Prefabricated Colony Modules

[Golan2072]

The Tirovski-Yang Consortium Inc presents these premade, ship-portable colony modules, available for shipment to any colony site in T-Y-C's Kaban-class freighters. The units are pressurised, rugged and self-powered. They have two main airlocks leading to its sides, and another on the module's belly, allowing for tunnels to be constructed to connect different modules on a world without a breathable atmosphere.

Note that the small power plants provided with each unit (except, ofcourse, for the main Power Plant unit, with an output of 72EP [18,000MW]) is intended as a backup; the main Power Plant units will provide power under normal coinditions.

Also note that the "staterooms" provided in the non-Residental modules represent facilities such as life support, lounges, emergency medical facilities and so on; the workers live in the Residental units.

(also note: these modules are expensive as they are intended to provide a pressurised environment; non-pressurised dwellings would, ofcourse, cost far, far less).

(The non-standard components are detailed here).


Ship: Residental Unit v1
Class: Residental Unit v1
Type: Micro-Arcology
Architect: Andrew Moffatt-Vallance
Tech Level: 9

USP
ZX-9400121-000000-00000-0 MCr251 900 Tons
Bat Bear Crew: 3
Bat TL: 9

Cargo: 22 Residents: 200 Fuel: 9 EP: 9 Agility: 0

Architects Fee: MCr2.510 Cost in Quantity: MCr200.8


Detailed Description

HULL
900 tons standard, 12,600 cubic meters, Close Structure Configuration

CREW
Engineer, 2 Medics

ENGINEERING
Jump-0, 0G Manuever, Power plant-1, 9 EP, Agility 0

AVIONICS
"Bridge" (Control Room), Model/2 Computer

HARDPOINTS
None

ARMAMENT
None

DEFENCES
None

CRAFT
None

FUEL
9 Tons Fuel (28 days endurance)
No Fuel Scoops, No Fuel Purification Plant

MISCELLANEOUS
205 Staterooms, 200 Residents, 22 Tons Cargo

USER DEFINED COMPONENTS
None

COST
MCr253.5 Singly (incl. Architects fees of MCr 2.5), MCr 200.8 in Quantity

CONSTRUCTION TIME
118 Weeks Singly, 94 Weeks in Quantity

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Ship: Power System v1
Class: Power System v1
Type: Power Plant
Architect: T-Y-C Inc
Tech Level: 9

USP
ZX-8400922-000000-00000-0 MCr714.1 800 Tons
Bat Bear Crew: 8
Bat TL: 9

Cargo: 70 Fuel: 432 EP: 72 Agility: 0
Fuel Treatment: On Board Fuel Purification

Architects Fee: MCr7.1 Cost in Quantity: MCr571.3


Detailed Description

HULL
800 tons standard, 11,200 cubic meters, Close Structure Configuration

CREW
7 Engineers, Medic

ENGINEERING
Jump-0, 0G Manuever, Power plant-9, 72 EP, Agility 0

AVIONICS
Bridge, Model/2 Computer

HARDPOINTS
None

ARMAMENT
None

DEFENCES
None

CRAFT
None

FUEL
432 Tons Fuel (168 days endurance)
No Fuel Scoops, On Board Fuel Purification Plant

MISCELLANEOUS
10 Staterooms, 70 Tons Cargo

USER DEFINED COMPONENTS
None

COST
MCr721.2 Singly (incl. Architects fees of MCr 7.1), MCr571.3 in Quantity

CONSTRUCTION TIME
112 Weeks Singly, 90 Weeks in Quantity

COMMENTS
Generates 18,000 MW of electrical power available of external use.

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Ship: Hydroponics Unit v.1
Class: Hydroponics Unit v.1
Type: Hydroponic Unit
Architect: T-Y-C Inc
Tech Level: 9

USP
ZX-A600122-000000-00000-0 MCr726.5 1.2 KTons
Bat Bear Crew: 14
Bat TL: 9

Cargo: 66 Fuel: 12 EP: 12 Agility: 0

Architects Fee: MCr7.3 Cost in Quantity: MCr581.2


Detailed Description

HULL
1,200 tons standard, 16,800 cubic meters, Flattened Sphere Configuration

CREW
9 Officers, 6 Ratings

ENGINEERING
Jump-0, 0G Manuever, Power plant-1, 12 EP, Agility 0

AVIONICS
Bridge, Model/2 Computer

HARDPOINTS
None

ARMAMENT
None

DEFENCES
None

CRAFT
None

FUEL
12 Tons Fuel (28 days endurance)
No Fuel Scoops, No Fuel Purification Plant

MISCELLANEOUS
15 Staterooms, 66 Tons Cargo

USER DEFINED COMPONENTS
500 Full Hydroponics Modules (2 tons, Cost MCr1)

COST
MCr733.8 Singly (incl. Architects fees of MCr7.3), MCr581.2 in Quantity

CONSTRUCTION TIME
123 Weeks Singly, 99 Weeks in Quantity

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Ship: Factory Module v1
Class: Factory Module v1
Type: Factory Module
Architect: T-Y-C Inc
Tech Level: 9

USP
ZX-5400122-000000-00000-0 MCr305.25 550 Tons
Bat Bear Crew: 42
Bat TL: 9

Cargo: 18 Fuel: 5.5 EP: 5.5 Agility: 0

Architects Fee: MCr3.1 Cost in Quantity: MCr244.2


Detailed Description

HULL
550 tons standard, 7,700 cubic meters, Close Structure Configuration

CREW
Engineer, Medic, 40 Workers

ENGINEERING
Jump-0, 0G Manuever, Power plant-1, 5.5 EP, Agility 0

AVIONICS
Bridge, Model/2 Computer

HARDPOINTS
None

ARMAMENT
None

DEFENCES
None

CRAFT
None

FUEL
5.5 Tons Fuel (28 days endurance)
No Fuel Scoops, No Fuel Purification Plant

