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Vanborin sighs, the acceleration pushing him deeper into his mattress. To his surprise, the mattress looked just shy of 13 centimeters, offering more support and padding than the usual thin pad or the mesh panels found in the cheaper station capsule hotels. Even the securing net draped over him to keep him in his bed was quality. Unlike the cheaper cabins aboard transports, trying to cram in as many paying customers as possible by using bunk beds and narrow corridors, this room offered twin-sized beds on opposite sides of the room.

Briefly he wondered if like the cheaper cruise ship ships if the beds sat on tracks that allowed the two to be pushed together in the middle of the room, creating one large bed for both?

But then he hadn't actually met his roommate yet, receiving a random bed assignment from the Ionera's AI with its bog-standard female-neutral voice. Presumably they'd did the same as him, cramming their belongings into the nearest locker before rushing to their launch station.

There hadn't even been time to program the e-ink wallpaper or any sign of personalization left by previous occupants.

"MIRAGE," he managed. "What items do we have in storage for personalization?"
"I regret to inform you that no personalization supplies have been provided," it said, "due to the accelerated launch schedule."
"And why was the launch schedule accelerated?" he asked.
"I regret to inform you that no information was provided to explain the accelerated launch at this time."
"Of course you don't," he said with a scowl. This was not good.

He had managed to briefly meet with his mother, still working for Astro Ales, but now as a manager. His sister Jen was away at school on Castrovel. It made his eye arch in surprise, but that was all he could learn before he had to report.

For years, he'd lived under a very strict hierarchy, but they had non of that aboard ship. How was this expected to run, he wondered.