NB Fantastic Blindness

NB Fantastic Blindness




Role in Story
Pinch space vessel NB (Narrow Boat) Fantastic Blindness acts the the primary setting for the story. Owned by Captain Salome Jones after her uncle ?? died. Piloted by Mwassaa Musyoka.

Related Characters
Captain Salome Jones, Mwassaa Musyoka,

Unique Features
This pinch vessel is long and slender, only two decks with gravity simulation platting occupying the space between either of these (feet-to-feet). The pilot’s yoke chamber is a cramped sphere in the aft of the boat and there’s very little room for anyone outside the pilot’s void to occupy that space. Propulsion, including pinch work is managed from just behind the pinch sphere. Cargo is boxed and attached the boat’s prow, essentially pushed. A “bowsprit” can be extended forward of the cargo to increase maneuverability of the craft in real-space. The craft can pinch atmospheric and does have landing gear, this is only possible when the entwined subatomica are well known and landing site is prepared to accept her tonnage.

Deck A of the NB Fantastic Blindness includes a small galley, some interior storage, access to life support (forward of inhabited volume), engineering and navigation, signaling, and the Captain’s console.

Deck B of the NB Fantastic Blindness consists of crew quarters arranged along one side of the hull and food synthesis lab situated in the aft near the pilot’s sphere. The remaining “empty” space includes an observation lounge and exercise equipment.

Access points between decks A and B are forward and aft of their respective main volumes. A crew person would fall in an arc through the bulkhead separating the decks to land on the gravity simulation plating on the far side of the portal. The pilot’s sphere is accessed via a secured bulkhead from Deck A. Life support, similarly can only be access through a secured portal from Deck B forward of the crew quarters. Real-space fuel is stored a various locations along the exterior of the craft in pressurized tanks that can be jettisoned.