Taisa Hanako gave the following tour of the YSS Eucharis at the start of Mission 6. We've posted it here for new players to familiarize themselves with the ship's layout.
“Let us begin with the tour,” Hanako said, “This, of course, is the bridge or command center. From here the ship is piloted and its systems are controlled. In the event the bridge is destroyed, the ship can be controlled from the Crew Lounge via volumetric interfaces, or remotely though the computer. The bridge has stations for starship operations (piloting and such), sensors, systems monitoring (also used for damage control), mission operations, automated functions, and my station, which I use to oversee and support operations where needed. Thus far, I have typically been piloting, but hopefully you starship operators can take care of that for me. The port-side doors lead to my cabin and three escape pods.”
Hanako then led the crew out into the main passageway. “The main passageway is kept in zero-gravity. Typically, we will float through it, but there are also cloth handhold loops for those who need to climb. Behind the white padded wall panels, there are emergency supplies. Speaking of which, every room of the ship contains firefighting equipment of some sort. Even your cabins have a Type 30 Helmet and an AMES suit in them.”
Next, the captain led them to the wardroom, a fairly spacious two-level room with a buffet on one side and stairs down to the crew lounge on the other. The walls and floors were covered in polished wood, and the ceiling with paintings. Lime, the daytime cook, was setting up the lunch buffet with pulled pork, potato salad, buns, baked beans, and various barbecue sauces.
“We all eat in the wardroom,” Hanako said. “Larger ships have a separate mess hall for most of the crew, but Eucharis does not have room. Rather than forgo the wardroom, the Star Army decided to invite the enlisted in to join the officers,” she smiled. “We have a bookroom attached over there and these stairs go the lounge that your cabins exit into. Also, the wardroom contains the ship's only window.”
Hanako continued the tour by bringing the group down the carpeted stairs into the plush red wardroom. Covered in red shaggy carpet, the lounge offered couches and a minibar, as well as doors to the crew cabins, bath, shower room, and laundry room.
From there, Hanako led the crew back out into the main passageway, pointing out the entrance to the recreation room, and then leading the new crew members into engineering.
Engineering was significantly louder than the rest of the ship, as well as warm and cramped, due to all the big machinery crammed into the small space. There was the aether generator, imported fusion generators, and all manner of power converters, inverters, capacitors, circuit busses, cooling systems, and many, many cables. “These,” Hanako bellowed over the noise, “lead to ship maintenance tunnels.”
Next, Hanako led the group back out and down a passageway leading around the recreation area and a cargo lift to the medical lab's doors. “This is the medical bay. Note it is right outside the power armor bay. I expect everyone who wants a long life to get mental backups here, preferably after the tour. The medics will guide you through the process.”
Pointing to the armor bay doors, Hanako told them, “You have already seen the armor and shuttle bays on the way in, but I should note that there is a decontamination area with showers, a changing room, and a toilet room attached to it. You can also access them through this door across from the medical lab. There is also a direct elevator from the power armor bay to the armory.”
Lastly, the golden-eyed Taisa led the group to a nearby cargo lift and they rode down into the two-story cargo bay, which was full of standard shipping containers and a handful of ground vehicles parked near the big door/ramp. “This is the last stop on our tour. We keep supplies down here. The ship can also build items in the fabrication bay behind those two huge doors, or open them to extend the cargo area. When we land on a planet, we can lower the ramp to unload the vehicles.”
With the tour of the small ship completed, Hanako asked, “Does anyone have any questions about the ship?”
