The IAM Hornet Sting

The IAM Hornet Sting is just one of many Type 10 battle cruisers, the largest ships in the naval branch of the Anubian Military, and is the flaship of the fleet called the Hornets Nest. It consists of X decks, or levels, each with a specific function. IAM stands for Imperial Anubian Military and is the tag used on all Anubian ships. It it used to identify Anubian vessels outside Anubian space.

The Hornet Sting is commanded by Captain Nilda, but becomes the personal flagship of Commander Sarko Dosis during his service.

Deck 1 - Command Deck: This deck is known by many as the ship's bridge. The main area consists of three floors, connected by small sets of stairs. The top floor is navigation, systems operations and surveilence, combat information, and communications room. The middle and smallest floor is the Commanding Officer's station, consisting of command chair and personal command systems. The middle floor is where orders are given in most situations, including battles. The bottom floor is the cockpit, housing the helmsman, or pilot, and two co-pilots. This area houses the ship's main controls. This deck also contains the Commanding Officer's personal quarters, located behind the main area, accessable from the third floor.

Deck 2 - Crew Quarters and Docking Bay: This deck houses the crew's quarters, medical bay and laboratory, observation decks, armory, messhall/kitchen, life support, and Docking Bay for docking at spaceports.

Deck 3 - Cargo and Brig: This deck houses the storage faculties and prison for POWs and traitiors.

Deck 4 - Hangar: The ship's hangar, housing thousands of shuttles and fighters. Some shuttles are built for specific needs, such as carrying supplies, while others are for planetary exploration, or escape. Shuttles are capable of faster-than-light travel, but fighters are not.

Decks 5-7 - Recreation and Civillian Quarters: The recreation decks of all Type-10 cruisers have built in luxury quarters to house civillians, usually used after evacuations. These quarters are also meant for important guests, being escorted or ferried to a destination. They can be best described as small apartments, containing a main area, restroom, kitchen, dining area, and bed chamber. If the need were to arrise, the ship could support an entire colony for an unlimited amount of time. As for recreation, this deck includes restraunts or bars, a swimming pool, a dance club, a gym, an arcade,  an atrium park, and a library. This is important for the crew if the ship were to embark on a long journey, or the engines were to lose power. All work and no rest often results in mental breakdown, which can harbor disasterous results.

Deck 8 - Engineering and Weapons: This deck houses the ship's most vital components. The sheild generator, the artificial gravity, the antimatter power source and engine, the wormhole generator, the inertia cancellor, the ship's computer mainframe and AI database, and the weapon systems for the main cannon and defense turrets. The APSE uses collides matter and antimatter at a microscopic scale, which produces an immense amount of energy, powering the ship and thrusters. The wormhole generator creates a rip in the fabric of space-time, creating a gateway to another part of the galaxy or universe, allowing instantaneous travel. The inertia cancellor cancels out inertia, allowing for sharp turns and banking in the vaccum of space, and for maneuvers in planetary atmospheres.

Other Ship Areas: Other areas include restrooms, located in all areas of the ship.

In place are many fire control systems, as well as metal covers that will cover broken windows, and firewalls and antivirus systems for the ship's mainframe. The Anubians take great care to defend against any issues they may see. There are also countless escape pods on each deck, and one escape pod is capable of holding two soldiers and ten crew, twelve soldiers, twelve crew, six civillians and six crew, or twelve civillians. There is also a pod accessable from the Command Quarters.