Limo

 The Ling Standard Products Zephyr model air limo is a craft designed for use across a multitude of environments. It has manual controls as well as multifunction automated driving controls which can interface to a variety of air traffic control systems at a selection of different technology levels. The above graphic shows the limo parked at the landing skirt of the Aella Seaside Estate on Cabrini.

The vehicle is small enough to be transported in the hangar bay of  selection of luxury transport vessels.

The cockpit has a seat for the driver and one for a security officer.

The cabin has seating for six passengers.

The cabin is outfitted with a well stocked bar, projection video media and computer display system, and is, of course, totally soundproof and eavesdrop resistant.

100 dton Luxury Shuttle

The Luxury Shuttle carried aboard the Dancing Dolphin is built on a Bilstein 100 dton shuttle frame by Glisten Hightravel Luxury Spacecraft. GHL specializes in luxury spacecraft using the finest of craftsmanship and highest grade domestic and imported materials. With over 450 years of experience in providing vessels to the Imperial Nobility and local persons of means across the sector GHL has a sterling reputation for delivering quality.
The two deck shuttle provides both a comfortable travelling space for the owner and a functional area for required staff. Though primarily intended for short duration orbit to downport travel the shuttle is perfectly capable of supporting extended travel for a week or more. It can also provide long term housing for its owner occupant when down world where other suitable quarters are not available.
The shuttle is designed for both water and ground landings.

1. Galley. Accessible via iris valve from lower deck.
2. Luxury quarters containing private fresher, stateroom and lounge. Accessible via lift and iris valve from lower deck.

The quarters section of the vessel have an extraordinary view due to being domed by a transparent smart ceramic. Sections of the material can be made opaque to provide privacy when on world.

1. Bridge.
2. Circulation Space and small cargo. A overhead iris valve leads to the galley.
3. Airlock.
4. Fresher.
5. Passenger Space. The shuttle can carry 12 passengers (although one seat is usually reserved for the steward.) Each seat converts to a lie-flat bed for overnight trips. A lift at the forward end of the compartment connects to the luxury quarters on the upper deck. An iris valve at the aft end of the compartment also leads to luxury quarters and is intended for emergency use only.
6. The hanger. Typically contains a grav limo and two gravbikes used by huscarles security escorts. An overhead crane facilitates cargo and vehicle handling. A starboard side hatch gives egress to the vehicles.

Windows on both port and starboard sides of the passenger compartment allow a panoramic view, even for the regular passengers. 

The above view shows the passenger compartment looking forward. The iris valve leading to the circulation space can been seen to the left. The lift to the upper level is in the middle. On the bulkhead to the right can be seen the Adaptapanel used to control the compartment environment.

Looking aft from the front of the compartment the ladder and emergency iris valve to the upper level can be seen. The bulkhead iris valve leads to the hanger.

The circulation space pictured above contains a locker for emergency equipment. Not seen in the picture are the emergency station containing a first aid kit, rescue balls, a fire extinguisher and com panel. The ladder accesses the galley on the level above. Robot server grav trays are used to lower prepared meals through the iris valve. The iris valve on the left gives access to the bridge. The iris valve to vessel's airlock is on the right. Next to the airlock is the fresher.

The bridge has stations for the pilot, navigator and the boat engineer. Port and starboard windows  are forward. A view screen is on the forward bulkhead.

The luxury quarters have a seating area with viewscreen.

The lift from the deck below leads to the large lounge area. One side of the lounge has an entertainment area with couch and viewscreen. A smart table can be used as a desk or for eating. The lift leads to the main deck below.

On the port side is a hall with doors to the fresher forward and the stateroom aft.

The stateroom is small but comfortable.

The fresher contains all required amenities.

 The hanger has room for a comfortable grav limo and auxiliary security craft.

The hanger can be access directly from the passenger compartment.

Dancing Dolphin Highlights IV

The Dancing Dolphin carries a variety of craft in its large hanger and two vehicle bays.

The deck has an observation gallery that allows guests and staff to await the arrival of the owner and guests. An iris valve leads directly out to the hanger once a normal environment has been restored.

A 40 dton pinnace is used to carry cargo. It is a speedy little craft with a top acceleration of 5Gs.  it can carry up to 5 dtons of cargo. Though typically configured for cargo fold away seating allows for the vessel to be used as a short range passenger transport at need.

