6-009: Merchant Freighter Spanial – Lia’s Cabin
As shown on the diagram from earlier, Lia’s 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.
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Lia will head in and change into the Dominion equivalent of workout clothes. Whatever passes for leggings and a figure hugging top. Both items are pink. The necklace will be placed in a special sectioned jewelery box, that gets locked away. The clothes she was wearing are neatly folded and also put away. The ring remains on her finger.
Then she’ll head up to the Common Room.