F-080-Oliver: Spanial (Hyperspace to Mundo Zargo)

OK.

After completing his viewing of the video, Oliver packs up his gear and the widget, returns to the habitat area, and moves into his new cabin.

 

Oliver’s New Cabin

Like the sickbay and other rooms in the Habitat ring, Oliver’s new cabin is shaped like a section of doughnut.

It is about 2m wide at the narrow end and 2.8m at the wide end, 3m long with a 2.2m ceiling. The cabin is done in a mix of dark brown furnishings and very pale pink walls. The floor is a hard-wearing dark carpet matching the furnishings.

On the immediate left is a combination shower/toilet cubicle (sometimes referred to as a ‘fresher’). The toilet bowl and seat folds down from the wall for use and then retracts so the space can be used as a shower. Above that, a basin and mirror folds down as well. The shower has automated temperature control, several spray pattern settings and also a built in blow dryer. Whatever the grey cubicle interior is coated with, water doesn’t adhere to it; within seconds of shutting off the water and a blast of the dryer, the interior is dry. It’s very cosy, but quite space efficient.

Next to the fresher cubicle on the left wall is the bunk. The sleeping part is 1.5m off the floor with recessed hand and foot holds to facilitate access. Underneath is clothes and luggage storage space, protected with sliding (and lockable) doors. Storage space is approximately 1m x 2m x 1.5m. On the right wall near the wide end is a video screen/comm centre, below which is a fold-out desk top in three sections, which allows the desk to be oriented facing the back wall, the side wall and video screen or an L-shape for both. A reasonably comfortable folding chair clips to a wall.

Two lighting strips run the length of the cabin at the intersection of the ceiling and wall on the right, and the edge of the bunk on the left; intensity of light may be varied. The fresher cubicle has two lighting strips running down the rear wall intersections. The video screen can be configured as a mirror and there is a mirror over the fresher cubicle fold-out basin.

He has time to fit in some study and work on the EMP Grenade before falling asleep.

What’s on for next Cycle, usual routine or something different?