ABS FIESTA REDUX

[Operator¹]

Ellie checks the drawers and closet for any papers, like a map of the ship or a guide to evacuation procedures.

[Ad Bot]

[Mr. Hurricane]

"To do all this on a flying aircraft carrier that already has such limited space just seems odd,"

Jaakko stays with Kommadant.

[Qwepir]

Yui decides to head on inside and look around for the living quarters.

You are now standing inside the common room all the pilots' rooms connect to. The room is furnished far nicer than the rest of the ship you've seen so far, with only a few pipes attempting to blend into the ceiling giving away the fact that you're actually on a flying ship. Elu, Eremit, and Cualli are present as well, and you can see Virvel and Frisk looking through one of the rooms, as well as Ellie doing the same in another.

Ellie checks the drawers and closet for any papers, like a map of the ship or a guide to evacuation procedures.

The drawers are empty.

"To do all this on a flying aircraft carrier that already has such limited space just seems odd,"
Jaakko stays with Kommadant.

Kommandant finishes walking up and down the aisle between the vehicles and heads farther up the ship, skipping the Recovery Deck and heading straight to Flight Deck B. If Jaakko thought the Assault Deck took up a lot of space, he's going to be floored by this one. While the Assault Deck resembled a double-wide heavy-lift plane, this flight deck is essentially an entire hangar that runs almost the entire length of the carrier. There are three catapult tracks running along the floor towards the (currently closed) shutters at the end of the runway, and when you inquire about the odd number of tracks to a nearby technician, he explains that the central track is used for larger planes like the Corsair and Fenrir that wouldn't be able to launch two at a time. He proceeds to gloat that it could probably fit a Shikra or even a Condottiero with no trouble.

[carolcat]

Cualli sticks her head into the room and takes a look around. "I guess it's not too bad," she reports. "Cramped, but... not terrible."

[CypherX]

Gus follows Kommandant, still taking the scale of the carrier in.

[Mr. Hurricane]

Jaakko takes in the vastness of the room.

"Certainly bigger than the last class," he remarks.

[Qwepir]

Cualli sticks her head into the room and takes a look around. "I guess it's not too bad," she reports. "Cramped, but... not terrible."

: Lighting's pretty poor, not that I'm bothered.

Virvel walks out of the room she was inspecting.
: Tell me about it! Would it've killed for them to put in another lightbulb?
: Sounds like someone's afraid of the dark.
: I'm not afraid of the dark, jackass, I just like being able to see. Some of us actually got to see the sun growing up, we kinda got used to having light.

Jaakko takes in the vastness of the room.
"Certainly bigger than the last class," he remarks.

Kommandant nods in agreement. Or in approval of what he's seen so far, it's hard to tell.

[carolcat]

Cualli glances between Arkhip and Virvel. "Jeez, someone's a bit touchy," she says under her breath.

[Gojira]

"...hm, this actually doesn't look too bad. Wonder what the noise is like, though..." Yui mutters to nobody in particular. She heads off to check out Mjolnir's quarters.

[Qwepir]

"...hm, this actually doesn't look too bad. Wonder what the noise is like, though..." Yui mutters to nobody in particular. She heads off to check out Mjolnir's quarters.

You are already in Mjolnir's quarters.

Eventually, both Mjolnir and Djuriskas are called to assemble outside the carrier to be officially shown around the areas they'll need to familiarize yourselves with the most. The recovery deck (in which you can see that they are beginning to load your planes on board by crane), flight decks A and B, pilots' quarters, the briefing room, galley/rec room, where the latrines are, etc. Cualli and the maintenance crew get a similar show-around, only obviously not getting to see the pilots quarters and officer-only parts of the ship. The crew quarters are far less glamorous than what the pilots get to crash in, resembling something like a gym locker room if most of the lockers were replaced with triple-stacked bunks.

By the time it's all over, the sun has set, the temperature has dropped to the single digits, and everyone has retired indoors after being notified that the airship will be taking off tomorrow afternoon.

[Tayasaurus]

Tippy adjusts the thin mattress on her bed and shoves her notebook underneath it for later. She looks around the room.

[Qwepir]

Tippy adjusts the thin mattress on her bed and shoves her notebook underneath it for later. She looks around the room.

Your temporary quarters at the Tandhjulsken facility are as dull and lifeless as the tundran environment it was built in.
Cualli is informed that her presence has been requested by the Tordenskjold's commanding officer, Vice-Marshal Mikolaj Lawniczak.

[Mr. Hurricane]

Jaakko arrives in the cafeteria for food. He grabs dry looking Salisbury steak, dry mashed potatoes, government gravy, and reheated vegetables.

[carolcat]

Cualli is informed that her presence has been requested by the Tordenskjold's commanding officer, Vice-Marshal Mikolaj Lawniczak.

Cualli finds her way to his office and pauses to make sure her uniform is in proper order. She pushes a few of her braids behind her ear before knocking, wondering what she's being called out for. She opens the door and walks in when she's let in, then gives a sharp salute. "Senior Airman Cualli; you wanted to see me, sir?"

[Qwepir]

Cualli finds her way to his office and pauses to make sure her uniform is in proper order. She pushes a few of her braids behind her ear before knocking, wondering what she's being called out for. She opens the door and walks in when she's let in, then gives a sharp salute. "Senior Airman Cualli; you wanted to see me, sir?"

As you enter the room you see one of your superiors also sitting across from the Vice Marshal.
: Yes, take a seat.

He gestures to the open chair.
: I was just talking with Technical Sergeant Aalto about a certain mechanical member of your maintenance crew. Some... Helian manual labor robot that grew a consciousness because it wasn't being deleted every month, from what I understand?

From his tone of voice, and the fact that he's pinching his brow as he speaks the last sentence, it is clear that the Vice Marshal has his doubts about what he's hearing.
: If we're going to allow this thing on board the Tordenskjold, I need to know if it can be trusted to not make a mess of things. The Tech Sergeant tells me you "know" it the best, so tell me: Do you have even the slightest suspicion that this robot would, intentionally or otherwise, disrupt operations on board the carrier?