My first post, and I would like to begin by saying I love this competition series. Some of the designs spawned have been breathtaking. That being said,many of them dont actually seem to involve that much complex system design or engineering. Competition entrants just slam together the right number of functional blocks and put a pretty shape around it. With that in mind I have an idea for a competition that should prove a little more challenging, be open to everyone regardless of how good or bad their computer, and keep the workshop very busy as everyone rushes to try out the entrants. So, I would like to humbly offer for consideration my competition idea:

Expeditionary Shuttle
Vanilla Only
Large blocks only.

A lot of the large exploration ships that paved the way for humanity's second diaspora were, ironically, not really designed for planets. They were big and beautiful, and would snap like a twig as soon as they hit atmosphere (ok so they wouldnt, but they SHOULD have, dammit!). To that end, many of these behemoths were equipped with hangers stacked high with small ships, or a couple of shuttles merged to the outside for planetary work. Although these worked reasonably well, It was found that fully equipping a land expedition, whilst in space, requires a certain amount of hangar space, gravity, and generally a large oxygenated environment for loading.

This meant there was a need for shuttles small enough to dock internally, yet still containing sufficient resources and machinery to support an expedition which may be cut off from the mothership for some time. The military also expressed an interest in such a design to save space and resources on long patrols, and offer rapidly deployable support for ongoing planetary operations.

Expeditionary Shuttle

Conditions:
Large ship shuttle
Must be space and atmospheric planetary capable (non-atmospheric planets a bonus)
Must be able to fit through vanilla airlock doors 17 blocks wide (explorer ships are biiiiig)
Can be up to 45 blocks long


Hangar, 3 x 3 x 2 minimum (enough for a speeder or small buggy)
Jump drive
Assembler
Refinery
Water processor
Oxygen tanks
Medbay
Remote
Laser antenna
1 weapon
Solar Panel
Ore detector
Spotlight
Batteries (3 minimum)
100k L cargo storage minimum

Entries to be judged on:
Functionality
Compactness
Equipment accessibility
Aesthetics

Bonus points for:
Cargo capacity
Welding/grinding/mining capability
Programmable Block
Projector
Cryobay
Hydrogen (if well implemented)


Thoughts? I understand if it might be a bit much, but it does present a challenge. Id love to see what the community could create with this brief.