SBB Baroness (New)

[arimah]

About the PR

Adds a new leisure shuttle, the SBB Baroness.

Why / Balance

Almost all of our ships are centered around doing a job. I think it would be wonderful to have more ships designed for rest and relaxation – like the Camper and PTS. The Baroness aims to fill that role with a touch more luxury.

A comfortable home away from home, it features a large lounge with a kitchenette (no kitchen machines, but a wall-mount freezer and a shelf for storing foods in!), a wide-screen TV, jukebox, comfy sofa, little dining table, some free drinks and a genuine synthetic mahogany wooden cabinet.

For when you wish to retreat, there is a private bedroom with closable shutters. The bedroom features a tiny office for all your, er, office needs.

Design considerations:

• The ship has a lot of forward thrust. She's meant to feel like a small luxury yacht, and needs to ZOOM accordingly.
• The ship comes with a SUPERPACMAN despite only drawing around 17 kW. This may seem excessive, but she is also designed to be upgradable and modifiable.
• In keeping with being modifiable:
  • All interior walls (except for one single diagonal) are interior, non-reinforced shuttle walls.
  • All irreplaceable or essential wall-mounted things have been placed on exterior walls or the engineering wall to make it easier to adjust the wall layout.
  • The APC in the entry hallway can be removed and have its LV connected to the other APC by placing one single piece of LV cable.
  • The main lounge area is a 5x5 room with no walls and minimal "blocking" structures (thindows, railings, etc.), to make it easier to rearrange furniture as you see fit.
  • Decals are sparse except in areas you probably won't want to massively modify anyway. Otherwise you replace a floor tile and everything is mismatched. :(
• The flight deck has immense visibility, so you can properly appreciate the majesty of the stars you're flying through and absolutely not so you can see the NFSD approaching as you smuggle in your hollowed-out ship.
• Whereas the PTS has champagne, the Baroness comes with a bottle each of gin and tonic water. Yum.
• Pilot locker and hardsuit, same as the PTS.
• Toilet is actually in its own little room and not exposed to the public for everyone to see. Revolutionary new SmellProof™ Curtain Technology® keeps the ship fresh.
• Privacy shutters on every window, wow!

How to test

1. Buy and try :)

Media

Guidebook entry:

Requirements

• I have read and am following the Pull Request and Changelog Guidelines.
• I have added media to this PR or it does not require an ingame showcase.

Breaking changes

No.

Changelog
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• add: Added the personal leisure craft SBB Baroness. Sail through space in style!

[Temoffy]

Kinda reminds me of this kinda jank shuttle we didn't quite finish for the shuttle building competition 😁 :

A feature we had that was well liked is the 2 little glass hoverbike garages on either side of the entrance, might be nice to snag that idea for a luxury private cruiser.

[Jakumba]

Very aesthetically pleasing, I like the new design philosophy being employed with a bunch of the recent shuttles!
I think this is missing a defib unit & fire extinguisher though, unless I'm missing it.

[dustylens]

Just cruising by for fun.

Enjoying the classic spaceship profile that's been popping up lately. Galaga ships everywhere.

The interior layout gives me some rather nostalgic recollections of some of the larger yachts I've visited over the years. If we had Z levels I could easily see the side berth sitting atop engineering.

I wonder if the open wall by the engineering bay might not be a nice place for a fire extinguisher and the wall by the curtain leading into the head might not be a good place for a defib. You never know when a trip to the bathroom may be a fatal one without medical intervention.

At present the waste system seems to be missing a passive vent?

The engineering bay is nice and tidy. Good layout.

I noticed that the corners all have glass floors with the exception of the two by the braking thrusters. Was that an intentional choice?

I appreciate the departure from TECHMAINT EVERYWHERE beneath the airlocks. However I have to admit that the uninterrupted tiling by the entrance airlocks felt a little surprising. That's just me I'm sure.

The toilet serves as a very handle trashcan in a pinch. Appreciate that.

I was noticing that some rooms seem to be lit by bulbs and other by bars. The main cabin has a bar, as does the engineering room and "lobby", but the lounge and bathroom use bulbs. I was curious what your thoughts were when deciding on which for where.

The sofa side bar makes me feel like we wouldn't be doing ourselves a disservice by having a booze cabinet that enjoys a few additional drinks in stock. While the gin is a nice touch I think that a selection of some high end bottles for a few nice recipes wouldn't be out of order, nice to be able to mix a few drinks without demanding a full bar be installed. That might be a nice side PR.

Good thing I double checked haha, what are the odds?

Noticed the minimalist guidebook entry. I presume this is a sign of what's to come.

Nice entry into the ranks of for funshies shuttles.

[arimah]

Defib and extinguisher... I knew I'd forgotten something! Always those two I tend to forget as well. xD Thanks for your comments, I'll get around to answering later!

[arimah]

At present the waste system seems to be missing a passive vent?

Certainly not! Don'tlookunderthethruster. I definitely didn't forget to put it there. No siree. *nervous sweating noises*
(Good catch.)

I noticed that the corners all have glass floors with the exception of the two by the braking thrusters. Was that an intentional choice?

You betcha. Otherwise the red and green lateral lights end up illuminating and colouring the glass, and the effect looks even less convincing than normal. At least with lattice it doesn't look like those corners are even trying to pretend.

However I have to admit that the uninterrupted tiling by the entrance airlocks felt a little surprising.

It's unusual for sure, but hopefully not too bad of a thing. :) Helps break up the monotony of steel tile everywhere and gives a break from the usual safety markings.

I was curious what your thoughts were when deciding on which for where.

Basically, give the ship a soft, lowish light level. Fluorescent lights are brighter than small lights. Fluorescent lights go in the "lobby"/entrance area for safety reasons (clearly illuminated exit), and in the bridge for greater visibility when approaching things. I will however change the bedroom to use a bulb, as was intended from the beginning (oopsies).

While the gin is a nice touch I think that a selection of some high end bottles for a few nice recipes wouldn't be out of order, nice to be able to mix a few drinks without demanding a full bar be installed.

I sort of agree. But also, if you're cruising around in a personal leisure craft, you can totally stop by Tinnia's/Bahama, the Lodge or even the casino to get your fill of drink. There's no shortage of alcohol in the sector.

Good thing I double checked haha, what are the odds?

That happened to me TWICE while testing the ship. TWICE! I had to do a double-take to make sure I hadn't placed two SSD posters.