Constructed using a streamlined, 30,000-ton hull (SM +11) about 280 meter long, the Xanadu-class super liner carries 400 luxury-class and 800 first-class passengers on a comfortable cruise between civilized star systems. The interior is luxuriously appointed with amenities for its guests, including casinos, theaters, and a beautiful interior garden deck and shopping promenade. It has enough thrust to take off from an Earthlike world; given its size, this is an impressive sight, especially with the starship’s hull lit up by its landing lights. Xanadu-class lin- ers are named for fantastic places mentioned in epic poems (Wonderland, Camelot, Troy, Inferno, etc.), and are decorated (and attendants costumed) to match their name.

This is a typical luxury liner for high passage between primary worlds and major secondary worlds. These ships often transit the gates.

Front Hull System

• [1] Light Alloy Armor.
• [2] Open Space (two gardens,two observation lounges, zero-G pool, tennis court, art gallery,and three theaters).*
• [3-6] Habitats (100 luxury cabins each).*

Central Hull System

• [1] Light Alloy Armor.
• [2-5] Habitats (200 cabins each).*
• [6] Habitat (47 gift shops, three hair salons, five casino rooms, five bars, five gyms, and five nurseries, 10-bed sickbay, 250 tons cargo).*
• [core] Control Room (C10 computers, comm/sensor 10, five control stations).*

Rear Hull System

• [1] Light Alloy Armor.
• [2] Habitat (five luxury cabins,90 cabins, 90 bunk rooms, 20-bed sickbay).*
• [3] Hangar Bay (1,000 tons capacity).*
• [4-5!] Stardrive Engines (FTL-1.5 each).*
• [6] Hot Reactionless Engine (10G acceleration).*
• [core] Fusion Reactor (two Power Points).*

* Three technicians man each system.

The Xanadu has artificial gravity and gravitic compensators.

A typical complement for one of these liners is 274 crew: five bridge crew (pilot, captain, chief engineer, communica- tions officer, and a navigator), a purser and 77 stewards, 94 shop clerks, 10 bartenders, six hairstylists, 10 casino workers, five personal trainers, 10 child-care workers, a ship’s doctor and a medic, and 54 technicians.