K-038: Independent Transporter Welcome Wagon, Oliver’s Cabin (Hyperspace)

User Experience

It’s weird initially – the keyboard layout is different from what Oliver is used to, and standard shortcuts in the Dominion’s standard STADDODEL interface just don’t exist.  Oliver understands the idea of a mechanical keyboard interface – it’s not dissimilar to the dynamic holo- or touch-based interfaces he’s used to, but it doesn’t dynamically reconfigure itself based on context like the interfaces with which he’s familiar.

Plus, it makes an odd clicking sound as he types.

On one side of the keyboard is a free-rotating ball that he quickly figures out controls a cursor that can be moved around the screen to interact with different parts, and replaces the direct touch interaction that he is familiar with.  It’s a different paradigm for interaction and he may take a little time to adjust, or may enjoy the difference – depends on how he copes with change, I would suppose.

Even the aspect ratio of the screen is different to what he is familiar with; though there’s a vague alert in Oliver’s excellent memory…

Content

To content, there’s a menu driven interface titled Welcome Wagon Welcome that covers a lot of the items on which he’s already been briefed, and adds a few operational details such as locations of emergency vacc suits and how to operate the fresher.  It also fills in a detail that some crew a permanent members of the ship on a wage, and some are independent contractors, reliant for income on what they earn from the  passengers the ship carries.

There is a basic section on environmental controls and an entertainments and library menu, which has vids for watching, audio for listening and docs for reading.

If he wants a hardcopy of anything, he can send it to the Chief Steward (Channing’s)  office.

Also, mag boots are available for hire or purchase, should he need them, as are cabin upgrades – if available – from the dorm room to a private cabin, which he seems to be in already.

There may be additional functionality, but he’d have to get creative.

Questions?

Actions?