Design Bureau · Chapter 3 · Vanguard-class Heavy Cruiser
3.7 Deck Layout
Twenty-six decks across the command and battle sections, from the twin bridges to the antimatter pods.
SCH-16 Deck elevation — 26 decks
The Vanguard's twenty-six decks span the command hull and the heavily-armed battle section. Weapons, magazines, shield generators and the armor matrix are concentrated in the battle section amidships and low; command and habitation sit forward and high.
| Deck | Principal facilities |
|---|---|
| 01 | Main bridge · battle bridge · ready room |
| 02–03 | Officers' quarters · combat information centre |
| 04–06 | Crew quarters · sickbay · triage |
| 07–08 | Phaser control · fire control · tactical sensors |
| 09–11 | Forward torpedo bank & magazine |
| 12–13 | Hardened computer cores (bio-neural & isolinear) |
| 14–15 | Main shuttlebay · embarked craft |
| 16–18 | Main engineering · warp core (upper) · dorsal nacelle root |
| 19–21 | Shield generators · ablative armor matrix · EPS |
| 22–24 | Deuterium · aft torpedo bay · cargo |
| 25–26 | Antimatter pods · warp core (lower) · ejection |