Amethyst Dream

[parmasson]

Amethyst Dream (uber-yacht)Book 2 with a few mods
Construction time 33 months (actually 40)
TL-15 Build Cost: MCr1700 (real cost unknown)
Design Fee: MCr10.25
Hull: 2000 ton custom frame, unstreamlined
Jump Drive: V (jump-2)
Maneuver Drive: J (1-G)
Power Plant: V
Ship's Computer: 7 (capacity 20/50)
Hardpoints: 0

Basic crew
1 commanding officer
8 ton Captain’s suite (-8 tons)

1 executive officer
XO’s room (-4 tons)

Housed in 20 double bunked staterooms (-80 tons)
4 administrative personnel
1 pilot
1 navigator
5 engineer(s)
2 medics
10 stewards
4 cooks
8 security
5 entertainers

The engineering section also plays host to 6 Repair and Maintenance Drones that are constantly cleaning, and making minor repairs to the ship.

Total standard Crew of 42
10 empty stateroom for servants -40 tons

8 ton crew lounge

Owner’s suite -20 tons
Guest suites (10 tons each) 26 rooms (-260 tons)
Dining room (-80 tons)
Vilani kitchen (-6 tons)
Standard kitchen (-5 tons)
Deluxe size Cryofridge (-5 tons)
Wine vault (-5 tons)
Cigar Humidor (-4 tons)
Luxury hot tub suite x3 (-15 tons)
Shooting range (-5 tons)
Ballroom (-200 tons)
Observation room adjacent to ballroom (-20 tons)
Drawing room (-50 tons)
Arboretum (-100 tons)
Billiards room (-6 tons)
Day spa (-10 tons)
Medical Bay (-20 tons)
Vault -4 tons (3 tons interior space)
Administrative office -4 tons
Security office 5 tons with low berth for four.
Laundry room and tailor’s bench (-5 tons)

Ship’s Vehicles
40 ton Pinnace (Silver Star)
40 ton Pinnace (Moonstone)
1 Air raft -5 tons
2 Speeders -12 tons
1 Fuel mod. cutter

240 tons of cargo for luggage and other needs.

The Amethyst Dream is a 100% custom super luxury spacecraft designed to accommodate a higher class of passenger. Amenities include real mahogany furniture with mother of pearl inlay, brass fittings, gold restroom fixtures, and color change wallpaper.
-In the ballroom real marble columns surround a lead crystal chandelier.
-The kitchen stocks the finest in food and liquor with a full staff and is Vilani capable.
- The drawing room features red silk cut velvet wallpaper and walnut furniture.

Best description is a cross between a Victorian bordello and Versailles.
Construction ran over budget and longer than expected.
[edited to add laundry room and robots]

 

[Jame]

*Drooooooooooooollllll...* I want one!

If I ever run a campaign again, I'm borrowing this for the first episode.

 

[parmasson]

Oh BTW, it is intended that this craft is escorted by at least two 400 ton patrol cruisers.

 

[fredofmars]

Why a computer 7 when only a 2 is required for the jump drive and there are no turrets to require combat software?

 

[Hyphen]

Dear Folks -

Originally posted by Joseph Kimball:
Why a computer 7 when only a 2 is required for the jump drive and there are no turrets to require combat software?

To run the holodeck.

 

[Fritz_Brown]

Kurega, convert one of those hot tub rooms to a pool (so you can have water polo games, of course), and up the M-drive to get a 2-g rating (you want to be able to get the noble somewhere in a hurry if you screw up and get behind the power curve). I really like it, though!

 

[parmasson]

Why a computer 7 when only a 2 is required for the jump drive and there are no turrets to require combat software?

The noble said to the architect, “Sir I want the best.” The naval architects said, “But, mmmmm, your grace we really don’t’ need . . .” Interrupting the architect mid sentence the noble states in a commanding voice, “Did I ask you a question, no, I said the best!”. The architect bows slightly and replies “Yes your grace, as you command.”

convert one of those hot tub rooms to a pool (so you can have water polo games, of course), and up the M-drive to get a 2-g rating (you want to be able to get the noble somewhere in a hurry

[haughty] My dear Sir,
Couriers hurry, my valet hurries, nobles do not hurry.
[/haughty]

The story is that it was built for a sector duke who did not take delivery for some reason. The 40 ton Pinnaces were intended to provide a fast high-gee in system escape route. There was a secret plan to install a Gazelle type P.A.W. masked to look like a communications array but it was never installed (or was it?) Sure just subtract another 30 tons form cargo and you have your pool.

