The Servicemen has a similar layout to the Statesmen, with no major changes to the internal geometry. Much of the internal structure for supporting gunnery operations remains, even if equipment like the
weapons and loading systems have been removed to free up weight and space within the ship for additional storage. The ship itself also retains the newer, conventional stack style layout of the Elder Statesmen.
Armor
The Servicemen is a relatively well armored ship that has greater armor protection than what would normally be expected for a long duration, long range, mission ship but still far less than some of the extremely heavy ships designed strictly for direct combat. Though it has the same single-bay-door hanger configuration of the Eldar Statesmen so that armor can be better concentrated around the hanger section, the increased armor over the missile launch systems has been deleted to make space for more cargo with the anticipation that the ship would not be entering into major combat.
Anti-Flash layer
Coating nearly every surface is an extremely thin anti-flash layer made up of a highly heat resistant layer of tungsten carbide and an undercoating of industrial diamond. This is intended to provide a high amount of protection against high instantaneous heat flashes from
nuclear weapons.
Anti-Laser Layer
A layer of graphite impregnated aerogel is used throughout the ship for protection against laser attacks. Originally a small amount of the aerogel was used throughout the ship and on some sensitive components. After the Union defeat at
Reiss in the beginning of 2320 largely due to the extensive use of laser weapons a much greater amount of the material was added to the ship. Two meters of the material was layered on top of the exterior surfaces of the ship, and additional material was injected into any extra space inside of the ship to provide better protection against penetrating laser strikes.
Upper armored plate
When in combat, it is expected that the Statesmen will try and orient the ‘top’ of the ship towards the enemy. This provides the greatest level of protection to the crew and puts the heaviest armor plates between the enemy and the crew. This upper level plate is nearly meter thick at its widest area, and is made from a composite of industrial diamond, Osmium, and Carbon.
Observation deck Spaced Armor
After the disastrous loss of the
AUS Jerry Brown in 2320 due to laser strikes coming in through the armored windows of the ship, an extensive overhaul of the interior sections was carried out. Critical rooms were moved further into the ship, and the rooms near the exterior of the ship like the observation and recreational areas toward the front. Additional armor and armored shutters were added on the interior facing sides of these rooms. This would allow the ships to evacuate the rooms and seal them off during combat to use them as extra spaced armor.
Osmium and Amorphous Carbon internal layers with spall lining.
Much of the interior of the ship’s structural components and interior walls are made with layers of sandwiched Osmium, Amorphous Carbon, and internal spall liners to provide a level of protection in depth when the ship is struck by incoming attacks that get through the exterior.
Artificial Gravity Systems
The Servicemen uses a Magnetic Assembly derived anti-gravity system for a combination of FTL drive, creature comfort, defense, and inertial dampening.
The system itself generates an anti-gravity field that can push things away from the ship. These generators are located just ‘under’ the main armored plate of the ship. This allows the field being generated to create an earthly 0.8g of gravity for the crew by pushing them ‘down’ into the floor while also pushing away objects coming at the ship (though this is usually lowered to save power on long duration missions).
Additional generators are also placed throughout the ship to help maintain proper orientation when moving about, and to help establish the superluminal effects of the ship’s FTL system.
CIC
The ship’s primary CIC is located on a tower that extends out from an area just above the primary reaction mass tanks. This area has enough workstations to support 20 people, a central Ops table to track weapon usage and deployment. Behind the Ops table are 3d displays and plotting tools for Navigation across from a table with 3d displays pertaining to ship readiness and repair status.
The rather spacious bridge is designed to allow for operation of the starship as well as conducting operations with a task force spread across multiple
star systems.
Cryo Chambers
To further the mission duration of the Servicemen without needing to carry additional supplies, a large cryo-sleep bay is included to house the ship's marine compliment in suspended animation until they are ready to be deployed. ISOC marines are generally 'unhappy' about being put on ice for the duration of their missions though many are quite happy they are still getting paid for time while in sleep.
Living Areas
Despite having a crew complement of 1400, the servicemen is fairly spacious, with enough room for officers and crew to have their own small rooms. Though the enlisted marines are expected to share a barracks, they are at least allowed their own bunks which eliminates the need for hot-racking.
The ship has everything it needs to support a small city including ample supply stores, eating areas, a commissary, mail room, gyms, and lounges.