You awake to the familiar hum of the faster than light drive gently resonating across the ship's hull. As a crew member of the Leviathan-class Testimony of a New Age trading starship, you quickly prepare yourself for your daily duties. Be it in engineering, cargo and inventory control, environmental, crew support or even bridge staff, your work is essential to the ships normal functioning and will allow one of your fellow crewman his turn at a well deserved rest.
The Testimony is quite an old starship. One of the first long range trading vessels built by humans when they discovered FTL drive technology, it is now considered an obsolete design that is far from the modern standards of performance or rentability. Though it is on its last leg, it is still used for certain tasks your employer, Distant Worlds Trading Co., deems profitable. For many months at a time, it is also your home.
As you go down the many halls of the ship you reach your section and are briefed on the latest events:
In Engineering, chief engineer Bill Roddon puts you up to speed on the status of the in-system drive. It seems that it still has a power loss of 37%. Unacceptable if they want to deliver the current cargo to their next client on time.
In Inventory Control, cargo master Gary Toran asks of you to triple verify that the next's client cargo is complete and ready for delivery in hold 7, 12 and 18. An error at this step could delay the unloading procedure once at the starport.
The Environmental section first, Val Setts wants you to run simulations with eight more passengers. The Testimony already houses 36 crewman and though it is specced for 50, Val wants a complete report with air quality impact and water usage for the Captain to peruse.
The Crew Support staff encompass security guards, janitors, cooks, nurse and any other jobs revolving around the well being of the ship's crew. Depending on your job, you might help at the infirmary with a minor injury, cook the next meal for 36 crew members, patrol the halls and review the profiles of the eight new passengers that should embark soon or clean the mess hall before the next shift change. For more instruction, report to your section first, Bakar Long.
As a junior officer on the Bridge, the Captain Jonathan Sinclair requires a complete report on your next destination, Sigma C7. He is especially interested by the duration of the in-system flight (especially if the drive isn't back a hundred percent) and possible threats during that period.
You reach your post and prepare to commence your work shift, what do you do? |
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