The reason for the low accl rating was that it was never intended to operate alone. Patrol cruisers, frigates the occasional battleship (small ship universe), and support ships should always attend this craft.

 

[parmasson]

Hey 1000 posts with most of them outside Yucca Mountain (political pulpit).

Anyway, perhaps we should cover the outside with gold gild? Ooooo laser reflective perhaps?

 

[Spinward Scout]

That almost sounds more like an expensive StarLiner than a Yacht. I guess it could double as a Liner.

Sweet!

 

[parmasson]

I have a really stoooped idea. A four ton balcony outside for skeet shooting!
Nobles in vaccsuits with vacuum rated shotguns!

 

[Fritz_Brown]

Gilt exterior - YES! (Just call it "reflec"!)
What's dumb about a laser skeet range? You wouldn't really need 4dT, just the same room as a turret. A different turret launches the clays, and the noble can pop them with his laser. You could use the launcher to play with your gunnery skills, too - just use the regular ship's turret!

Oh, and the hurrying is for the captain, since he is (obviously) the one who screwed up....

 

[archhealer]

I made on not dissimiliar from this; mine had a lot of casinos though. When I did the deck plans, there were actually two bridges.. both technically worked, but one was largely unaccessible to the passenger/community areas, and was reserved for the crew so that the passengers wouldn't have to see them unless they wanted to. The other was mostly for show, and wasn't tied into the other systems unless teh crew did so for emergency reasons. That way nobles could 'visit the bridge' without getting in the way.

 

[whartung]

Originally posted by Kurega Gikur:
[haughty] My dear Sir,
Couriers hurry, my valet hurries, nobles do not hurry.
[/haughty]

Perhaps, but they're not known for being patient either. They'll want a slow, quiet, luxury cruise until they get bored, then it's "Captain, I tire of this. Warp 8 and get me home."

 

[parmasson]

How about this!
The ballroom is really a multi-purpose room that has adjustable floor sections that can create a stage and can also double as a fencing salon with the press of a button. Another setting allows the surface to be converted into an ice rink, and a final setting allows a labyrinth to rise out of the floor for hide and seek frolics. Very expensive indeed.

 

[marvo]

Just a thought, but it might be better if you split the computer functions. Have a normal ships computer for the usual ship tasks and another seperate computer for running all the entertainment functions. You could also split the power plant the same way. One for the regular ship stuff and another for the entertainment computer and other functions - holodeck etc.

 

[parmasson]

^Yeah why have one Model 7 when you could have two with a fiber optic backup!
What a waste of money.

 

[far-trader]

Originally posted by Kurega Gikur:
I have a really stoooped idea. A four ton balcony outside for skeet shooting!
Nobles in vaccsuits with vacuum rated shotguns!

I like it. I have some half done deckplans of a large yacht with exterior access decks and balconies, but I'd only imagined them for atmospheric use. You've just expanded their usage in a very cool way Thanks!

Not just vacuum skeet shooting either, the ballroom can now feature formal dress tailored vacc-suit dances

Hmm, or not...

"Milord, the Lady Evertime and Baron Minche have lost contact with the deck and are adrift in space, again."

 

[Renard Ruche]

Mr. Gikur:
WOW! I wanna play with one! Makes my 'Sylvan' look practically pleabian! Hmmm.....maybe a 'Regatta of Yachts' contest is needed...I have seen a few nice designs for various yachts on the Forum...

As to Sir Dameon Toth's comment:
Historical Note - 'Other people had yachts, some even had steam yachts. {Cornelius} Vanderbilt would have nothing less than his own ocean liner.' (from 'Sway of the Grand Salon' by John Malcom Brinnin. This is an excellent sourcebook of passenger shipping from 1818 - 1967. Not sure if still in print though.)
Mr. Vanderbilt had built for him the 2500 ton (real world!) 'North Star' in 1853. He made quite an impression when he made a European and Mediterranean tour that year. I can probably find some descriptions of her fittings, if anyone is interested.

In 1855, a refurbished 'North Star' and a companion vessel, the 'Ariel', began service from New York to Le Harve; launching the short-lived 'Venderbilt Line'.