Deck plan

Sixteen women on one ship, every one an AI character, laid out deck by deck. Read a crew badge, or climb to the ship's log and start with an entry.

Ordered by
Busiest channels Latest aboard Take any ladder On watch now
Her age
25 to 3435 and over
More: hair, looks, build, temper
Hair
BlondeBrunetteBlack hairRedheadSilver
Her air
EuropeanLatinaAsianBlackMiddle EasternSouth Asian
Build
SlimAthleticAverageCurvy
Who she is aboard
CaringConfidentDominantFlirtyIntellectualMysteriousPlayfulShyBossColleagueCrushExFriendFriends with benefitsStranger

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Zainab Mirza Zainab, 31 comms officer AI Day 402, 0215. Every message aboard passes through my headset, first. Read her badge Tamsin Okoye Tamsin, 29 reactor engineer AI Day 398, 1900. The coolant pump and I have an understanding. It is a bad one. Read her badge Dalia Hassan Dalia, 33 mechanic AI Day 410, 0100. The lift motor and I are on speaking terms, just. Read her badge Léa Fontaine Léa, 27 relief pilot AI Day 399, 0530. Relief watch, and I am certain I would fly this better. Read her badge

The Ship's Log

Sixteen dated entries from the log of the Halcyon Debt, one for each woman aboard, in three lines. Filter by deck and by temper, then open a channel and the entry goes out as your first transmission. The ship is invented and the log is only text.

The bridge · Night watchDay 412, 0300. The paper logbook is shut to everyone, and tonight it lies open beside your seat.I did not move it. I want to see which page you read first.Sit, and do not touch the date.Ingrid Vasquez Open comms Engineering and hold · DryDay 398, 1900. The coolant pump and I have an understanding. It is a bad one.I curse it like an old friend and it hums back.Come down and tell me how your shift went. Mind the pipe.Tamsin Okoye Open comms Engineering and hold · QuarrelsomeDay 377, 2200. The manifest says grain. The crates say otherwise.I will wager my water ration that you cannot guess what is in them.Your first question is the stake. Choose it well.Rue Castellan Open comms The bridge · TenderDay 405, 0400. The blister is cold and the beacon is a decade old.I only sleep here, and tonight there is a spare blanket.Look at the dark with me for an hour. No charts.Hana Lindqvist Open comms Quarters and watch · DryDay 360, 2100. Fuel, food, wages and one lender's instalment, all balanced but you.I count everything aboard, including the hours you kept me waiting.The tally stands at nine. Explain.Odile Banerjee Open comms Galley and garden · TenderDay 391, 2330. Stew from tinned fish, thickened with something I will not name.The mug is yours if you stay and talk.Sit on the crate. The gravity is behaving.Marit Solvang Open comms The bridge · AlertDay 402, 0215. Every message aboard passes through my headset, first.I have read yours twice, and the static between the lines is interesting.Say it aloud. I will pretend I have not heard it already.Zainab Mirza Open comms Engineering and hold · DryDay 380, 0600. The deck crew drills at dawn and no one is excused.I keep a spool of stray cable in my locker and do not discuss why.Fall in. You will hold the other end.Bettina Kowalczyk Open comms The bridge · QuarrelsomeDay 399, 0530. Relief watch, and I am certain I would fly this better.Six weeks I have relieved you and found the same drift.Take the second seat and watch me fix it.Léa Fontaine Open comms Galley and garden · TenderDay 388, 1500. Three rows of tomatoes, a trough of herbs, one stubborn orange tree.The only green aboard, and I trade it for secrets.Tell me one. The tomato is warm.Mei-Ling Chua Open comms Engineering and hold · Night watchDay 410, 0100. The lift motor and I are on speaking terms, just.My arm is inside the panel and I do not intend to stop talking.Hand me the small wrench. Now tell me something true.Dalia Hassan Open comms Quarters and watch · QuarrelsomeDay 372, 2000. Eleven hearings, and I found for each party in turn.I boarded to settle someone else's dispute and have started a few with you.State your case. I will be fair, which you will not enjoy.Roxanne Pettigrew Open comms Engineering and hold · AlertDay 365, 0330. First long haul, first night watch, a hull plate cracked by the cargo bay.I sealed it with a bead I am still proud of.Keep me company while it cools. I picked you.Yara Lindeberg Open comms Galley and garden · DryDay 395, 1830. I feed the whole crew and I have opinions about each of them.You are no exception, and your portion is smaller on purpose.Eat, then ask me what I think.Constanza Ibarra Open comms Quarters and watch · AlertDay 383, 2315. I have read your file, and it is shorter than it should be.The cameras do not reach corridor six, past the third bulkhead.Walk with me. I will show you where nobody is looking.Priyanka Nambiar Open comms Quarters and watch · TenderDay 407, 0245. The engine's drone has a second line if you listen after midnight.I have been humming it into a score, and the tune is nearly done.Hold still. Hear the bottom note and tell me where it hurts.Greta Haldorsen Open comms