Editing Deck Plan

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A [[Deck Plan]] is a schematic or blueprint of a sophontic object, typically a [[ship]], [[smallcraft]], or [[vehicle]].
* It is a central feature of [[Naval Architecture]].

=== Library Data Referral Tree ===
Please see the following [[AAB]] [[Library Data]] articles for more information: <br>
''[[Manufacturing Technology of Charted Space]] - Ship Design:''
{{:Referral-Tree-Naval-Construction-Ship-Design}} 

== Description ([[Specifications]]) ==
The creation of starship deck plans is based on the assumption that one ton of mass displacement equals fourteen cubic meters. The standard [[displacement ton]] used for these calculations is derived from the volume of liquid [[hydrogen]], the [[fuel]] source for most standard star faring [[vessel]]s.{{Page cite|name= Adventure Class Ships Volume 1 |page= 3 |article= Book 2 |version= Classic Traveller}} 

The square grid scale used on most deck plans is 1.5 meters on a side. Clearance between decks is normally 3 meters. This means that two floor squares, extended floor to ceiling, equals four 1.5 meter cubes or nearly 14 cubic meters (1.5 x 1.5 x 1.5 x 4 = 13.5 cubic meters), or one ton. A 100 [[dton]] [[starship]] would thus contain approximately two hundred grid squares within.{{Page cite|name= Adventure Class Ships Volume 1 |page= 3 |article= Book 2 |version= Classic Traveller}} 

Allowances of approximately + or - 10% were made in most areas to allow for better representation of specific parts of the ship and to cover various anomalies. For example, [[crew quarter]]s call for four tons per [[sophont]]: the actual tonnage allocated on many plans is often less than that, but additional area is devoted to communal areas such as [[galley]], [[mess]], [[wardroom]], and recreation areas.{{Page cite|name= Adventure Class Ships Volume 1 |page= 3 |article= Book 2 |version= Classic Traveller}} 

Also, a limited volume of passages has been added to some [[starship]]s. Passages and access ways which have no other use may be safely added to a ship without affecting volume or displacement for construction purposes. These additional passages should amount to no more than an additional 10% of the ship's total volume.{{Page cite|name= Adventure Class Ships Volume 1 |page= 4 |article= Book 2 |version= Classic Traveller}}

=== Image Repository ===
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!colspan="2"| [[Deck Plan]] [[Symbol]]s
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! Late Key Diagram
! Early Key Diagram
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| [[File:Trav-Deck-Plan-Symbology-CT-Snapshot 04-June-2019a.jpg]]
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=== Interior Details ===  
''Interior Details:'' The specific interior fittings for ships are fairly standardized, and are shown on the deck plan symbols chart and on many of the individual ship plans as well:{{Page cite|name= Adventure Class Ships Volume 1 |page= 4 |article= Book 2 |version= Classic Traveller}}
# [[Airlock]]
# [[Bulkhead Wall]] AKA [[Bulkhead]]
# [[Cargo Hold]]
## [[Cargo Container]]
## [[Modular Cargo Container]]
# [[Fuel Scoop]]
# [[Hardpoint]] AKA [[Ship's Hardpoint]]
# [[Hatchway]]
# [[Hull]]
# [[Interior Wall]]
# [[Iris Valve]]
# [[Landing Gear]]
# [[Lift Shaft]]
# [[Maintenance Hatch]]
# [[Manual Hatch]]
# [[Refrigerated Hold]]
# [[Secret Cargo Hold]]
# [[Ship Environmental Control]]
# [[Ship Life Support]]
# [[Sliding Door]]
# [[Standard Door]] 
# [[Viewport]]

=== Interior Fittings ===
The plans show various furnishings and fittings which appear within the ship:{{Page cite|name= Adventure Class Ships Volume 1 |page= 5 |article= Book 2 |version= Classic Traveller}}
# [[Common Room]]
# [[Emergency Locker]]
# [[Fresher]]
# [[Galley]]
# [[Grav Plate]]
# [[Head]]
# [[Hydroponics]]
# [[Inertial Compensator]]
# [[Lab Space]]
# [[Life Support]]
# [[Low Berth]] AKA [[Cryo Capsule]] ([[Cold Sleep]])
# [[Mail Vault]]
# [[Mess]]
# [[Ordinance Locker]]
# [[Secure Locker]]
# [[Ship Furnishing]]
# [[Ship's Locker]]
# [[Ship's Magazine]]
# [[Ship Module]]
# [[Sick Bay]]
# [[Spin Habitat]]
# [[Stateroom]]

== History & Background ([[Dossier]]) ==
Deck plans, blueprints, engineering schematics... they are all part of successful engineering design and documentation practices. Every successful and technically competent sophont society uses them. And [[naval architect]]s use them extensively. The [[Travellers' Naval Architecture Society]] mandates the use of deck plans throughout [[Charted Space]] and is the dominant regulatory body for space and starship architecture across polities, sophont species, and the greater, shared interstellar [[civilization]]. {{Unpublished cite|author= [[Maksim-Smelchak]] }}

=== Horizontal vs. Vertical Deck Plans ===
In space, the only "up" is towards the direction of travel while the "up" in a gravity well is to center mass. This has long been a consideration within schools of [[naval architecture]]. Ships dedicated to space travel tend to orient towards the direction of travel until the development of the [[grav plate]]. [[Aircraft]], [[Interface Craft]] or [[Spaceplane]]s, and those spacecraft needing to make planetary landings tend to orient horizontally. Its cheaper to orient vertically towards the direction of travel, even with [[grav plate]] technology... The culture of [[Charted Space]] tends to build craft with horizontally oriented designs, but does it have to be that way? {{Unpublished cite|author= [[Maksim-Smelchak]] }}

== References & Contributors ([[Sources]]) ==
{{Intermediate}}
{{Sources
|S1= {{Ludography cite|name= Adventure Class Ships Volume 1 |page= 3-6 |article= Book 2 |version= Classic Traveller}}
|S2= {{Ludography cite|name= T5 Core Rules |page= TBD}}
|S3= [[Traveller Wiki Editorial Team]]
|S4= Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology [[Maksim-Smelchak]] of the [[Ministry of Science]] 
}}


{{LE|Naval Architecture}}
{{MET|Game Mechanic}}