The Legacy Space Ship

Captain Timothy (Tj) Jacobs

Colony Ship Built at 25% Scale of what would come in the future. 

 United Earth had a plans, to send colony ships to the stars, many were under construction. One such ship was the Legacy.  It was built at 25% scale however it was still a huge ship. It mirrored the larger ships in every way; its purpose was to test out a new Warp Core.  It was capable of traveling eight times the speed of light. The Legacy would test the Warp Core, Bio-garden and Medical Units to full capacity and beyond. They would test the Cryonic Sleep Chamber, and the special healing Medi Units, which were designed for major injuries and illnesses. These healing units would heal the body through a cryonic sleep however no freezing was involved. The Legacy would be self sufficient by mid journey complete with raising its own crops and animals for food, in addition the ship had two large tanks for fish both salt water and fresh, for the crew to eat.

 The crew was not military but pioneers young and strong, couples some with children.  It was the greatest hope that others not married would marry and produce children this phenomenon would be studied by the medical team as well.

 If they should come upon a habitable planet, they could deploy the 10 townships and start a colony. Therefore sending the Legacy back to Earth with a skeleton crew to give reports and bring back more colony members.

The Mision was to test a New Warp Core

  At dinner Doc, Farmer, and his Officers were all quiet, finally Captain Timothy Jacobs, Tj stood up and said. "Gentlemen and Ladies we are about to start on journey, it could take up to five years to complete, although it's been stated as a year out and back, it will be six months before we reach the point passed Jupiter where we will begin to test the warp core in a three month burn.  

  That should take us out to the end of the our solar system, we are then to slow to normal engines and assess the ships performance, for a month or two.  

  If satisfactory, we will launch warp core burn of six months, so you see that's a year and a half right there. At the end of the first year burn, we have been given permission to look around as much as two years, and then we will start back.

So we begin our journey with this fine dinner, Thank you Ruth.  We are to test ourselves and this ship to the full extent of it's capabilities, we must endure and be self sufficient by the end of the first half of this journey, Farmer tells me we are almost there now. It's been a long day for me so with that, I will retire.

Deck 1

  The first floor is for shuttle bay with 4 shuttles each could hold up to 50 people and 24 fighter craft.  Directly under the Bio-garden will be the township tubs each 200 yards each long.  The cargo bay is large area for livestock breeding of animals each having its own pin.  The cargo bay also has a ramp.

Deck 2

The second floor is the main living area, and crew quarters run along the outside rim, all around the ship with a total of 320 cabins, the galley can serve over a 300 people at a time and has a patio viewing area. Its head chef is Ruth Durkee; she has a team of 6 cook and she is said to be one of the best cooks in space, her team specialize in scratch cooking

Mid Deck 

Bio-Crew living and work shops,on one end and Sience Quarter and Labs.

Deck 1

The top floor houses engineering, with the open revolving terraces bio-garden levels for crops, and ending in the ships bridge.  The bio-garden team are housed on the mid level for easy access to the terraces every 12 hours the terraces come together under an enormous grow light cutting out most of the light to the decks this will simulate day from night to help the crew stay in tune with Earth’s 24-hour clock.

Side View 

The ship is oval in design for arrow dynamics, it is a real beauty to see in space the Bio-dome is clear showing the ships plant life, from inside you see the stars.