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  MESSAGE TO: Senior VP Jiro Akihara 
  COPIED IN: Vince Chang, David Nokomura, Lisa Plainfeldt, 
  Jonathon Scarborough, Carter Burkett, JJ Gesboro  
  MESSAGE FROM: Yehonatan Marc Voorsanger 
  DATE: 6/18/2225 
  SUBJECT: NEXT GENERATION MODULES – FINAL PLANS 
   
  Sir. The colony module schematics have been finalized. I attach the schematics for your interest. I 
  agree that this second generation of module parts do resemble the first generation superficially, but 
  with subtle yet important structural strengthening and weight-saving considerations. The benefits for 
  colonists will be negligible – but the costs of shipment to Matsuyama and other carriers will be 
  substantial, making the modules a much more attractive option than the already poorly performing 
  Erebus offering. As you know, Matsuyama has pioneered the modular construction of Off-World 
  colonies, designing, testing and then putting into service the Heavy Cargo Module (or ‘dump box’). This 
  orbital aeroshell allows very large prefabricated building units to be soft-landed directly from orbit 
  without the use of shuttles or landers. Colony modules are assembled on site and attached together 
  in various orientations, either directly or via connecting corridor units and can even be duplicated, 
  enabling the colony design team to tailor their construction to the planet, the site or to the role that it 
  intends to play.  
   
  The most basic colony would consist of a single Hab Block (Main) and an Operations Block with 
  Garage and Airlock. But, realistically, such a colony start-up is going no-where, and most will include a 
  Fusion Plant and Life Support. Larger investment will see the installation of a Greenhouse, additional 
  Airlocks and an Extra Hab Block.  
   
  Mining installations will need rather more, miners might require an additional Garage, more airlocks, 
  Stack Racks, a complete Canteen Block (for the miners and technicians) at least, managers will use 
  the dining hall in their Hab) and a Warehouse. Such a set-up will also warrant a Service Block to 
  provide amenities and various types of Industrial Machinery module - the plans for one of these is 
  attached. The black discs on the schematics represent pre-selected entrance/exit doors through the 
  bulkhead, these are used to attach corridors or other modules. All are fitted with sliding pressure 
  doors.  As requested Akihara-san, I will provide you with a short briefing on each type of module:  
   
   
  AIRLOCK – Find this on the Garage Sheet. Users enter an EVA room equipped with plexiglass suit 
  lockers and equipment bays. This leads to the airlock. It is able to hold three suited individuals at a 
  time. Not suitable for industrial applications and use by dozens of individuals at once. For that, use an 
  EVA Room.  
   
  CORRIDORS – The schematic illustrates two types of corridor attached to an octagonal Hub. The 
  Hub can be used to store equipment [E] that needs to be at hand and is able to accept mating with 
  corridors on any or all of its eight walls. Some Hubs may be fitted with ladders to become 
  ‘companionways, leading up or down to another Hub. All Hubs are fitted with a computer terminal [T]. 
  The technical corridor is flanked by lockers [L], maintenance hatches serving import conduits and 
  pipelines [M], fire-fighting equipment [FF], air vent access ladders and controls [C] for local life-
  support, lighting, heating, etc.  
  Advanced  and  Ever  Advancing 
  
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  CANTEEN BLOCK – The Canteen Block is used to feed and entertain hundreds of miners or other 
  staff throughout the day. It is centered on a 240-seat dining room with kitchen, storage and counter. 
  It is surrounded by wide circulation corridors, one of which includes retail outlets. The module also a 
  couple of lounges and a bar. The bar serves drinks, has music, a stage and various back rooms.  
   
  EVA ROOM – The EVA Block is designed to allow a large team to suit up and exit the module together 
  through the large capacity airlock. Users first past the freshers and showers to reach the locker and 
  suit rack area, from there they can top up their tanks before passing into the airlock. Those requiring 
  tools can sign for them in the tool room. A large circulation space is provided outside the inner airlock 
  door. Some airlocks open onto large elevators to transport workers down to a quarry, mine or cliff-
  face.  
   
  FUSION PLANT – A 10 Giga Watt fusion powerplant can support a city. It is installed when large 
  colonial developments or mining projects are expected. Otherwise Hab and Operations modules can 
  often get by with solar panels or petroleum-fed generators. The Fusion Plant is a small power station, 
  requiring a crew of at least six.  
   
