voidtreckermods

LIBRARY

This a double carriage. On the bottom floor there is a corridor running along one side, with a door to enter the carriage itself in the middle of the corridor. Up the stairs on either end of the carriage, the space is open, relatively.

Downstairs appears similar to a public library. The walls are painted brightly and lined with shelves, most of which are empty. Labels indicate that fiction books should be stored here. The wall facing the door is alternating windows looking out into the Void, and posters that seem to be large, blown-up book covers for the more popular fiction books in the train.

Four tables with linked chairs are spaced throughout the car, each one painted one of the team colours, and beanbag chairs similar to those found in the Games carriage can also be seen scattered in a pile in one corner.

A little wooden train with shelves built into it winds its way through the tables, its shelves filled with all of the previously-purchased Merry Little Void Train literature and the first book of several of the encountered but unpurchased MLVT series, including several colouring books. There's room on its shelves for far more than it currently contains. Kheli the rabbit is painted leaning out of the engine window, waving.

Along the far wall to the right are two scanning machines, which can do the following: register new books - as a helpful tutorial on the screen will inform you; provide summaries of books if given a specific title; or check books out if presented with a valid ticket. Passengers can have up to eight books checked out at a time; if someone walks out of the carriage carrying a book not checked out by them, the ICP speakers in that carriage will beep obnoxiously for ten seconds.

Upstairs resembles an academic library. The wall next to the stairs is a similar bank of windows as downstairs, although lacking the colourful posters, instead dotted with landscape paintings of previously visited worlds and unknown worlds both. Rows of shelves divide the space into six smaller workspaces, each with a single-person desk with lamp and bookstand and another window above, bracketed by shelves on either side. The bookshelves muffle sound, creating semi-private spaces around each desk.

The shelves are empty, with labels on each shelf indicating that non-fiction books belong up here.

We will not OOCly be tracking books being checked in and out. If a book is not being returned, please reply to that book's comment to let people know that it isn't available.

Please comment below with any books your character is registering with the library computers, using the following form, to either the fiction or non-fiction top level and under the correct genre or subsection with the book's title as the subject header:

BOOK SEARCHES ~ FICTION ~ NON-FICTION
FICTION: Merry Little Voidtrain ~ Action/Adventure ~ Crime ~ War/Epic ~ Drama/Slice Of Life ~ Horror
NON-FICTION: Void ~ Historical/Travel ~ Educational ~ Entertainment ~ Arts/Sports ~ Philosophy/Religion ~ Health
OTHER: Recipes ~ Passenger Documents

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

Donor: Yondu Udonta

Description: The book attempts to explain void metal, what it is and how it is used.

~ Void metal is a term that is used for a variety of metals that have similar properties. Some of these were perhaps once other metals that have been warped by the void but many seem to be their own organic metal.

~ Void metal is often found on void hubs, it is a hard metal and difficult to work with but it is the only metal that can consistently withstand the pressures of the void. Crafts made of other metal- especially from systems with a history of space travel can travel through the void but they will begin to fall apart after a few trips.

~ Once systems begin to experiment with void travel one of the interventions the ministry makes is to ensure they are aware of and have access to void metals.

~ Perhaps more importantly than its toughness is the empathical link void metal creates. Void metal does not 'live' as some might summise, but it is able to absorb and reflect the emotions in its environment.

~ Added to a void engine this creates a craft that can make decisions. At their best voidcraft made of void metal will reflect and act upon a crews moods and wishes whilst bound by the programming, which allows it to make decisions in a more nuanced way than many Artificially Intelligent machines.

~ This can be difficult on big mission craft or cruise craft as there are many people and emotional cues but the longer a craft runs the better the regulation and decision making will become.

~ Craft made of non void metal can- for short periods at least, travel the void. But only those made of void metal can truly be called Voidcraft.

~ Void metal is regulated within the void ministry sphere. It can be used for other uses outside of voidcraft- without a void engine the metal is but a simple reflection of the emotions around it often enhancing the feelings of whoever is handling it. Because of this there are strict prohibitions on forging items such as weapons out of void metal.

Library

Void Metal: A beginners Guide