The 100 dton luxury transport shuttle is a two deck design built on the Bilstein mixed cargo/passenger 100 dton shuttle design. It is capable of a top acceleration of 3Gs.

The Dancing Dolphin Carries two 10 dton launches used to transfer passengers or cargo. Typically the launch in the ventral boat bay is configured for mixed passenger and cargo use. While it is sometimes also used for transporting liberty parties it most often is used to pick up small packages or luxury items for the owner and guests.

The dorsal boat bay is launch is configured for passengers and can transfer the entire ship's complement in an emergency, though it typically is used to ferry liberty parties planetside.

Dolphin Highlights III

The "Wine Cellar" is actually located on Deck A. Along the starboard side looking aft are racks for hundreds of bottles of wine. A separate grav plate system with its own backup power ensures that the bottles are not subjected to zero G (a real killer of wine quality, since it tends to disturb the proper sedimentation separation of the bottle.) On the port side looking aft are individual temperature controlled storage units to maintain special vintages at their optimum storage temperature.
A window on the aft wall looks out on the stellar vistas beyond. A table and chairs can be set up to allow a private intimate dinner or wine tasting, allowing the owner and their guest to also enjoy the spectacle of space. As always during the period in jump space a holographic enabled shutter allows artificial vistas to be enjoyed.

Dancing Dolphin Highlights II

Off the upper level of the Garden is the owner's stateroom. This space, bigger than a good half dozen regular staterooms, contains a working desk, two sitting areas and a balcony looking out over the garden.

Separate closet/fresher areas for the owner and consort are each the size of a normal stateroom.

All of the amenities of a luxury fresher are present as well as plenty of storage space for a full wardrobe.

An aft door leads to private offices for the owner and consort.

The owner's stateroom has a commanding view of the Garden below, and the large windows displaying space beyond.

Dancing Dolphin Highlights

One of the most unique features of the Dancing Dolphin is its hydroponic garden, which provides not just food and supplemental oxygen, but also the space uncommon on a ship for passengers to lounge under a fruit tree or listen to fountains. Outside the large viewing windows can be seen a highport.

A large bulkhead mounted aquarium allows the antics of future meals to be observed in an environment more enjoyable than the typical breeding pond. Other ponds in the space provide separation of species and allow fish to be observed in ponds outfitted with fountains. Benches allow reading or resting.

Grow beds allow a variety of food plants and useful herbs, including carrots, potatoes and greany to be grown for use at the passenger table.

Dancing Dolphin Deck H

Deck H

1. Launch Access
2. Corridor
3. Hull interspace access.
4. Airlock. 
5. Circulation Space. Overhead iris valve to G7.
6. Airlock.
7. Boat Maintenance Shop. Overhead iris valve to G13.

Dancing Dolphin Deck G

Deck G

1. Forward Airlock
2. Boat Maintenance Shop.
3. Boat Maintenance Shop.
4. Circulation Space. Lift connects to Decks B through G.
5. Fresher.
6. Hydroponics. Used to supplement Life Support System and fresh foods produced by the garden, including fauxflesh vats.
7. Circulation Space. Stored Vacc Suits. Service Lift connects Decks B through G.
8. Hydroponics. Used to supplement Life Support System and fresh foods produced by the garden, including fauxflesh vats.
9. Robot Garage.
10. Auxiliary Life Support.
11. Fresher.
12. Auxiliary Computer.
13. Auxiliary Security Station. Not normally staffed.

Dancing Dolphin Deck F

Deck F.

1. Boat Maintenance Stores.
2. Circulation Space. Lift connects Decks A through G.
3. Circulation Space. Lift connects Decks B through G.
4. Stores.
5. Stores.
6. Stores
7. Stores.
8. Exercise Room.
9. Fire/Damage Control Center. Rack of vacc Suits and fire fighting equipment. Display screen for Damage Control systems control.
10. Circulation Space. Service Lift connects Deck B thorugh G.
11. Exercise Room.
12. Stores.
13. Stores.
14. Stores.
15. Fresher.
16. Stores.
17. Main Drive Room.

