Maps for a sci-fi game?

[Grod_The_Giant]

Starting a new sci-fi campaign (using STaRS, if it matters), I realize that I'm... not very good at designing ships and stations. Can anyone recommend a source for decent blueprints for spaceships, space stations, moon bases, that sort of thing?

The tone of the campaign is probably closer to Mass Effect 1 than anything else.

[MrZJunior]

There's a bunch of stuff for Traveller if you dig for it. Deck plans included.

But if it's based off Mass Effect, why not use stuff from there?

[Anonymouswizard]

There's a bunch of stuff for Traveller if you dig for it. Deck plans included.

But if it's based off Mass Effect, why not use stuff from there?

IIRC Mass Effect doesn't have a ton in the way of deck plans and the like. On the other hand, ships do seem to be designed roughly similar to Traveller, which means turning Traveller ship deck plans into ME-style ones shouldn't be too difficult.

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Probably the biggest thing to keep in mind is that ME ships are designed with the cockpit/bridge at the 'front' and the engines at the 'back', whereas a more realistic ship is likely to have the control either central or at the 'top'* and the engines at the bottom, unless you've designed for centrifugal gravity. We're looking more at Star Destroyers (Republic era), not Lighthuggers in terms of design.

Pretty much everything is streamlined though, even ships that never enter atmosphere. No Lady MacBeths here.

*It really depends on your ship's purpose and if you're dropping remass tankage

[Grod_The_Giant]

There's a bunch of stuff for Traveller if you dig for it. Deck plans included.

Any particular books I should look for?

[Telok]

Any particular books I should look for?

Traveller starship geomorphs

http://travellerrpgblog.blogspot.com...f-finally.html

Star Trek deck plan database

https://www.cygnus-x1.net/links/lcar...ints-main2.php

Deviant art #deckplans tag

https://www.deviantart.com/tag/deckplans

Assorted misc. resources

http://www.frostbytebooks.com/blog/f...ship-resources

[JakOfAllTirades]

Google the "Future Armada" line of starship and space station deck plans. I can vouch for their quality.

[DrKerosene]

I made a similar post a few years ago. I hope you find the reply as “helpful” now as I did back then, http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showt...aps&p=17053700


But more seriously, do you just want something with listed rooms, like this?: https://i.pinimg.com/originals/ae/61...878660a9d5.jpg