Survey Scout SZ-DU23 Donosev MCr167.9
Owner: IISS
The Donosev-class survey scout is an Imperial Interstellar Scout Service design, created specifically to resurvey the interior regions of the Imperium, updating maps and charts, and maintaining beacons and markers for astrogation hazards. Individual ships are named after famous scouts from the IISS Exploration and Survey Offices. This class is named after Master Chief Surveyor Villemina Donosev of the First Imperial Grand Survey.
The heart of the ship is the Holographic Survey Station or "holo pit", which is usually manned by a lead surveyor and four survey specialists. The hangar normally carries three air/rafts, a 50-ton modular cutter with lab module and a spare fuel-skimming module. Survey operations are carried out using a combination of on-board sensors, long-range probes, and cutter overflights. The ship is primarily designed to work from orbit, but some lab space is set aside to handle geological or biological samples. There is also an impressively sophisticated computer given the ship's size, allowing it to accumulate, store, and analyse large amounts of survey data.
As is the case with most modern Scout vessels, the Donosev-class is not equipped for use in hostile areas. When absolutely necessary, the ship can sacrifice cargo space for turrets.
The ship is categorized as Type SZ, or "Scout Experimental", and in fact three different versions of this ship have been built. The most recent, described here, was the result of improvements to sensor placement made during the Second Survey.
Standard crew includes 1 Command, 1 Bridge officer (either can be pilot or navigator), 1 Engineer, 1 Maintenance, 3 Flight, 1 Medical, and 2 Survey Specialists. Often other crew members such as the flight and/or bridge officers act as additional surveyors. One will be designated as Lead Surveyor.
Crew comfort: +1
Passenger demand: +0
Design notes:
Owner: IISS
The Donosev-class survey scout is an Imperial Interstellar Scout Service design, created specifically to resurvey the interior regions of the Imperium, updating maps and charts, and maintaining beacons and markers for astrogation hazards. Individual ships are named after famous scouts from the IISS Exploration and Survey Offices. This class is named after Master Chief Surveyor Villemina Donosev of the First Imperial Grand Survey.
The heart of the ship is the Holographic Survey Station or "holo pit", which is usually manned by a lead surveyor and four survey specialists. The hangar normally carries three air/rafts, a 50-ton modular cutter with lab module and a spare fuel-skimming module. Survey operations are carried out using a combination of on-board sensors, long-range probes, and cutter overflights. The ship is primarily designed to work from orbit, but some lab space is set aside to handle geological or biological samples. There is also an impressively sophisticated computer given the ship's size, allowing it to accumulate, store, and analyse large amounts of survey data.
As is the case with most modern Scout vessels, the Donosev-class is not equipped for use in hostile areas. When absolutely necessary, the ship can sacrifice cargo space for turrets.
The ship is categorized as Type SZ, or "Scout Experimental", and in fact three different versions of this ship have been built. The most recent, described here, was the result of improvements to sensor placement made during the Second Survey.
Standard crew includes 1 Command, 1 Bridge officer (either can be pilot or navigator), 1 Engineer, 1 Maintenance, 3 Flight, 1 Medical, and 2 Survey Specialists. Often other crew members such as the flight and/or bridge officers act as additional surveyors. One will be designated as Lead Surveyor.
Crew comfort: +1
Passenger demand: +0
Code:
Tons TN Component MCr Notes
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400 12 Unstreamlined Hull 14 U
0 15 Jump Plates 0.4
-2 15 No Landers 0
99 12 Jump Fuel (3 parsecs) 0 J3, 33t/pc
39.6 12 Plant Fuel (3 months) 0 3 months
17.5 15 Adv Jump Drive-3 (F) 35 J 3
3.5 15 Adv Maneuver Drive-2 (D) 14 2 G
5 12 Mod PowerPlant-3 (C) 5 P 3
0 15 DS Surf Grav Sensor 3.5
0 15 Ult DS Surf Communicator 7
9 19 Imp DS Ext EMS 8.5
4.5 19 Adv Fo Ext Densitometer 7.6
0 15 Adv DS Surf Neutrino Detector 3.5
10 20 Imp Computer Model/5 fib 40.5
2 15 Clinic 1
22 17 Spacious Controls 0
20 15 Crew Stateroom (10) 1 10 crew
1 15 Crew Common Fresher 1 10 crew
4 15 Survey Office 0 inc. 50 Kg safe
35 15 Crew Lounge 0
20 12 Cargo Hold Basic 0
0.5 15 Air Lock 0.1
2 15 Cargo Lock 0.4
30 15 Skimmer Module 1 Cutter Module
2 15 Ext. Life Support 2
4 15 Lab 2
5.5 15 Holo Survey Station 2
50 13 Modular Cutter 13
12 9 Air/Raft Enclosed (3) 0.3 #3
4 12 Survey Drone Bay 4Design notes:
- The crew's lounge is larger than most due to the long assignments they typically have on these ships.
- The Holographic Survey Station's total tonnage on deck plans would also include 10 tons from Consoles for the five stations arranged around the central holo-display, which is what comprises the cost and volume shown.
- An extra workstation can be found in the Lead Surveyor's Office.
I did put a fair amount of time into it. It is a nice ship and I wanted to do it right.
