On Tue, Jun 17, 2014 at 4:26 PM, Knapp <xxxxxx@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > On Tue, Jun 17, 2014 at 10:11 PM, Jeffrey Schwartz > <xxxxxx@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> On Tue, Jun 17, 2014 at 3:52 PM, Timothy Collinson >> <xxxxxx@port.ac.uk> wrote: >> > >> > Well, I did think of that at one point, but you may have missed the >> > whole >> > point of this luxury yacht for a Count (costing if I recall 3/4 billion >> > Credits or something) where no expense is spared. So it's not really an >> > option in this case. But good thought. >> > >> > On the other hand, the tight space is where all his *servants* have to >> > squeeze in - so why should the Count care! Also gives the >> > servants something to do - no room for the automated equipment! >> > >> >> >> Deckplan the servant staterooms as "Occupancy: 12" >> They're normal sized, but instead of beds have two sets triple-tier >> hammocks that are hot-bunked. >> Well, sort of hot bunked: you unhook yours,and fold it around your >> bundle of personal belongings and then hook it to the wall when you >> get up in the morning. Personal item allowance is a 25cm x 25cm by >> 25cm box, padded on the outside to use as a pillow in your hammock. >> No spare uniforms - the clothing issue is super-gortex-ish, you take >> it in the shower with you before going on duty, and it takes 30 >> seconds to dry. >> >> The rest of the servant stateroom space goes to the hot tub, etc. >> ----- > > Forget the hammocks, just give them sleeping bags hung on the walls and from > the celling and then turn off the gravity in the crews quarters. :-) > Thought about that, but the zero-g makes movement during shift change awkward. Oh, here's a variation on that: Put the grav plates on the walls. All of them. Now you have 4x the floor space for the sleeping bags!
