No. Passenger and Crew slots are not affected by decorations, only the stats of the modules shown in the ship builder.

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I have tested several variations based on this idea. In all of them the ladder-less design and layout remained unchanged. It should be noted that if you use a bottom docker and a bay where you enter up, wherever you place those there will be a half ladder above them. You don't have to actually use this ladder for anything but it does break up the visual openness of the interior. I tried a slim docker and an NG-6 bay under the 2x2 engineering which lifted the ship up higher and required the landing gear to be placed under Deimos Hull A's to be at the same level. The Stroud Mid Bracers I was using before don't have bottom attachment points. I tried the slim docker under the 2x2 engineering and the NG-6 tucked under the Nova Battle Stations which means the ship stays low to the ground, the entrance is hidden, you have to walk under the ship to get in, and you enter on the upper level. It was pretty cool. I also tried using the Stroud side entrance bay in place of the Taiyo front entrance bay. For that I removed the Infirmary where the current docker enters and moved the 1x1 there with the slim docker under it. I had to move the 3x2 Cargo Hall forward 1 block to close the empty space. This makes the ship slightly smaller but you enter in exactly the same place from either the bay or docker. It also lets me make a symmetrical design with portals and/or bumpers and/or other front decorations. I tried it with the side bay both facing towards the cockpit and away from it. It was funny that when it was facing away the entrance ramp just barely fit on the Landing Pad with Ship Builder at my outpost. I tried tucking the Taiyo bay backward onto the back of the 2x2 Engineering and that worked as well. Very well hidden entrance. Anyway, it seems this design maintains it's layout pretty much no matter what I throw at it. Which makes sense since I created it with the idea of giving the builder the fewest places where it even could screw it up. Hope that helps. This is a very fun design to play with and test things out on.

Oh, it is also possible to use a side docker on the back corner of the 3x2 Cargo hall with any of these variations so that there is no half ladders from bottom dockers inside, but you can still decorate the front however you want.

I considered having the docker on the other side but I really like the entrances as close together as possible. I also considered putting a slim docker on the bottom of the 1x1 so you enter to the exact same spot with either the docker or the landing bay, and replacing the front docker with another bumper. Sometimes it is very hard to decide which option is best.

To each his own. I would of preferred my suggestion, and perhaps your bottom docker idea second best choice.

So maybe I exaggerated a bit, but the cities are small and the ship is very big.

I don't use any mods that affect ships and ship building. Just StarUI to make menus easier to use, and a mod to give vendors more money so it is easier to sell expensive loot. Everything related to ships is regular features.

Good point. The name is what version 1 of the ship looked like to me and I guess I never questioned it as the ship got bigger and bigger.

@@EvanMFitzGerald Hahaha, hey it shows natural progression! "We are the Mega Gargantuans, we named ourselves before we discovered we were small!" (Rick & Morty)

Update just posted. Let me know what you think.

@@EvanMFitzGerald it's awesome 😎

It was almost 700 hours before I saw it. This was on Rana 1-c after a mission I was doing for Galbank. I saw this in the distance and thought I should check it out while I was there. I don't think it is a unique location, but it must be a very rare spawn compared to other locations.

@EvanMFitzGerald thank you. I want to see if my follower is already in there. Lol

The controls are on the front right of the 3x2 cargo hall. If you move the landing gear from the front left of the 3x2 to the center and put the Stroud side entry landing bay there you will enter basically in the center of the cargo area near the controls. I have not tested how that will affect ladder placement though. That can be unpredictable sometimes.

Thank you. I have to go back in to place a couple of windows I left out. I'll check it then and see. I guess it's a moot point, I don't want my landing bay that far back on the ship. That's my compromise for not having it in the bow area...a shorter run.@@EvanMFitzGerald

By my count you have 4 Obliterator Auto Alpha Beam weapons, 2 on the bridge and 1 each inboard facing forward on the weapons mounting platforms. Is there a perk for that?@@EvanMFitzGerald

I also added a scan jammer to the port weapons mounting platform and a Caravel V102 Shielded Cargo hold in an open space between the center landing gear and the reactor. The mobility dropped to 97, but I can live with that.

@@dondurham5264 No, one of the forward facing weapons not on the bridge is a turret. I mistakenly said they were the same on both sides.

That's terrifying! Also, hysterical from an outside perspective!

Bessel 3b

I found one of them on an abandoned ship, or so I thought. I searched the ship, or maybe it was a space station for about 30 minutes. Right when I was ready to leave I noticed a stairway to a lower level. The only reason I didn't have a heart attack after opening the locked door. Was that I read a data slate that said some kind of creature killed the entire crew. The thing still scared the hell out of me. Killed me and when I respawned I had to dope up.

I found that one. On a low G world, so every time i blasted one of them as it charged me it's spasming corpse would sail through the air to slap me in the face. & there were LOTS.

@@skyriminspace Exactly!