The RSC Executive Suite Module Mark 1A designed by North Givenway is a fully self-contained spacecraft capable of being ejected from the parent vessel in an emergency providing for the safety of the people inside. This module was specifically designed for use on-board the E.R.S. Cassiopeia.

These modules act as the crew quarters for the ship’s crew as well as thier primary duty stations during ship operations.

The center of the module is dominated by the large spacious common room which acts as the entry to the suite and the main work-space for the assigned crew-member. On the aft wall are 3 doors leading to the bedroom on the port side of the module, the bathroom, and the aft maintenance section of the module. The door on the forward wall, port side, leads into a small storage room and there is an opposing door on the starboard side next to the display screen, which leads into the forward maintenance area. Large wide doors on the port and starboard walls allow entrance and egress from the suite, either into the parent vessel or to the outside of the module has been ejected and has landed.

The main feature of the common room is the crew workstation and the large primary view screen. The view screen is remotely controlled from the work station and can be set to display the view from any number of optical sensors on the module or the parent vessel, or set to display a wide range of information from the on-board databases or other sensor systems. Whatever information the crew-member needs for their duties is right at their fingertips. The workstation features a number of independent displays all of which act as digital input terminals allowing the crew-member to interact with systems or information simply by touching the appropriate area of the screen.

Above the workstation is a large overhead sensor cluster and lightning array which provides directed lightning around the workstation and crew health and situation monitoring. The upper portion of the crew restraint system is also integrated with the overhead assembly. The floor side of the crew restraint system encircles the base of the chair and workstation.

The crew restraint system is a system that suspends the crew member in a fixed energy field isolating everything within the field from external gravity, inertial and kinetic forces. While the field is active, the ship can execute maneuvers which would exceed counteractive capabilities of the inertial dampening system and would pose a serious hazard to the crew-member. However, while the field is active, the crew member is not able to move or take any actions.

When docked with the parent vessel, the module is connected to the parent via a series of detachable umbilicals that provide all of the resources needed by the module allowing it to be slaved off the parent. Resources such as Electricity, Oxygen, Water, and Data connections. When docked, the module rests inside a channel with its main magnetic accelerators resting inside rails which aid in holding the module in place. A set of four docking clamps with explosive bolts at the back of the module fix it to the frame of the parent vessel.

The hull of the module is made from the same materials as the ERS Cassiopeia’s hull and structure.

Propulsion is provided by an electromagnetic propulsion system developed by Frank Walker of Research One.