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5.5 Basic Life Support

(Required)
Cost: 4 x Size
Power Requirement: Varies (see table)

Basic life support is the standard environmental and breathable gases systems which all starships must have (this includes the ability to adapt some living quarters for non-Class M environments). Multiple independent safety locks and redundant systems ensure that it is very difficult to disable such systems.

A ship’s breathable atmosphere is conducted throughout the vessel by a network of ventilation ducts; larger ships have two (or more) independent networks. Star Fleet standards specify that all ships must have two primary atmospheric processing units for every fifty cubic meters of habitable volume. Other life support systems maintain the temperature and humidity aboard ship.

If basic life support is cut off, reserve and/or emergency systems activate. If all systems were somehow disabled, a starship has enough breathable atmosphere for a period equal to Size x 3 in minutes. After that, vessel inhabitants suffer damage as if they were drowning.

Power Requirements

Basic life support costs Power. As indicated on the accompanying table, the Power cost depends on the number of persons which the ship can carry (not how many are currently on board, but how many could fit on it at full—i.e., crew, passengers, & evacuation—capacity).

Table 5.15:
Power for Basic Life Support
Full Support (Persons)	Power
1 - 2	1
3 - 8	2
9 - 32	3
33 - 64	4
65 - 125	5
126 - 250	6
251 - 500	7
501 - 1,000	8
1,001 - 2,000	9
2,001 - 4,000	10
4,001 - 8,000	11
8,001 - 16,000	12
16,001 - 32,000	13
...and so on

SFC Technology Index

Life Support technology is contracted out to various manufacturers by the shipwrights and is not standardized by generation nor ship size. Instead, nonfunctional life support modules are swapped out and replaced as necessary, without having to upgrade and replace an entire system. As such, Life Support has no index.

Construction Rules Index

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 ==5.5 Basic Life Support==
-(Required)
+'''(Required)'''<br>
+'''Cost:''' 4 x Size<br>
+'''Power Requirement:''' <span style="background-color: red;">Varies (see table)</span>
-Cost: 4 x Size
+Basic life support is the standard environmental and breathable gases systems which all starships must have (this includes the ability to adapt some living quarters for non-Class M environments). Multiple independent safety locks and redundant systems ensure that it is very difficult to disable such systems.
-	Basic life support is the standard environmental and breathable gases systems which all starships must have (this includes the ability to adapt some living quarters for non-Class M environments). Multiple independent safety locks and redundant systems ensure that it is very difficult to disable such systems.
+A ship’s breathable atmosphere is conducted throughout the vessel by a network of ventilation ducts; larger ships have two (or more) independent networks. Star Fleet standards specify that all ships must have two primary atmospheric processing units for every fifty cubic meters of habitable volume. Other life support systems maintain the temperature and humidity aboard ship.
-	A ship’s breathable atmosphere is conducted throughout the vessel by a network of ventilation ducts; larger ships have two (or more) independent networks. Star Fleet standards specifiy that all ships must have two primary atmospheric processing units for every fifty cubic meters of habitable volume. Other life support systems maintain the temperature and humidity aboard ship.
+If basic life support is cut off, reserve and/or emergency systems activate. If all systems were somehow disabled, a starship has enough breathable atmosphere for a period equal to Size x 3 in minutes. After that, vessel inhabitants suffer damage as if they were drowning.
+===Power Requirements===
+Basic life support costs Power. As indicated on the accompanying table, the Power cost depends on the number of persons which the ship can carry (not how many are currently on board, but how many could fit on it at full—''i.e.'', crew, passengers, & evacuation—capacity).
+{| align="center" border="2" style="background:#BDBDBD; text-align: center"
+|+ '''Table 5.15:<br>Power for Basic Life Support'''
+|-
+! style="width: 150px;"| Full Support (Persons)
+! style="width: 75px;"| Power
+|-
+| 1 - 2 || 1
+|-
+| 3 - 8 || 2
+|-
+| 9 - 32 || 3
+|-
+| 33 - 64 || 4
+|-
+| 65 - 125 || 5
+|-
+| 126 - 250 || 6
+|-
+| 251 - 500 || 7
+|-
+| 501 - 1,000 || 8
+|-
+| 1,001 - 2,000 || 9
+|-
+| 2,001 - 4,000 || 10
+|-
+| 4,001 - 8,000 || 11
+|-
+| 8,001 - 16,000 || 12
+|-
+| 16,001 - 32,000 || 13
+|-
+|  ...and so on ||
+|}
-	If basic life support is cut off, reserve and/or emergency systems activate. If all systems were somehow disabled, a starship has enough breathable atmosphere for a period equal to Size x 3 in minutes. After that, vessel inhabitants suffer damage as if they were drowning.
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 ==Construction Rules Index==
-*[[Construction Rules|Back to the Table of Contents]]
+* [[Construction Rules|Back to the Table of Contents]]
-*[[Personnel Systems (Build)|Back to Chapter 5.0: Personnel Systems]]
+* [[Build: Personnel Systems|Back to Chapter 5.0: Personnel Systems]]
+* [[Build: Reserve Life Support|On to Reserve Life Support]]
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