Dancing Dolphin Deck E

Deck E

1. Lower Astrogation. Access to sensor system hardware. Iris Valve allows access to E2.
2. Circulation Space.
3. Aquarium Service Room.
4. Fresher.
5. Aquarium Stores.
6. Guest Stateroom.
7. Galley.
8. Guest Stateroom.
9. Guest Lounge. Window gives starscape view. Shuttered in jump space.
10. Main Salon. This is where the owner and guest typically take meals. It also serves as a lounge and bar for entertaining.
11. Main Galley. Food is prepared here by a chef for serving guests and owner.
12. Garden. Fish and hydroponic food plants are grown here. Space is set up to allow for a relaxing environment for passengers. A row of windows run along the port side (shuttered in jump space). The garden includes a universal fruit tree, which provides a variety of different fruits for the passenger's table. The tree is a genetically engineered plant which provides fruit throughout the year and produces them very rapidly.
13. Ready Room contains rack of vacc suits and controls for airlock. 13a Personnel airlock. 
14. Cargo Hold. External door gives access to station airlocks and delivery vehicles provided with the proper coupling tube.
15. Corridor. Lift shaft connects Decks B through E.
16. Fresher.
17. Stateroom. This 4 berth stateroom.
18. Electronics workshop.
19. Stateroom. Doubles as brig and has full surveillance monitoring (unlike regular staterooms.)
20. Galley.
21. Refrigerated storeroom for food consumables.
22. Refrigerated storeroom for food consumables.
23. Stores Corridor.
24. Stores.
25. Storeroom.
26. Fresher
27. Circulation Space. Service lift connects Decks D through G.
28. Main Life Support.
29. Machine Shop with parts and raw material storeroom.
30. Main Jump Drive Room. Deck valve to F17.

Dancing Dolphin Deck D

Deck D

1. Upper Astrogation. Access to sensor systems. No access from this deck.
2. Circulation Space. Floor Iris Valve to E2.
3. Nursery. Room for 6 children.
4. Nanny's Stateroom.
5. Guest Stateroom.
6. Guest Stateroom.
7. Owner's Stateroom.
8. Her closet and fresher.
9. His closet and fresher.
10. Upper Garden
11. Consort's Private Office
12. Owner's Private Office with Garden view.
13. Stateroom. Large four occupant version. 
14. Spare Stateroom. 
15. Stateroom. Large four occupant version. 
16. Stateroom. Large four occupant version.
17. Common Room Lounge and eating area. Smart computer interface table with holo-projection capability. Lift shaft connects Decks B through E.
18. Stateroom. Large four occupant version.
19. Stateroom. Large four occupant version.
20. Fresher
21. Stateroom. Large four occupant version.
22. Stateroom.
23. Locker room.
24. Stores.
25. Circulation Space. Contains emergency grav stretcher. Service Lift connects Deck B thorugh G.
26. Spare Stateroom.
27. Robot Garage.
28. Fresher.
29. Lower Main Drive Room.

Dancing Dolphin Deck C

Deck C

1. Main Fire Control. Each station can control any of the turrets. Turrets Z(Dorsal) & C(Ventral) have local controls which allow a local gunner to takeover if the Fire Control Center is damaged.
2. EVA room. 700mm Launchers and SOARES equipment to allow the extreme sport of individual orbital skydiving. Launch Tubes can be used as a 1-person airlock for anyone in a skinsuit or vacc suit. Lift Shaft connects Decks A through E.
3. Fresher.
4. Electronics Shop. Ready use plug-and-play components of ship's electronics systems.
5. Robot Garage. Storage and recharging of robots used for cleaning and serving work. Robots are not autonomous but are controlled by ship's computer.
6. Corridor.
7. Emergency Aid Station. Normally unstaffed.
8. Stateroom
9. Corridor. Overhead access to Deck B.
10. Master's Stateroom. Contains full access terminal and holo-projector.
11. Stateroom.
12. Fresher
13. Stateroom.
14. Stateroom.
15. Common Room. Lounge and eating area. Smart computer interface table with holo-projection capability. Lift shaft connects Decks B through E. Service Lift down corridor connects Deck B through G.
16. Stateroom.
17. Stateroom.
18. Stateroom.
19. Stateroom.
20. Galley.
21. Stateroom.
22. Robot Garage.
23. Sickbay. 23a.  Surgery. 23b. Medical Storeroom.
24. Fresher.
25. Machinery Store. Contains parts for "hotel" systems, staterooms, galleys, lifts, hatches and iris valves. 
26. Upper Main Drive Room. Control station and htch down to D29.