  GARAGE – A pressurized storage area for ATVs, rovers, buggies etc. It features a tool-shop with all 
  the required maintenance equipment, an office and a vehicle airlock able to accept one vehicle at a 
  time. The garage can hold 20 displacement tons of vehicle.  
   
  GREENHOUSE –This large three-storey module is able to enhance a colony air supply with freshly 
  generated oxygen, and provide the colony with small amounts of fresh food. The greenhouse also 
  serves as a recreational space, if the authorities or colony management allow. On level one are 
  offices and storage areas as well as floor-level planting beds. An EVA room and airlock allows staff to 
  conduct EVA’s to repair or maintain the large three-storey bank of solar panels on one side of the 
  greenhouse. These panels produce the electricity needed for the heat and light requirements of the 
  greenhouse. A pair of stairs lead up to a raised gantry with a second tier of planting beds, the stars 
  continue to a third level with additional planting beds. At the base of each set of stairs is an elevator 
  to for the transfer of seed, soil and tools to these higher levels.  
   
  HAB BLOCK [MAIN] – The Hab Block [Main] provides living accommodation for families, and for 
  single colonists or those sharing a room with a partner. Between these two suites of rooms is a 
  dining hall cum meeting - room cum assembly area, a space jokingly referred to as the ‘café-gyma-
  teria’ by some Matsuyama staff! Retail space is provided to allow colonists to purchase foodstuffs, 
  clothing and personal items. The roof-space of the Hab Module does contain life support equipment 
  that can sustain the inhabitants of this module alone and serves as an emergency back-up should the 
  colony Life Support module fail (if present). The module can accommodate 13 families (typically 52 
  individuals) and 28 single people,  although the life support and dining facilities can be pushed to allow  
  half of the single rooms to become double occupancy, stretching the total complement to around  94 
  people in total.  
   
  HAB BLOCK [EXTRA] – When the colony requires more manpower, an additional accommodation 
  unit can be attached that provides only living space. Its inhabitants will share the dining hall provided 
  by the Main Hab. This Extra Hab  includes a small garden used by the families and it is equipped with 
  four suites, larger and more spacious accommodation, typically for senior members of management . 
   
  INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY – Mines and some colonies will include industrial units that allow the 
  inhabitants to carry out survey, mining, filtration or other jobs. This module is an example, and will be 
  
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  connected to the rest of the colony via a corridor module. The machinery is non-specific, but could be 
  an oil drill, ore handling mechanism, a grader, the control area for a linear mass driver etc. Many 
  industrial machines will be isolated from the main colony and much larger in size.   
   
  LIFE SUPPORT – An important module for any colony that wishes to grow beyond simply the scale of 
  a Hab and an Operations Module. The Life Support module recycles  water, handles sewage, 
  generates oxygen and controls heating and cooling within the colony. The large, two-storey hall is 
  separated into semi-discrete areas. Pipes built into module ceiling areas and into the ceilings and 
  side-walls of corridors feed the Life Support module.  
   
  OPERATIONS BLOCK – The heart of any modular colony, the Operations Block houses the 
  communication equipment, offices and sensors used to control day-to-day activities. Life support and 
  engineering can be monitored, comms maintained with workers, rovers, modules, other installations 
  on the planet – even ships in orbit. A central raised area overlooks six workstations (each allocated to 
  a department, such as mining, management, logistics, life support, personnel and payroll). It also 
  overlooks a bank of viewing ports (which can be shielded by blast shutters if needed). Three comms 
  stations are located in a bay just forward of the raised area. The operations manager and his 
  assistant will by based here in one of the offices. The block also features a sensor bay where feeds 
  from sensors and the uplink electronics are located, a staff conference room and an 
  operations/planning/map room used to keep track of mining, prospecting or exploration programs.. 
   
  SERVICE BLOCK – A growing colony will soon want a Service Block, these provide the additional 
  services required of any small town, including an infirmary (A), supermarket (H), repair shops (F), 
  lecture rooms (E), admin or company offices (G), laboratories (C), a doctor’s clinic (B), and a police or 
  federal marshal station (D). A small rotunda with a coffee bar and tables and chairs sits at the 
  center, a central corridor flanked on one side by equipment lockers serves as a main thoroughfare.   
   