MISCELLANEOUS
22 Staterooms, 18 Tons Cargo

USER DEFINED COMPONENTS
4 Factory Modules (100 tons, Crew 10, 1 Energy Point, Cost MCr50)

COST
MCr308.3 Singly (incl. Architects fees of MCr3.1), MCr244.2 in Quantity

CONSTRUCTION TIME
95 Weeks Singly, 76 Weeks in Quantity

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Ship: Light Industrial Unit v1
Class: Light Industrial Unit v1
Type: Light Industrial Unit
Architect: T-Y-C Inc
Tech Level: 9

USP
ZX-1400111-000000-00000-0 MCr44 100 Tons
Bat Bear Crew: 5
Bat TL: 9

Cargo: 13 Fuel: 1 EP: 1 Agility: 0

Architects Fee: MCr0.4 Cost in Quantity: MCr35.2


Detailed Description

HULL
100 tons standard, 1,400 cubic meters, Close Structure Configuration

CREW
5 Workers

ENGINEERING
Jump-0, 0G Manuever, Power plant-1, 1 EP, Agility 0

AVIONICS
Bridge, Model/1 Computer

HARDPOINTS
None

ARMAMENT
None

DEFENCES
None

CRAFT
None

FUEL
1 Tons Fuel (28 days endurance)
No Fuel Scoops, No Fuel Purification Plant

MISCELLANEOUS
3 Staterooms, 13 Tons Cargo

USER DEFINED COMPONENTS
5 Machine Shops (10 tons, Crew 1, Cost MCr5)

COST
MCr44.4 Singly (incl. Architects fees of MCr0.4), MCr35.2 in Quantity

CONSTRUCTION TIME
38 Weeks Singly, 30 Weeks in Quantity

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Ship: Community Center v1
Class: Community Center v1
Type: Community Center
Architect: T-Y-C Inc
Tech Level: 9

USP
ZX-1600111-000000-00000-0 MCr55 160 Tons
Bat Bear Crew: 4
Bat TL: 9

Cargo: 4.6 Fuel: 1.6 EP: 1.6 Agility: 0

Architects Fee: MCr0.6 Cost in Quantity: MCr44.4


Detailed Description

HULL
160 tons standard, 2,240 cubic meters, Flattened Sphere Configuration

CREW
4 Additional Crew (User Defined)

ENGINEERING
Jump-0, 0G Manuever, Power plant-1, 1.6 EP, Agility 0

AVIONICS
Bridge, Model/1 Computer

HARDPOINTS
None

ARMAMENT
None

DEFENCES
None

CRAFT
None

FUEL
1.6 Tons Fuel (28 days endurance)
No Fuel Scoops, No Fuel Purification Plant

MISCELLANEOUS
7 Staterooms, 4.6 Tons Cargo

USER DEFINED COMPONENTS
- Extended Medlab (8 tons, Crew 1, Cost MCr8)
- Basic Lab (10 tons, Crew 1, Cost MCr5),
- Shop (10 tons, Crew 1, Cost MCr2)
- Library (10 tons, Crew 1, Cost MCr5)
- Swimming Pool (12 tons, Crew 0, Cost MCr1)
- Lecture Hall (50 tons, Crew 0, Cost MCr1)

COST
MCr56.1 Singly (incl. Architects fees of MCr0.6), MCr44.4 in Quantity

CONSTRUCTION TIME
50 Weeks Singly, 40 Weeks in Quantity

 

[Pickles]

Very interesting. Any thoughts on layout for the bigger modules? How are they intended to be anchored - stilts, pylons or slab foundations, dug in, etc.?

 

[Golan2072]

Frobably slab foundations or cleared bedrock, with connecting tunnels dig in using fusion tunneling devices.

 

[Pickles]

Why the connecting tunnels? Wouldn't overground 'docking tubes' do the job more easily? It's just that if I was going to start tunnelling, I'd probably bury the whole complex to save on radiation shielding (if we're talking vacuum worlds).

With a surface installation, I'd want to limit the amount of site prep-work to a minimum. The slab idea sounds good in that respect, a nice, easy way to get a solid, level base.

 

[Scott Martin]

You could just excavate a massive pit, put in "piping" and then re-bury. You're going to have to do earth-moving to get a level base for the slabs anyway.

Yes, I know, that's so tech/7 retro

Scott Martin

 

[Whipsnade]

Scott,

Good idea. H. Beam Piper has various cities and facilities built in his THFH mileau much the same way, so it definitely is 'TL7 retro'!

- The Force Command duplicate in Cosmic Computer is built inside a giant hole dug in a mesa which is then filled back in covering the contruction.

- The 'underground' city in Four Day Planet was really built in a small valley between two parallel ridges. Again, once the city was completed, they backfilled the site and covered it up.

In both cases, the sites were buried for protection; 'hellburners' in the Cosmic Computer and the weather in Four Day Planet.

2-4601's modules could be above ground, buried, or partially buried; with all the different connections each requires, depending on the needs of the colony. There's a current thread on the TML talking about an otherwise shirtsleeve world with a daily 50 degree celsius temperature swing. A colony there would definitely be dug in!


Have fun,
Bill

 

[Pickles]

Another good inspiration for habitats of all shapes and sizes is Kinm Stanley Robinson's Mars Trilogy. It's also an excellent exploration of the politics of extra-terrestrial colonisation.

 

[Golan2072]

Yep, I love that book; it was also a good source of inspiration (in part) for the less "mainstream" polities IMTU, especially the Matriarchate (which was also inspired by Dan Simmons' Hyperion series), and some minor details in tha Alliance.