinder
• Dispersed Structure / Irregular Structure
• Flattened Sphere
  • Disk / Saucer
• Needle
• Open Frame
• Planetoid
  • Buffered Planetoid
• Sphere
• Wedge

Streamlining

• Airframe
  • Wings and Fins
• Lifting Body
• Streamlined / Partially streamlined
• Unstreamlined

A hull may be equipped for wilderness refuelling

• Fuel Scoops

Hull Materials / Hull Armor

• Primary structural material
  • Iron (TL-3)
  • Steel (TL-4)
  • Hard Steel (TL-5)
  • Light Alloys (TL-6)
  • Titanium Alloy (TL-6)
  • Composite Laminate (TL-7)
  • Lightweight Composite Laminate (TL-9)
  • Crystaliron (TL-10)
  • Superdense (TL-12)
  • Bonded Superdense (TL-14)
  • Coherent Superdense (TL-17)
  • Organic
• Armor
  • Electrostatic armor
  • Hull plating
  • Inherent armor (planetoid hulls)
  • Reactive armor
  • Structural bracing

History & Background / Dossier

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