- AC 4
- 40 Tonnes
- Saves as Thin Wood
- Maneuverability Class B
- Crew 5-14
The Ocelot is a scavenging ship! It is used to hover over various sites and pick over the place for useful parts, and salvage those things. It can also be used as a Search & Rescue ship, if need be. It is a closed ship, with many useful additions for the clever scavenger or pirate.
There are three decks.
The top deck is a room for small salvage, lined with dozens of shelves, some holding drawers or other containers.
Big things go on the lower deck! This is just a huge wide area for storing shipping containers, vehicles, scrap metal, and other large salvage. It has reversed gravity, so things can be stored on the flat 'floor' and be piled high into the huge, round belly of the catship.
The middle deck holds the engine room and other controls toward the back, living quarters in the middle, and connects in front to the head: that is, the cockpit. The cockpit has all the steering and comms equipment, all the controls, and passages to the other parts of the ship.
The Ears are communication dishes, with all the antennae and sensors inside them. The Whiskers are long, delicate arms, that feel about and test conditions and take measurements. They can also handle things, and pick up smaller pieces of salvage. The Eyes are huge searchlights, and are very very bright. The bottom floor of the cockpit lowers down, creating the Mouth - a huge, wide hatch for loading big things. It has rollers and an powered ramp, for helping to get things into the lower cargo hold.
The living quarters are quite simple: there is a tiny kitchen, and a wide-open lounge area with hooks on the floor for bolting in furniture, if so desired. There are bunks along the sides of the ship that curve along with the walls; these are three layers deep. Under the bunks are little hatches, where the crew can slide into the Feet.
The Feet are little observation pods! They are round globes made of very very strong glass-like material, and some can be built with lenses to enlarge the viewing area. It's a good way to get up close and personal, but be protected from the elements as well.
Finally, the Tail. The Ocelot's tail is a mag-grapple sort of thing, two parts that can be switched. One is a huge grappling hook, the other is a very powerful magnet. Either end is for grasping large salvage, and has sophisticated controls so it can swing things right up into the Mouth.
That's the Ocelot! I really, really hope you like it.
Fantastic! Love it! Now I have to show it to my DM in our Spelljammer campaign so we can work up some stats for it. :)
ReplyDeleteMay need to make some changes, too much tech as opposed to magic, but it looks cool. Lets talk about it after Xmas, maybe you might find one in The Maelstrom.
ReplyDeleteIn the meantime I will be sharing this with the SJ image group on Facebook and the SJ mailing list. Very cool way to do deck plans, and a very cool design! Love it!