Found & Copied Serenity Deck Plan

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UPDATED: Wednesday, January 21, 2004 09:50
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CAPNRAHN

Monday, January 5, 2004 4:59 AM

Tunnel
Great upgraded cut-away. Did you use the side view here on FFFn (Serenity Up Close) to generate the 'outline'?
I as going to use the large C-A I screencapped from the DVD and use it as referance when I rework the wireframe pic into a Cut-Away.
In the C-A I like that the engine is 'plugged' into the center of the Firefly's 'behind'.
Only real problem with the C-A is the dimensions are wrong compared to the final CGI version.

EXAPMLE : Like how in the C-A the behind is tilted up instead of level, like it is in the CGI model.

Thanks for joining in!

Sojourner9
I think your are right. I am not sure who drew the deck plans, but I got them from Haplo728 here on the FFFn.
At some point I was going to try and correct them.
I just found out that I used to know a guy from zoic...(the CGI folks that did both Firefly and Galatica 2003)
... and I was going to give him a call and see if Lee remembers me from around Trek Con Huskster rooms from 4 years back.
It would be a nice contact for Firefly news. Lee was a pretty cool guy.

Anyhoo, I was hoping to ask him if he had seen the floorplans for the Serenity set - heh, ya never know!

General
I still am looking around my discs for that 3D house drafting program I know I have somewhere. Even a cheesy 3D walk thu of the Serenity would be cool.
Hopefully it would inspire a real CAD artist to fabricate a really shiny one.

"Remember, there is only ONE absolute - There ARE NO absolutes!!!"

TUNNEL

Tuesday, January 6, 2004 4:14 AM

Yes, I used the detailed FF side view to make the out line I used two posts up.

I need to go back and redo the passenger quarters on it.

One thing I've found is that the set doesn't quite match up to the CGI of FF's outside.

Namely, where in the CGI is the hatch that they climb out of in Trash?

HOLLYKNIGHT55

Tuesday, January 6, 2004 2:53 PM

Those are amazing! They are exactly what our roleplaying game needs! Thank you all! WHOOO!

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SHINY

Wednesday, January 7, 2004 1:43 AM

I'm a little confused about the layout of the 'catwalk' -- I know that in the front right there's the entrance to Inara's shuttle and the stairs up to the bridge/crew quarters and in the front left there's the entrance to the 2nd shuttle, but does the catwalk lead anywhere at the back right and back left (aft of the crossing stairs coming up from the floor of the cargo bay), or do both sides just end at the back wall of the cargo bay, with no doors or anything? In the opening scene to 'Bushwhacked', there seems to be a door at the aft end of at least the left catwalk, but I can't see what it would connect to...

RIVER
Purple elephants are flying.
MAL
Good. Thanks for the update.

TUNNEL

Wednesday, January 7, 2004 4:06 AM

You are correct. There are doors at the back end of the catwalks opposite the main ramp. One can be seen in Objects in Space when River is standing on the rails.

They never let on as to where they lead to though.

SHINY

Wednesday, January 7, 2004 5:52 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by Tunnel:
You are correct. There are doors at the back end of the catwalks opposite the main ramp. One can be seen in Objects in Space when River is standing on the rails.

They never let on as to where they lead to though.

Based on the rest of the ship layout, it doesn't seem like there is much space to have rooms there...maybe just small storage closets?

RIVER
Purple elephants are flying.
MAL
Good. Thanks for the update.

KURUKAMI

Wednesday, January 7, 2004 6:39 PM

Quote:
One thing I've found is that the set doesn't quite match up to the CGI of FF's outside.

Namely, where in the CGI is the hatch that they climb out of in Trash?

That hatch had been pretty firmly established as being there long before that. It's the ladder that leads up to the airlock from the stair-corridor forward of the dining area.

In "Bushwhacked", when Simon and River are hiding outside the ship, they're directly outside the kitchen window, as we look inside to see the Alliance troops searching that locale.

In "Objects in Space", it's the entry that Early uses to get into the ship.

And, of course, it's in "Trash".

In "Objects in Space", though, it seemed pretty clear that the hatch-door folded flush with the structure of Serenity. Since it's only big enough to allow passage of a single person at a time, it's too small a detail to show up on most of the CGI displays.

History doesn't always repeat itself. Sometimes it merely shouts "Weren't you listening the first time?!?" and lets fly with a club.

FORTUNATUS

Wednesday, January 7, 2004 7:45 PM

My first post!

Quote:
Originally posted by Tunnel:
You are correct. There are doors at the back end of the catwalks opposite the main ramp.

They never let on as to where they lead to though.

The deck plans place the doors to the shuttles between the upper and lower decks. The doors at the end of the catwalks are at the same height as the shuttle doors, and would therefore lead to the big blank area between the aft hall and the guest dorm on the deck plans. They were probably put there to give Serenity some room to grow down the road.

As for the guest quarters, I think the Tams' rooms are directly aft of the infirmary. The rise of Serenity's rear bulb would explain the raised pair of rooms behind theirs.

The single room that Book prepares for Saffron in the deleted "marry us" scene (Our Mrs. Reynolds) is not along a corridor, and is (IIRC) at an angle to the corridor with the Tams' rooms.

I hope that's helpful. Whenever someone manages to cobble together some floor plans (assuming I don't manage to do it first), I'd be very interested in seeing 'em.

BEBE

Wednesday, January 7, 2004 9:31 PM

I do believe that CAPNRAHN version of the passanger dorms is accurate. I think "The Train Job" best illustrates this layout. When Mal is speaking with Book after leaving the infirmary there are dorms visible in both directions. So except for the mysterious doors scattered through the ship, I think it is correct.

I've been sane a while now, and change is good. -Wash

SOUPCATCHER

Thursday, January 8, 2004 12:18 AM

Just re-watched Serenity and found a good view of
the lower area of the bridge. It's from the Wash
dinosaur scene. The ladder goes down to an area
with more equipment and at least one active
display monitor. Just speculation on my part,
but it could be a post for another crew member,
navigation perhaps? Serenity doesn't have armaments
but if they were installed, this would also be
a good location for a nose gunner. I'm trying to
figure out why they would have more equipment on
the bridge but not directly accessible to the pilot.

I think the only area that I am still trying to get
a handle on is the crew dorm. There's some
vertical action going on (ladders going up with at
least one hatch above - possible alternate engine
access points).

Thanks all for helping me get a better feel for
the spatial lay-out. Are there only three access
points to Serenity? (top hatch - Early, bottom hatch - Jayne in Safe, airlock)

Monty: "I SHAVED MY BEARD FOR YOU, DEVIL WOMAN!"

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