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Welcome to One Small Step, the latest Shipbucket Challenge! If you have an idea for a future challenge, remember to share it in the Future Challenge Ideas/Suggestions thread. Don't be afraid to share an idea which has been suggested by someone else. It shows that multiple people are interested in that topic.

Design Requirements

1. Your submission must depict a fictional spacecraft with a lander module.
2. The craft should be capable of visiting, landing upon, and then returning from another celestial object.
3. Existing real life technology, or plausible technology seriously considered (e.g. nuclear thermal propulsion, not Alcubierre drives), must be employed.

Challenge Rules

1. Each participant may submit a single image.
2. The image should be a Shipbucket template modified to include the participant’s art and, optionally, one of the following: craft badge, unit insignia, manufacturer logo, national flag, or naval ensign. Other elements, including data sheets and scenic elements, are not permitted. If you have specifications and blocks of text, please include them as text in your post and not in the image itself.
3. No more than three views are allowed in each image. If two or three views are included, they must depict the same individual spacecraft and lander in the same paint scheme and markings. However, you may include cutaway or exploded views among the three permitted. A spacecraft and lander constitute a single view.
4. All art must be in Shipbucket scale and conform to the Shipbucket style guidelines.
5. A textual description accompanying each submission is permitted, but not necessary.
6. Non-serious entries, or entries substantially deviate from the challenge requirements, are not allowed.
7. Off-topic posts will be reported to the relevant authorities.

This challenge will run until Sunday 19 May 2024, ending at 23:59 UTC-12 (International Date Line West).
A countdown timer can be found at this link.

A poll will be held after this date to select a winner. When it opens, please provide honest and meaningful scores for each entry. Responses which grant maximum scores to a select group of entries, and minimum scores to all other entries, will be deleted. Members of the community who manipulate the results in such a fashion may also be subject to a permanent ban. Scores will be allocated in two categories, each with a scale of 1 to 10:

• Drawing Quality - The overall quality of the drawing. One might consider detailing, shading, and accuracy.
• Design Quality -The quality of the design presented, irrespective of drawing quality. One could consider feasibility, practicality, and realism.

One wonders how you're expected to display the full architecture of such a mission with no allowance for an exploded view.

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"The first phase of the operation did not go as planned." - Anonymous

It is not possible to show the program without stages and parts of the mission

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More here:viewtopic.php?f=14&t=8292

no exploded diagram it's over spacebros

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The Chinese people are not to be cowed by U.S. atomic blackmail. Our country has a population of 600 million and an area of 9.6 [million sq. km]. The United States cannot annihilate the Chinese nation with its small stack of atom bombs. Even if the U.S. atom bombs were so powerful that, when dropped on China, they would make a hole right through the earth, or even blow it up, that would hardly mean anything to the universe as a whole, though it might be a major event for the solar system.

Junis found herself lost in the deep dark blue sea of stars above. A bright haze crossed the cosmos as a shiny streak, horizon to horizon, the cool breeze seemed to follow it into her body, infusing the sight with a mystical energy. The sound of cutlery betrayed Kranizi’s presence. She looked briefly at him as he finished his tiny meal with his tiny spoon, his gaze also lost on the celestial sight.
“What are you thinking about?” her voice seemed almost reluctant of interrupting the moment.
“Home,” was his melancholic answer.
“Can you see it from here?” she said.
“No, not really. I have a vague idea of which direction it is, but I couldn’t tell you what star is my home system.” He replied, matter of factly.
She came up with a question, she knew she couldn’t deliver it in an agreeable way, so she thought, then asked anyways.
“Why did you come here?”
“I got shipwrecked.” He said.
“I know, you told me this, but why did you come here?” She insisted.
“I told you as well, we fought a battle.” He said.
“No, I want to know how you ended up here. You obviously like your home, you’ve told me its a nice, comfortable place. Why were you needed here.” Her words caught up to her mind.
Kranizi thought for a moment. He knew the answer to this question and how to deliver it, but it hadn’t dawned to him that he was, in fact, the architect of his current fate.
“When you come of age in the Republic, you have a choice. You can either find a job or occupation and keep living your life minding your own business, or you can try and become a citizen.” He said.
“Ci-ti-zen?” Junis asked, the auto-translator having failed to convey any meaning.
“A full member of society. A grown-up. Not just an adult with responsibilities and rights, but an involved person, capable of voting for decisions.” He explained.
“Voting? You can’t have your voice heard just by being a grown-up?” Junis asked, the transator having found a familiar concept.
“No,” Kranizi continued, “you have to show a commitment to society, demonstrate that you care by giving your time and energy for a few years.”
“By doing what?” She said.
“Well it depends! I joined the Navy but others join as messengers or construction laborers, there’s a few options.” He said, his tone more educational than patronizing.
“So could you have stayed home if you chose another option?” She asked.
“Possibly!” He asked, “I could’ve certainly asked.” His voice betrayed a hint of remorse.
“Then why did you pick the navy?” She asked.
“Fewer years, I wanted to get done with it quickly,” he said, “but then the war came.”
Junis stared back at the sky, her amazement had turned into determination, her thoughts shone through her slight frown.
“I want to go to war.” She declared.
“Hoh, no, listen you really don’t want to, wa-,” Kranizi said but was interrupted.
“My grandmother died in battle. My mother fought many times. They were both very skilled warriors. It is said my grandmother killed a hundred warriors, took a thousand slaves, she was one of the last King’s favourites, and I want to be like them. But there is no war now, so I can’t prove myself. There aren’t even any prey animals prowling around to go hunt anymore.” She said.
Kranizi suddenly understood her plight. What he did because of a moral commitment to his society, this girl felt as a driving existential justification. Junis couldn’t just stay content as a civilian like he could’ve done. Her worth as a person hinged on her capacity to kill and survive, and this peace that others would cherish and value was holding her back instead.

My template might be too small, we'll see idk.

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w o r k l i s t :
Hatsuyuki-class Escort Ships . . . <3

Rules Concerning Views Updated
I have replaced challenge rules 3 and 4 with a new rule allowing three views and cutaways or exploded diagrams within that limit, similar to the Spacebucket Challenge.

What previously read: Is now:

Further Rule Change
I have slightly altered the new Challenge Rule 3, deleting the reference to 'configuration'. This means you may exploit your three views to show your craft in different configurations.