Long-Duration Survey Starship
Venture Class Technical Details

    The Venture's Deck Five is officers' country. Three-fourths of the deck is quarters for the ship's officers and senior staff. The six quarters in the inner ring of rooms are reserved for department heads who require small attached offices for meetings. The private rooms are accessed via the inner corridor, while office doors open on the outer. The cabins have well-appointed living areas with wall screens, a bedroom with private work desk/computer station, walk-in storage, and a full private bath.
    Senior officers' quarters ring the outer wall. There are eight large cabins consisting of a spacious living room, bedroom, a full bath, walk-in storage space, and a private work cubicle with computer station. The Captain and First Officer have large suites at the port (exec) and starboard (capt.) extremes. Twice the size of senior officers' quarters, the commanders suites have an entry lobby which leads to the living area to one side, and a work area to the other. The work areas consist of a meeting room/office which is reached through a public waiting room, and a private workspace/office with doors to both the larger office and the private areas through a large walk-through closet.
    At the center of the deck, surrounding the computer core, is a fresh water tank and standby turbolift car storage. Forward of the core is the officers' mess and briefing lounge, and the emergency escape stairway that runs vertically through the entire saucer section.
    The aft 25% of Deck Five, as well as Deck Four above it, is dedicated to the ship's large arboretum. This is a recreational area with a layer of Earth soil topped by grass, with a display fountain, walking paths, and numerous species of trees from Earth and other compatible worlds. Benches and dinettes are placed for comfortable socializing, and food slots line a central kiosk. Above the "field," four huge windows look out onto the wonders of deep space.