LSDF Val'ta, Deck Three, Observation Bar
The first to get the captain's attention was the one who used the most words when they could've use just a couple. "Oh, just give me some lemonade to start with," she said as she walked over to the best seat in the house, "something simple to enjoy this wonderful view."
On the way there, she meandered past J'ann, Menelik, and Akemi. The dancer could feel a pinch in the right buttock as the captain walked past, hoping the dancer had something to think about, and the startled jump (she hoped) would cause a chain reaction. A little organised chaos to break the tension. "Come on all, sit down, let's enjoy this." The Captain ordered before looking over to the bar and snapping her fingers. "Ursula!"
"Yeah sugar?" Ursula replied, looking at the array of people assembled and beginning to pre-empt orders. She could see the spider one was distinctly despondent, and figured a good wine would fix her mood up. She was already to work on something behind the bar, perhaps the Captain's order.
"Start taking requests!" However, before she got settled in on the comfy seating, Porrim pulled the inhaler seen earlier out of her top pocket, gave it a few shakes and inhaled the contents. She pocketed it quickly and looked at the coffee table in front of her. The middle beam that divided the two areas of shelf looked a little more solid than the rest of the table, and it appeared to be embedded into the ground.
A cup materialised - shooting out of the middle of the table from a hole, and it was full of lemonade with ice cubes, a slice of lemon, and a bendy straw. The captain took it, held it aloft and looked over to Ursula. "Cheers!" she said, before looking over to Ix'ion, "sorry hun, this place serves you. Its their job."
LSDF Val'ta, Deck Two, Port Science
The first thing immediately noticeable about this science room was the direct access to the airlock, and into space on the wall facing Port. Perhaps it was a design choice inspired by one bad experiment too many, and the need to be able to space something quickly if it grew out of control. Then again, the entire science area could be spaced if something horrible went down. As a countermeasure, it was cold - but it was better than letting something horrible spread.
As Ny'za stepped into the science room, she found that its focus was on biology and botany. Cages for small animals were present to her left, twelve cages in all with heat lamps, food, water, and monitoring of life forms within. The interiors were currently clean, with shredded newspaper lining the bottom and transparent plastic doors with holes drilled into them for breathing. Or, the holes could be plugged in case something needed to remain contained. In addition, there were two larger cages off to one side, one on top of the other for storing larger life forms. Just beside the cages, a neat desk with a comfortable office chair and a computer was sitting nearby. Ample desk space was available for keeping paper, books, or equipment.
In the middle of the room was an island countertop, with drawers and cabinets full of equipment and power supply. Sinks were present, as was chemical and biological waste disposal facilities. To Ny'za's right was the botany study area, with shelves of soil - currently native Lorath soil, waiting to have something planted. A feature of this shelf array was self containment - each sample of soil and the plant within could be sealed off and given controlled conditions - so as to replicate the atmosphere of the planet it came from. Various machines for analysing plant life and soil were on a counter beside the shelves. Perhaps it was possible to feed whatever animals were acquired with the plants found. Maybe that's why the two locations were so close to each other.
The last thing Ny'za noticed, and best of all perhaps, there was pet bedding at the back of the room. They really did consider everything. The Starboard secondary science area was intended for soil slice analysis, and making sure information from the primary science area near the bottom of the ship was within reach of the bridge.