Dancing Dolphin Deck B

Deck B

1. Bridge.
2. Fresher.
3. Circulation Space Drop Shaft to C9
4. Bridge Galley.
5. Main Computer.
6. Master's Day Cabin.
7. Security Office. Contains monitoring console for accesses and secure doors, viewscreens for security visual pickups throughout the ship and a weapon's rack. Normally staffed 24/7.
8. Stateroom.
9. Common Room. Lounge and eating area. Smart computer interface table with holo-projection capability. Lift shaft connects Decks A through E.
10. Stateroom.
11. Stateroom.
12. Stateroom.
13. Stateroom.
14. Galley.
15. Stateroom.
16. Robot Garage.
17. Fresher.
18. Main Service Lift Shaft. Connects Decks B through G.
19. Stateroom.
20. Fuel Processing Center. 

As the vessel of a noble family the Dolphin is crewed by Huscarles. The vessel's Master is a Captain of Huscarles, equivalent to an Imperial Marine Force Captain or Imperial Navy Lieutenant. A Force Lieutenant commands the security detail and acts as First Officer.

Dancing Dolphin Deck A

Deck A

1. Hanger for 10 dton Launch.
2. Aft-EVA Ready Room. Contains racks of Vacc Suits. Lift shaft connects Decks A through E.
3. Aft Airlock.
4. Vacc Suit repair.
5. Wine Cellar.

Cylinder quadrant doors open for launch. They may be manually cranked open in the event of a power failure.

The aft airlock uses a pair of mechanically interlocked hatches. Doors are normally electronically locked and have telltales which are monitored by the Security Office and the Bridge. An external Adaptapanel will allow access to authorized crew members by releasing the electronic locks and allow the wheel to be used to open the hatch. It will not disable the telltales.

The Wine Cellar is kept at the  proper temperature for storing reds. Chillers along one wall are used to store wines which are best kept (and served) at other temperatures. A window (which is shuttered when in jump space) allows the owner to host intimate starlite tastings or dinner in the space.

Other Bilstein Yard Designs

The Leviathan class was developed from previous Bilstein designs. Bilstein is primarily a supplier of unstreamline yachts and the Leviathan is a reworked yacht design. The Alwar Sadek is considered a Leviathan Class vessel, but other yachts, though following the Leviathan pattern are generally not considered members of the Leviathan Class, typically because weapons and sensors are not up to the standards required for those vessels.

One such vessel is the Dancing Dolphin owned by one of the cadet branches of the Aella family. This vessel, while following the Leviathan pattern to a great extent has some major differences in its design.

Though lightly armed with turrets containing sandcasters and lasers primarily used in the antimissile role the Dancing Dolphin mounts no missile tubes, either in her turrets or hull. 

The ship carries a 100 dton shuttle, outfitted as a noble transport, as well as a pinnace, typically used to transport cargo. Two 10 dton launches replace the Leviathan's lifeboats and are used primarily to transport crew, but can act as lifeboats if necessary.