  STACK-RACKS – Mass housing for miners or for military personnel, all of whom sign up knowing that 
  they will be spending their down-time in cramped sleeping cubicles. A single Stack-Rack is two storeys 
  high. A wide central walkway also serves as a meeting area and ad hoc lounge, since the cubicles are 
  not big enough to stand up in or accommodate two or more people. The cubicles are built into a steel 
  framework, with metal mesh walls, all entirely see-though. Privacy is provided by folding screens 
  pulled across by the cubicle’s owner. Access to level two is via pairs of metal stairways at either end 
  of the module. They lead to a grillwork landing, or can be continued up to reach the cubicles on a 
  second Stack-Rack module built on top of the first (if fitted). By stacking one module on top of another, 
  the developers create 4-floors of cubicles. All floors can reach showers, toilets at one end of the 
  module and laundry facilities at the other end.  The Stack-Racks are a highly functional, highly efficient 
  and highly cost-effective way of housing a disciplined workforce. They can be rather loud and chaotic 
  places, however. A single two-storey Stack-Rack module can house 160 workers.  
   
  WAREHOUSE – Most colonies require a two-storey Warehouse module for the storage of supplies, 
  foodstuffs and equipment. Cargo racks fill the cavernous module,  areas are provided for secure or 
  dangerous goods and there is a freezer for bulk arrivals of frozen food. A lifter bay houses a couple of 
  forklifts and a couple of Exoframes Worklifters, this bay is located close to the goods-in door. This 
  door is an airlock typically leading to a landing pad some 50-100m from the Warehouse (and 
  separated by a 3m blast wall for the protection of the colony modules). On some installations, the 
  Warehouse is located underneath a shuttle landing pad mounted on sturdy legs. Freight is lowered 
  down into the cargo airlock by a cargo elevator connecting the landing pad with the Warehouse.  
    
   
  
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  CORRIDORS 
             Z. Zamir 
   
  8/03/24   29-GHA-7 
   
  8/09/25 
  
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  CANTEEN BLOCK 
             N. Sollinger 
   
  12/20/24   30-GHA-7 
   
  12/04/25 
  
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  EVA ROOM 
             Z. Zamir 
   
  05/05/24   31-GHA-7 
   
  19/05/25 
  
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  FUSION PLANT 
             N. Sollinger 
   
   11/20/24   35-GHA-7 
   
    1/04/25 
  
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  GARAGE 
             G. Jackson 
   
  11/04/22   37-GHA-7 
   
  01/10/23 
  
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  GREENHOUSE 
             G. Jackson 
   
  11/04/22    38-GHA-7 
   
  01/10/23 
  
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  HAB BLOCK - MAIN 
             Z. Zamir 
   
  3/17/23    39-GHA-7 
   
  4/30/23 
  
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  HAB BLOCK - EXTRA 
             Z. Zamir 
   
  2/23/24    45-GHA-7 
   
  3/17/24 
  
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  I NDUSTRIAL  
  MACHINERY 
             Z. Zamir 
   
  1/09/23    46-GHA-7 
   
  1/30/23 
  
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  LIFE SUPPORT 
             Z. Zamir 
   
  1/09/23    46-GHA-7 
   
  1/30/23 
  
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             Z. Zamir 
   
  3/04/23    48-GHA-7 
   
  5/11/23 
  OPERATIONS BLOCK 
  
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  SERVICE BLOCK 
             Z. Zamir 
   
  12/23/22  49-GHA-7 
   
  7/01/23 
  
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  STACK-RACKS 
   
             Z. Zamir 
   
  5/14/23    50-GHA-7 
   
  6/20/23 
  
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             Z. Zamir 
   
  5/14/23    50b-GHA-7 
   
  6/20/23 
  STACK-RACKS [2] 
  STACK-RACKS   / ELEVATION 
  
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  WAREHOUSE 
             Z. Zamir 
   
  3/14/23    51-GHA-7 
   
  3/28/23 
  
SOURCE: textdata/thevault/Cepheus Engine/Cepheus Engine/Settings/Hostile/HOSTILE - Colony Module Schematics (Updated).pdf