Steerage Berth

Steerage refers to Steerage Berth (bunk/cot), Steerage Accommodation (space afforded), and Steerage passage

• It is a kind of Ship Equipment.

Description (Specifications)

• Steerage Passage is an inexpensive means of travel which allows very little space per person.
• Steerage Accommodations equates to total space (bunk, access, fresher, life support, and commons) per passenger of between 0.25 and 0.5 Ton.
• Steerage Berth is a bunk and access equating to 0.25Ton normally stacked 4 high and can be double or triple bunked (2 to 3 people assigned to each bunk) if common space available for non-sleeping persons.

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History & Background (Dossier)

Developed during the Age of Sail as a means of moving large numbers of people aboard the small ships of the age. Named for the placement of the bunks or cots amongst the ships steering gear. In later eras the placement is in any otherwise unusable area. In some eras these ships were called coffin ships as they delivered more coffins than passengers.

Expected Low Berth Development Sequence

COLD SLEEP DEVICES & REALTED TECHNOLOGIES:

• Steerage Berth (Pre-Cold Sleep) → Hypothermic Berth → Cryogenic Berth → Emergency Low Berth → Fast Drug Berth → Early Stasis Berth → Stasis Berth

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• Frank Chadwick, Dave Nilsen. Traveller: The New Era (Game Designers Workshop, 1993), 219.
• Gary L. Thomas. "TD21." The Travellers' Digest 21 (1990): 40-45.
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• Author & Contributor: Author & Contributor: Master Scout, and Former Naval Architech CRHensley of the Ministry of Science
• Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology Maksim-Smelchak of the Ministry of Science