Services System 2

Life support systems in each compartment are typically considered to include gravity control, atmosphere control, temperature and humidity control, and general air particulate and dust suppression. Above a pair of gravity plates are shown in the raised position revealing these systems.
Under the far plate is an example of a compartment fire suppression system. The system is made up of a pressurized Fire Suppressant Tank and an isolation valve, as well as fire sensors. The system is under the control of an LCP, which can be powered by a backup power cell if ship's power is interrupted. A data lead which connects to a number of sensor systems allows the LPC to detect a fire in the compartment. When a fire is detected the Fire Suppression Valve opens allowing the pressurized fire suppressant to flood the compartment through nozzles in the overhead panels. A fill cap allows for filling and pressurizing the system.
Under the forward grav plate is shown a return vent, an emergency life support system, and gravity control.
The return vent has a Return Vacuum Filter, which along with the Vacuum Booster Pump is used to collect dust and particulate matter from the air return. The return vent collects air from just above the deck using a labyrinth intake. This prevents any object larger than dust bunnies from being sucked into the system. A drain collects any excess moisture which may be entrained into the system.
In the bulkhead, next to the return vent is an example of a supply vent. The LCP on the Ventilation Impeller Unit controls both the supply and return vent equipment. The impeller is a nested grav pump designed to move air through the system. Before entering the impeller the the air is treated for temperature control and humidity. The Humidifier, or Humidity Control Unit, adds water if the air is too dry and dehumidifies the air if it is too humid. It therefore has both a water supply line and a drain.
The temperature and humidity are typically set from a local adaptapanel, though they can be overridden by environmental controls on the bridge and in engineering.
Between the supply and return vent is the Emergency Life Support system. It consists of a tank of oxygen/nitrogen mixture capable of replenishing the air in the space in the event ship's life support fails, such as in a power interruption. To this end it contains a rechargeable power cell. It also has its own LPC, which measures the amount of oxygen and carbon dioxide in the air and keeps both at the proper levels. The nitrogen is used primarily to keep the compartment at a proper pressure. The LCP also controls isolation valves on both the supply and return vents to prevent the air from being sent to other compartments, which will have their own Emergency Life Support Systems. A Rebreather unit, which is powered from ship's power if available or an emergency rechargeable power cell if it is not, can extend the duration of breathable air by 10 times using the exhaled carbon dioxide and water to make breathable oxygen. This is enough life support to keep at least 5 sophonts alive for a minimum of 4 days. The Rebreather has its own impeller that will move a sufficient amount of air to maintain operation of the system, although there is no humidity or temperature control.
At the farther forward end of the diagram is the LCP that controls the compartment gravity. A DC power system normally keeps the gravity at the setting desired. A Central Inertial Compensation Detector (CIDC) feeds information to the LCP to allow it to also compensate for acceleration effects from the maneuvering drive. An Emergency Gravity Power Cell will maintain gravity in the case of a power failure. The power cell can typically maintain gravity for days if required. In the case of a local power outage the LCP is capable of maintaining acceleration compensation on emergency power as long as it can get information from the CIDC over the Control Network.

Service Systems Example

As can be seen in the diagram piping and conduit for service systems typically run inside walls or bulkheads. Pictured are a local 400 Hz Power Panel, a Water Delivery Unit and a standard passageway Adaptapanel, commonly used in this case for internal communications, compartment environmental control and computer access.
400 Hz Local Power Panel: The 400 Hz Local Power Panel has controls for Solid State Switches and mechanical interrupts or active switches. The Solid State Switch has no moving parts and can be controlled remotely through the control system or locally. Active Switches provide a physical breaking of the current path (which is why they are sometimes called breakers). Solid State Switches have no moving parts but interrupt current through material modification. As the result of a biasing signal the material either becomes a conductor or an insulator. In the ancient past only small currents could be controlled in this way. Modern solid state switches can handle thousands of amps.
Water Delivery Unit: The water delivery unit can provide water at a controlled temperature to whatever container is placed under it. It can produce water at any temperature form ice cold to boiling hot. There are typically such units in every stateroom, at routinely staffed duty stations, such as the bridge or engineering control, and in various passageways. Galleys typically contain several with attachments to make filling pots easier. Advanced units can add flavorings and even carbonation and such units are typically installed in mess rooms and galleys.
Adaptapanels: Adaptapanel was originally a trade name for a now defunct Solonami controls company. The name has passed into common usage to describe the touch control panels often used for front end displays on starships.

The adaptapanel has its own miniprocessor, memory, and multiple network connectors, which allows them to be connected to the Security, Controls and Communications Networks while preserving network isolation. Strong security protocols maintain system isolation to prevent an attacker from using an adaptapanel to bridge across networks for unauthorized access. Each panel can act as a communication display, control local environment, and act as a security pickup for area monitoring. Specialized panels (that is a standard panel with special programming) are often used to control access to spaces or operate Iris Valves under biometric control. Each adaptapanel has its own embedded Local Control Processor.
On the NdN each Iris Valve is serviced by a pair of adaptapanels. The pair act as door controls with the ability to perform handprint scans to determine access to restricted areas. When no access restrictions are necessary the panel can display a simple "open" or "close" button. The comm unit can allow contact with the other side of the door, for staterooms or secured offices. Environmental readbacks can indicate the status of pressure, atmospheric composition or even gravity, on the far side of the valve. In an airlock both the airlock and decontamination systems can be controlled through the panel.
The adaptapanels on NdN are set to a IISS standard pattern. The array of buttons to select panel functions runs along the bottom. The right side of the panel has mutable buttons displayed for each selected function. The left panel area is dedicated to the specific function. So it might display a hand scanner waiting for a handprint at a secure door, or a visual readback for comm use or an parameter display for use in environmental control. When not in use the adaptapanels typically display a ship specific wallpaper with a prominently displayed touch field to activate the unit.

