Deck 5

Deck 5 is usually the first Deck that most people see when they enter the Twilight Explorer.  This mainly because this is where the main Boarding Bay is located.  This bay is where the Explorer usually docks with other large Capital ships.  The ship's powerful Tractor Beam projectors are used to both pull in its own starfighters and secure capital ships for docking procedures.  In order to help repel boarders this bay has 5 Repeating Blaster Hardpoint stations.  Manning these stations would normally be a Heavy Weapons specialist using an E-web Repeating Blaster.  One is things that makes this Deck important is that it is one of two levels that has access to the Boom Module on the ship.  In addition this Deck also contains the Starfighter Racks used for the storage of TIE class starfighters.  These racks hold a total of 25 starfighters, which is approximately 2 full squadrons plus one.  This extra one is usually the CFVO's (CAG, Boom) personal starfighter, if that officer is a starfighter pilot.  The Rack deck is designed as a normal deck with standard reinforced decking that is able to easily support all the techs, pilots, and droids that service and use this deck.  The TIE's are pulled up through the floor by light tractor beam projectors and then held in place by clamps.  These clamps are strong enough to hold the TIE in place even in heavy turbulance and loss of gravity or tractor beams.  The Rack area also boasts a Control Room which controls starfighter takeoff and landing precedure, as well as a fully capable mech shop which has most tools and minor components need for starfighter maintenance.  The other major component of this deck is the quarters for the starfighter pilots and crew.  The pilot's quarters are on the fore section and the crew are in the aft section.  Navel policy has been to keep the pilots and flight crews as close to their ships as possible in case of an emergency.  The crew is made mostly of techs that keep the starfighters and this section of the ship operational.  Dispite the fact that the Pilots are officers they must still share quarters with their comrades with 6 single bunks per room.  (As compared to the Double or Triple bunks that are standard for the rest of the crew on this deck.)  This allows for two squadrons of pilots in the fore section.  (Since the ship also hosts another swuadron stored directly on the flight deck, their quarters is located a deck lower.)  The squadron leaders usually room with their pilots, and the Boom (CFVO) has her quarters on deck 12 with the other ship's officers.
 

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