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.