Refer to: <a target="_blank" href="/node/4864">RCS Dark Shadow</a>.<br /><br />This is the captured smuggler ship that the Royal Marines acquired in WoWW. It was recommissioned as the RCS (Royal Consular Ship) Dark Shadow and is used under authority from the Crown, staffed by either civilians or Royal Marines depending on the mission.<br /><br />I used the basic HS:5 layout from the module but expanded it, adding a 'tween decks area (forward maneuvering nozzles/hydroponics) and an engineering deck. A computer maintenance shaft runs between the bridge and crew deck (a la Gullwind). A lifeboat replaces the small launch on the crew deck. Aside from a few minor alterations and furnishings, it resembles the canon deck plan closely albeit more realistically.<br /><br />The thrusters were upgraded to PGC Eurekas to permit the addition of a masking screen launcher, and also allows higher acceleration with lighter loads. A Universal Cargo Rail is affixed to the stern, permitting any combination of Trans Travel cargo containers (see the TT-456 Container Ship in the Deck Plans project for more details on that) totalling five units or less.<br /><br />It's a work in progress, and I may eventually revaise the specs to echo a modified TT-456 at 1m squares (I realized my mistake at rendering it at 1m squares when the canon ship is 2m squares only after completion LOL), dropping one of the drives along the way if so.
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