(welcome and Belated Happy Birthday Foxi!)
Rather than going back to my den, or to the dining room, I decide to just walk the halls and see what I can find, and who I can meet... Not really paying attention to where I am, and having taken a couple of different elevators and 2 sets of stairs, I am pretty much lost in space... I see the different decks are identified in the room numbers, but I am currently in a range of numbers that tell me just how big this ship is... it's fricking huge!
Having not seen anyone for quite a while I start checking doors to see if they will open, and most (about 70%) open when I approach, reveling empty rooms, some quite small, others that would make good sporting stadiums.
Towards the end of one hallway the hallway widens out and ends at a wall with 4 sets of double doors. Approaching the nearest set of doors they open and reveal what appears to be a launch hangar several stories high, and big enough to fit several sports stadiums! The hangar is totally bare, as if the builders decided it was unneeded, just bare walls, floor and way up a ceiling with enough lights to make the space seem like the desert at high noon...
I enter and then lay down on the floor to think, remembering a comment I made out loud in the holo-garden about creating a real garden/forest for all to enjoy.
Loudly "Computer" the word echos around the empty bay... I repeat louder "COMPUTER!"
From off to my left I hear the computer respond "Yes Resident?"
"Computer, explain your capabilities to provide equipment and supplies needed to start and maintain an earth based living eco-system in this bay."
"One moment please, evaluating equipment and stores on-board to comply" After 10-15 minutes the computer responds with a series of high technical responses before I break in "Computer, stop explanation. Explain in layman's terms.."
"Understood, New Santa Maria has adequate equipment and stores to build and maintain an living earth replica eco-system, and the service bots have the technical abilities to do so. Input needed for planning and design of eco-system."
"Computer, My goal is to create an enviroment that the great majority of residents would find inviting, with areas suitable to different climates, etc. Discuss, in layman's terms, the best use of space to provide a realistic enviroment. Please show graphic designs for consideration on nearest large display, along with projected timelines to complete, considering other residents projects and normal ship maintenance"
After much conversation with the computer, retrieving information about the many residents of the ship, and some technical learning on my part, I manage to relay to the computer what I have in mind using photo searches for examples for mountains and valleys, forest and glades, along with a small desert bordered by an actual seashore. Lighting and 'weather' systems to provide reality, a lunar and solar time cycle, and many other details for the construction and operation of the Eco-system.
"Computer, finalize programming and design. Lock doors to all but me on my departure until I remove this security protocol, and notify me daily in my den of progress and issues."
Projected timeline is 30 days of construction, but the actual eco-system will be a long term garden project that will grow at a natural pace from seeds and genetic material in the ships stores, effectively taking many years to fully realize the scope of what I have done here. Hoping the residents will appreciate my efforts I give the computer final approval.
As I pad out the door the enormity of what I am doing hits me. I stop just outside the doors, turn and look at the empty bay one last time.
"Computer, begin construction and secure the bay"
Topic: Lazy Space Life RP (Read 12139 times)