Ship's Systems

On a modern vessel like the Nicolas de Nicolay most support systems are located safely out of the way in the areas between decks or in bulkheads.
Beneath the Grav Plates, located in a utility trench most of the power, fluid and air systems are located. In the diagram the grav plate has been raised and the systems can been seen clearly marked for the student. They will be described from left to right below.
DC Power System: The DC Power System is used to power many components aboard the vessel, especially systems related to propulsion, gravity and weaponry. The system has a positive and a negative lead. Typically there are several fore to aft runs on each deck.
400 Hz System: The 400 Hz Power System is used for many electronic and computer systems. Often at the loads it is itself converted to dc in many different voltages, but some components used the 400 Hz Ac itself. A 400 Hz power tap is shown in the diagram.
Control Network: The Control Network is the computer network that is interfaced to the actual systems which controls the vessel. This includes the control panels located in various compartments and control rooms, as well as Local Control Processors (LCP) which control almost every piece of equipment on the ship, Adaptapanels located throughout the ship, and ship's computers which run software dedicated to running the ship. In most ships there are two geographically isolated  fiber network trunks laid from fore to aft. On the NdN and all Leviathans the trunks are laid on the port side of Deck E and the Starboard side of Deck B. The line shown in the diagram is a local fiber line for the Control Network.
Return Vent: The Return Vent cycles air out of the space, usually through a number of cleaning and humidifier systems that will be discussed below. A sphincter valve, whose technology is very much like that used for Iris Valves, is used to isolate the vent whenever there is a bulkhead. The sphincter valve closes if there is too great a pressure differential across the valve. In the diagram a local return vent feeding into the main return vent from the right.
C-Fluid Return: Starships do not use water as the primary fluid for cleaning and waste disposal. Water is too valuable a commodity to be wasted in these uses. Instead a liquid called C-fluid is used in freshers for showering and other cleaning. The C-fluid is recycled in Main Life Support on Deck E. Like the Return Vents there is a valve at every airtight bulkhead which closes automatically in the case of a depressurization accident or excessive flow, such as from a catastrophic leak.
Communication Network: The Communications Network is a computer network dedicated to communications. It does not directly interface with either the Security Network (described below) or the Control Network. The purpose of this isolation is to prevent unauthorized access to either of the other networks through the Communications Network, which often carries traffic originating from off the ship and traffic which is unofficial, such as entertainment, as well as official message traffic. As for the Control Network there are two for-and-aft trunks, in the case of the NdN and her sister ships one runs on the centerline of Deck G and the other on the centerline of Deck B.
Black Water Return: Is the Main Sewage line. It transports waste return from the freshers for recycling. Unlike most commercial vessels Leviathan Class Starships recycle the water from its Black Water System. A transport fluid is also recycled once the entrained water has been extracted.
The ship also has a Gray Water System which is not shown in the diagram. This system receives excess water from the water delivery unit drains and humidity control extraction system (also to be covered later) and sends it to Life Support on Deck E. There is a valve at every airtight bulkhead which closes automatically in the case of a depressurization accident or excessive flow, such as from a catastrophic leak.
Water Line: Provides water to the water delivery units. As for other fluid systems there is a valve at every airtight bulkhead which closes automatically in the case of a depressurization accident or excessive flow, such as from a catastrophic leak.
C-fluid Supply: The C-Fluid system provides clean foam to fresher showers. The entrained dirt, germs and waste are separated out and the fluid reused. There is a valve at every airtight bulkhead which closes automatically in the case of a depressurization accident or excessive flow, such as from a catastrophic leak.
Security Network: Independent computer network used for secure communication, security video pickups, and door override controls. The system is primarily used by security personnel, although the ship's master and executive officer have the necessary access codes to use the system.