LDSS Nauvoo

The LDSS Nauvoo is a generational ship being constructed at Tycho Station . Cylindrical in shape, it measures just over two kilometers long and half a kilometer wide. Four Donnager-class battleships would fit in her belly and not touch the walls. It is intended to be populated by thousands of Mormons to travel beyond the Sol System to Tau Ceti and be the first interstellar human space-faring vehicle.
To say that the Nauvoo is massive is a disservice to the concept of size. The colony ship is over 2,100 meters long and 900 meters wide with the ability to carry 7,000 people for theoretically ever, as well as being able to hold eight Huge Size ships and a dozen Medium or smaller ships that may be skiffs or shuttles to do repairs and maintenance on the exterior.
The systems on the ship are designed to be loss-free, meaning that the air and water are so tightly recycled there’s no loss and could be in use forever if properly maintained in the ten levels of environmental engineering. Other than its massive size and self-sustaining systems, the most impressive thing about the ship is the eight incredibly massive Epstein Drives that were constructed specially by Tycho Manufacturing and Engineering Concern; each is the size of a frigate-class warship designed for interstellar travel.
On top of that, the colony ship contains temples, schools, forges, crew quarters, wastewater treatment, and machine shops along with a huge center and decks that can facilitate living for several hundred years as the Mormons inside travel outside the Sol System to Tau Ceti, where they believe they will be able to find a new, livable system, and hope to above all find a habitable planet. Life on the Nauvoo is meant to be similar to that of a small town with regular meeting places and highly communal schedules for meals, prayer, and work. People would need roles to play on the ship for work such as engineering, teaching, and medical services—but they would also be part of a family. The massive cylindrical exterior of the ship was built to generate spin gravity.
The Nauvoo is unique in that its sole purpose is to leave our solar system in a way that no ship has done since Epstein’s yacht. However, this colony ship is designed for zero loss and holding more people than any other ship ever built. The Nauvoo does not require maintenance like other ships, doesn’t need to dock, and can use its Epstein drive to leave our system while maintaining an advanced sensor system to be on the lookout for the unknown.

Power Generation

Fusion Drive

Propulsion

8x Tycho EDTG-4000 Series Epstein Drives

Weapons & Armament

None

Armor and defense

Triple plated hull, Triple-redundant hull

Communication Tools & Systems

Wide and Narrow band communication antenna

Sensors

RADAR, LADAR, Radio receptor, optical telescopes

Additional & auxiliary systems

Hull Plating (Thick Hull) III, Hangar Bay, Improved Stores, Luxury Amenities, Medical Expert System, Redundant Hull (Triple), Sturdy

Designation

Generational Colony Ship

Manufacturer

Tycho Manufacturing and Engineering Concern

Owning Organization

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Width

950m

Length

2,460m

Height

910m

Complement / Crew

986

Cargo & Passenger Capacity

7000