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The "Spaceship like an RV" idea is a neat one. People would immediately figure it out.

One drawback is that the RV metaphor lacks some of the spaces commonly ascribed to starships, like an engine room. That doesn't make it bad, a learjet doesn't have an engine room either, and neither do space capsules or the Space Shuttle. I'm just throwing that comment out there.

An RV without an engine room would have to land somewhere, ideally somewhere inhabitable, in order to make repairs. A ship with an engine room allows you to work on engines while in space. But that would hypothetically make it a yacht, and considerably more expensive than an RV.

I'm not sure how well an RV works as a player character ship. Though it could be the shuttle for a larger ship.

Quote from: Lurkndog on August 06, 2023, 08:55:39 PM
The "Spaceship like an RV" idea is a neat one. People would immediately figure it out.

One drawback is that the RV metaphor lacks some of the spaces commonly ascribed to starships, like an engine room. That doesn't make it bad, a learjet doesn't have an engine room either, and neither do space capsules or the Space Shuttle. I'm just throwing that comment out there.

An RV without an engine room would have to land somewhere, ideally somewhere inhabitable, in order to make repairs. A ship with an engine room allows you to work on engines while in space. But that would hypothetically make it a yacht, and considerably more expensive than an RV.

I'm not sure how well an RV works as a player character ship. Though it could be the shuttle for a larger ship.

In Trav games the smaller of Small craft, like fighters, don't have engine rooms.  You really have to get above 20 tons to have such a luxury.  This isn't designed as a PC ship.  It is designed as something they may encounter.  Although star ships sometimes have small craft.  This is just a small craft that is usable for extended system travel. But as far as repairs there is no need to land.  Indeed with engine trouble you may not be able to.  One simply EV's through the airlock and work on it that way.