The Ships
Take a gander at the main characters (The ships!)
Red
Dwarf:
Red Dwarf is a mining ship. That's it. It has no weapons
or shields, because, technically, it was never supposed to leave the solar
system. If it was in trouble, there was normally a star ship just
around the corner. But that was then, this is now. Red Dwarf
is a ship 3'000'000 years from it's original mining area. You can
guess that's trouble. But where it lacks in weapons, it makes up
in size. When a meteor hit it, (we're talking about a meteor that
has been hurling through space for who knows how long, gaining velocity
the whole time) it only conked out a single room!
Here are all the decks, rooms, corridors, etc. mentioned and shown:
The
Drive Room
The
Medical Unit
The
Cinema
The
Teaching Room
The
Refectory
The
Science Room
The
Hologram Projection Suite (On Level 592)
The
Scanning Room
The
Observation Room
The
Observation Deck
The
Photographic Lab
The
Supply Pipes
Part
of the Cargo Decks
The
Storage Bay
The
Hold
The
Quarantine Bay (47)
The
Officer's Club
A
drinking establishment known as Parrot's Bar
The
Habitation Decks
The
Officer's Block
The
Penthouse Suite on A Deck
Research
Lab on Z Deck
Cargo
Bay
Projection
Room
Science
Lab
Ammunition
Stores Security Deck
Security Deck
Brig
Botanical
Gardens
There are tons of corridors with different names of colors, numbers, and
letters as well. Red Dwarf itself has a new look if you see the remastered versions; elongated with different engines, and a more apparent bridge.
Starbug:
Starbug was never supposed to have weapons or shields. It's basic
function was to deliver crew members to and from Red Dwarf and that's
it. Lister and the gang now use it as a transport vehicle, because
it's mother ship is even slower than it (which is pretty hard to do).
During the paradox with their future selves, Starbug expanded by
200%! The ship has now about two miles worth of service ducts and
even a little docking bay. As of Season 8, the Starbug we know and love was destroyed in the Red Dwarf cargo bay. That didn't stop Rimmer from raiding the cabin for the Sexual Magnetism Virus, and the Luck Virus. But worry ye not. For Red Dwarf has many it's share of Starbugs.
Blue
Midget:
Blue Midget was Lister and the gang's first transport vehicle.
Actually, it's supposed to transport ore and other minerals from a planet
to it's mother ship. They have used only a few times since they found
Starbug, like in the chase in 'Bodyswap'. Blue Midget has been given something new since the eighth season, something that makes them a bit more believable as mining ships: retractable legs. This undoubtably gives the ships more maneuverability across uncharted terrain when looking for ore samples. It generally seats three people, but may hold more.
Back to Leopard's Red Dwarf!