@ship
Alert: Central Accessway coffee caffeination of 1005 mg/L exceeds nominal.
Central Accessway coffee systems now nominal.
Today’s mess: Reconstituted protein (RCA Block 12), I Can’t Believe It’s Not Potato!.
Ship time is now 04:00. Now commencing alpha shift.
Alert: System variances detected.
Outer Ring oxygen level of 23% exceeds nominal.
Central Accessway (Section 7) humidity of 67% exceeds nominal.
Ship time is now 12:00. Now commencing beta shift.
Reminder: Please do not place electronics in organic waste recycling receptacles.
@dani, I heard you used to be a priest?
Pastor. Something on your mind, Ife? I’m retired, but I’m always happy to listen in my capacity as the local baker.
Yeah, actually. Old Earth religions have a seven-day observance cycle, right? But ship time uses sixes. How do folks square that?
Ah, good question. It varies by faith and denomination. Some pick 0-day. Some pick 5-day. Some have a floating calendar. Some remain in separate communities with their own calendar.
What did you do?
My flock was not very particular about this. Just pick a day to observe. Any day. We had different shifts to accommodate choices. Our little group didn’t believe in magic numbers, just life.
I dunno, Zalmux is basically a bunch of magic numbers.
I am not reducible to a series of integers.
Floats?
If you must.
Floats are messy. I like it.
@fatima what would you say is the most satisfying part of watching plants grow?
Knowing they’ll die eventually.
how does that work?
Being responsible for something that’ll live forever seems like a drag.
I plan to live forever.
We’ll see about that.
@ship
Outer Ring oxygen level of 23% exceeds nominal.
Outer Ring oxygen level now nominal.
Ship time is now 20:00. Now commencing gamma shift.