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Spaceship shapes

>Date: Wed, 2 Dec 92 12:11:49 +0100
>From: mst@vexpert.dbai.tuwien.ac.at (Markus Stumptner)
>Subject: cherryhlist: What does The Pride of Chanur look like?

I did get the impression that direction of gravity was not necessarily the same
when spinning and docked.  Note that the design of Norway has the same problem,
the ship (i.e., crew area) spins around its longitudinal axis, but this can't 
work when she's docked and the ship as a whole spins with the station.
So, the way I imagine the Pride looks like this:
			  _______
	1st deck	 /       \   | Dock Wall
	2nd 		|         |  |   
	3rd deck	|_________|==| Docking chute
			 _|_____|_   |
			/         \  
			|         |  
			|         |  
			|         |  
cargo bay		|         |  
(doesn't spin)		|         |  
			\_________/  
			  /     \
Drive			  |     |
(whatever that looks	  \_____/
like, doesn't		    |_|
spin either)

So while the ship may actually be fastened to the dock by the nose and 
any other structure intended, the exit is on the side.  The drive was
stuck to the end of the ship (note that the new drive for the Pride was
much larger than the old one).

	Markus