Build:Recreation Facilities

5.12 Recreation Facilities

(Required)
Cost: Varies (see table)
Power Requirement: 2 Power per rating per round of use

It’s easy for crewmembers to become bored or distracted during long starship voyages. To help keep crews mentally and physically alert and active, starships have recreation facilities. These can range from gymnasiums to restaurants and lounges to holodecks.

Every starship has a Recreation Rating, from 1 (barely a galley and exercise room) to 10 (most lavish facilities capable). The higher the number, the more luxurious the ship’s recreation facility. The accompanying tables provides general guidelines for what comes with each rating level and what the standard is per Ship Type.

Recreation systems cost Power—2 Power per point of Recreation (thus, a ship with Recreation 7 pays 14 Power to keep all of its entertainment facilities, excluding holodecks, operating). If an enemy attacks the ship, Recreation systems are usually among the first to be turned off. If only some of the ship’s recreation systems are in use, the Narrator can reduce the Power cost proportionately.

(Klingon: The Klingons scorn advanced recreation facilities the same way they do comfortable quarters. To them, a gymnasium or combat practice area is all the recreation they need. Their ships rarely have holodecks (except for use in training) or dining facilities other than simple mess halls.

(Klingon ships do not have Recreation ratings higher than 8. Use the accompanying tables to determine the recreation facilities on a Klingon ship.)

(Romulan: Romulan ships use the same Recreation Ratings as Star Fleet vessels. The accompanying table indicates the typical Recreation Rating by ship type.)

Tables

Table 5.12a:
Class Rec Ratings

Ship Type	Rec Rating
Courier	1- 3
Cruiser	5 - 10
Escort	2 - 5
Explorer	7 - 10
Frigate	3 - 7
Medical	3 - 6
Research	3 - 6
Scout	1 - 3
Surveyor	3 - 6
Transport	4 - 10

Table 5.12b:
Class Rec Ratings (Cardassian)

Ship Type	Rec Rating
Battleship	6 - 8
Courier	1 - 2
Cruiser	3 - 7
FAS/Destroyer	3 - 6
Escort	1 - 4
Frigate	2 - 6
Medical	3 - 7
Research	3 - 7
Scout	1 - 2
Surveyor	2 - 6
Transport	2 - 10
Warship	5 - 8

Table 5.12c:
Class Rec Ratings (Klingon)

Ship Type	Rec Rating
Battleship	2 - 8
Courier	1 - 2
Cruiser	2 - 6
Destroyer	2 - 6
Escort	1 - 4
Frigate	1 - 6
Scout	1 - 2
Surveyor	2 - 6
Transport	2 - 8
Warship	2 - 7

Table 5.2d:
Class Rec Ratings (Romulan)

Ship Type	Rec Rating
Bird of Prey	2 - 5
Courier	1 - 3
Cruiser	4 - 10
Dreadnought	6 - 10
Frigate	2 - 7
Gunship	2 - 6
Medical	3 - 6
Research/Medical	3 - 6
Scout	1 - 2
Starbird	5 - 10
Surveyor	3 - 6
Transport	4 - 10
Warbird	4 - 9

Table 5.12e:
Pre-2342 Rec Ratings

Rec Rating	SUs	Notes
1	6	Spartan galley, exercise room
2	12	1 gym, 1 small lounge
3	18	2 gyms, 1 small lounge
4	24	1 small rec deck, 2 gyms, large galley, 2 small lounges
5	30	1 small rec deck, pleasant galley, 3 gyms, 3 small lounges, 1 arboretum
6	36	1 main rec deck, pleasant galley, 1 large lounge, 3 gyms, 3 small lounges, 1 arboretum
7	42	1 main rec deck, pleasant galley, 2 large lounges, 3 gyms, 4 small lounges, 2 arboretums
8	48	1 main rec deck, 1 small rec deck, pleasant galley, 3 large lounges, 4 gyms, 4 small lounges, 2 arboretums
9	54	2 main rec decks, 1 small rec deck, pleasant galley, 3 large lounges, 4 gyms, 4 small lounges, 3 arboretums
10	60	3 main rec decks, 1 small rec deck, lavish galley, 3 large lounges, 4 gyms, 5 small lounges, 3 arboretums

Similar starbase facilities tend to be 2x as large, while ground-based facilities 3x.

Table 5.12f:
Post-2341 Rec Ratings

Rec Rating	SUs	Notes
1	8	Spartan galley, exercise room
2	16	1 personal holodeck, 1 small lounge
3	24	2 personal holodecks, 1 small lounge
4	32	1 main holodeck, 2 personal holodecks, 1 large galley, 2 small lounges
5	40	1 main holodeck, 5 personal holodecks, 1 pleasant galley, 2 small lounges
6	48	2 main holodecks, 10 personal holodecks, 1 pleasant galley, 1 large lounge, 2 small lounges
7	56	3 main holodecks, 15 personal holodecks, 1 large pleasant galley, 1 large lounge, 3 small lounges
8	64	4 main holodecks, 20 personal holodecks, 1 large pleasant galley, 2 large lounges, 4 small lounges
9	72	5 main holodecks, 25 personal holodecks, 1 large lavish galley, 3 large lounges, 6 small lounges
10	80	6 main holodecks, 30 personal holodecks, 1 large lavish galley, 4 large lounges, 8 small lounges

Similar starbase facilities tend to be 2x as large, while ground-based facilities 3x.

Table 5.12g:
Rec Ratings (Cardassian)

Rec Rating	SUs	Notes
1	8	Spartan mess hall, no lounges, maybe an exercise room or gym
2	16	Spartan mess hall, 1 small lounge, 1 gym
3	24	Spartan mess hall, 2 small lounges, 2 gyms
4	32	Large eating facilities, 2 small lounges, 2 gyms
5	40	Pleasant eating facilities, 3 small lounges, 3 gyms
6	48	1 main holodeck, pleasant eating facilities, 1 large lounge, 3 small lounges, 3 gyms
7	56	1 main holodeck, 1 personal holodeck, large and pleasant eating facilities, 2 large lounges, 4 small lounges, 4 gyms
8	64	2 main holodecks, 2 personal holodecks, large and pleasant eating facilities, 3 large lounges, 4 small lounges, 4 gyms
9	72	3 main holodecks, 3 personal holodecks, large and pleasant/luxurious eating facilities, 4 large lounges, 6 small lounges, 6 gyms
10	80	4 main holodecks, 6 personal holodecks, large and luxurious eating facilities, 6 large lounges, 9 small lounges, 9 gyms

Table 5.12h:
Rec Ratings (Klingon)

Rec Rating	SUs	Notes
1	8	Spartan mess hall, no lounges, an exercise room or gym
2	16	Spartan mess hall, 1 gym, 1 combat practice area
3	24	Spartan mess hall, 2 gyms, 2 combat practice areas
4	32	Large mess hall, 2 gyms, 2 combat practice areas
5	40	2 large mess halls, 2 gyms, 3 combat practice areas
6	48	1 main holodeck, 2 large mess halls, 3 gyms, 3 combat practice areas
7	56	1 main holodeck, 1 personal holodeck, 3 large mess halls, 3 gyms, 3 combat practice areas
8	64	1 main holodeck, 2 personal holodecks, 4 large mess halls, 4 gyms, 4 combat practice areas

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Recreation Facility ratings represent more of a recreational capacity than a standardized system. As such, Recreation Facilities have no index.

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