Spaceship

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A habitat ship from the spaceship Divinity.

A spaceship is a type of vehicle, and is in some instances a living creature, designed to travel the vast distances between planets or stars. While rarely seen on Golarion outside of crash sites in Numeria and elsewhere, some spaceships have passed through—and even frequently fly within—its solar system, and in exceptionally rare cases have been launched from Golarion itself into space.

Types of spaceships

The following types of spaceships are known to exist, whether in space or on a planet's surface:

Additionally, some void-traversing creatures such as shantaks can be used for space travel.3

Named spaceships

The Lirgen's Glory at its crash site in Isger.

These specific spaceships are of special interest:

Elements of a spaceship

Depending on the type of space craft under consideration, it might include a number of the following elements in its construction:10

  • airlock11
  • crew deck: where a ship's crew lives12
  • docking deck: to allow connection to other space craft12
  • engineering deck: where engines and navigation are located12
  • glaucite walls and doors1314
  • habitat module: in which various environments can be created4
  • propulsion system, maybe a reactor of some kind
  • science deck: on which to perform scientific experiments12
  • weapon systems to defend the ship

References

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  1. James L. Sutter. “Chapter 1: The Solar System” in Distant Worlds, 22. Paizo Inc., 2012
  2. James L. Sutter. “Chapter 1: The Solar System” in Distant Worlds, 51. Paizo Inc., 2012
  3. 3.0 3.1 James L. Sutter. “Chapter 2: Stellar Adventures” in Distant Worlds, 54. Paizo Inc., 2012
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 Neil Spicer. “Fires of Creation” in Fires of Creation, 7. Paizo Inc., 2014
  5. James L. Sutter. “Chapter 1: The Solar System” in Distant Worlds, 28. Paizo Inc., 2012
  6. 6.0 6.1 James L. Sutter. “Chapter 1: The Solar System” in Distant Worlds, 44. Paizo Inc., 2012
  7. Mike Welham. “Adventure Background” in Doom Comes to Dustpawn, 3–4. Paizo Inc., 2013
  8. James L. Sutter. “Chapter 2: Stellar Adventures” in Distant Worlds, 52. Paizo Inc., 2012
  9. Jason Bulmahn, et al. “Chapter 5: Mythic Magic Items” in Mythic Adventures, 167. Paizo Inc., 2013
  10. Neil Spicer, et al. Fires of Creation, inside front cover. Paizo Inc., 2014
  11. Neil Spicer. “Fires of Creation” in Fires of Creation, 25. Paizo Inc., 2014
  12. 12.0 12.1 12.2 12.3 Neil Spicer. “Fires of Creation” in Fires of Creation, 22. Paizo Inc., 2014
  13. Neil Spicer. “Fires of Creation” in Fires of Creation, 18. Paizo Inc., 2014
  14. Neil Spicer. “Fires of Creation” in Fires of Creation, 24. Paizo Inc., 2014