Today’s mess: Protein cutlets (PCA Texture C), CarboGel Type-3, parsley.
We’re on reduced power, Dmitri. You know that.
Yes, I do, and I also know that you can’t serve uncooked protein cutlets.
Sure you can. They’re nutritionally complete and presterilized prior to ship loading.
But the texture is just … wrong.
Would you prefer pressed protein wafers instead? We still have quite a few from the last few days.
You know what, nevermind. Protein’s overrated.
@hhollywood what’s the most annoying part of your job?
You asking that question
besides me
People who expect me to leave my station to put a bandage on their finger.
maybe they just like your bedside manner!
Ship time is now 04:00. Now commencing alpha shift.
Advisory: All systems nominal.
Ship time is now 12:00. Now commencing beta shift.
@dani, I love your no-bake cheesecake but I’ve eaten so much of it that I am beginning to resent the very concept of cheesecake. I need a scone. A warm one.
I’m sorry, Prakash. But scones do need the oven, and the oven stays cold until the rationing eases.
Right … so we move the oven.
For scones?
There are heat paths running from the sinks to the radiators in every pod. Move the oven beside one of those and we can borrow enough waste heat to bake. We aren’t adding load. We’re using load we already have.
Oh, I can help! Just say the word.
The oven is bolted to the deck and weighs about as much as a shuttle.
So we cut gravity. We’ve been cutting gravity in cargo and the outer ring already. Those grav plates throw far more heat than Dani’s oven ever did.
Dani’s oven also isn’t rigged to take advantage of that heat path.
It could be though. Look, it’s a two day project and requires some jury-rigging but … scones!
I’ll allow it.
Thank you, Soomin. And all of you, truly. The very first batch is yours, Prakash. Warm.
Anyone down for a ring run?
We turned off gravity on the ring. How are you running?
Well it’s more of a pull than a run. You just sort of yoink yourself along the railing. Still a pretty good workout!
Oh, but that means I’m generating excess heat though. Are we worried about the thermal load from people working out?
I’m worried less about the heat and more about you slamming into a bulkhead with no one around to help.
Ship time is now 20:00. Now commencing gamma shift.
@rosa
I’m worried less about the heat and more about you slamming into a bulkhead with no one around to help.
Okay! Good point. That’s fair. I need a run buddy. Pull buddy.
Please don’t call them pull buddies.