Tour - Cargo Bay
Summary
CRIS Billet when embarked
5 racks · Gear lockers · Secured weapons case · Fold-down tactical table
Additional Information
| Location | Aft | |
| Description | CARGO BAY — COMPARTMENT DETAIL STANDARD CONFIGURATION — NO CRIS UNIT ABOARD The full bay is an open working space. Equipment racks bolted to the port and starboard bulkheads carry mission-variable gear — sensor buoys, overflow boarding equipment, spare parts, whatever the current patrol tasking requires. Modular cargo containers sit in the center and forward sections, stackable and lockable, secured to tie-down rings in the deck plating. EQUIPMENT RACKS Port and starboard bulkheads. Mission-variable. Whatever the patrol tasking requires CARGO CONTAINERS Modular, stackable, lockable. Secured to tie-down rings in the deck plating. Center and forward sections. WORKBENCH Starboard forward corner. Used by the chief engineer for overflow work and anyone who needs a flat surface and tools. Has accumulated personality over time that no one has been asked to remove. CARGO HATCH — AFT Double-panel, vacuum-rated, wide enough for a container or a person in EVA gear. The primary entry point for anything or anyone coming aboard that isn't walking through the main corridor. When a CRIS unit is embarked, the hatch is accessible from inside the billet. This is not accidental. CRIS CONFIGURATION — UNIT EMBARKED AFT ⅓ · FORWARD ⅔ REMAINS CARGO When a CRIS unit is aboard, the aft third of the bay converts to a dedicated billet. The conversion is completed before the unit arrives. The crew does not watch it happen. This is a convention, not a rule. PRIVACY PARTITION — AT TWO-THIRDS LINE Solid paneling — not a curtain. A single hatch in the partition with a lock the CRIS Unit Commander controls. The ship's crew does not have the combination. The CO does. This has not been discussed between the CO and the Unit Commander in any formal setting. Both parties are aware of the arrangement. BILLET INTERIOR RACKS 5 total — 2 port, 2 starboard, 1 aft beside cargo hatch. Gear locker beneath or beside each. EAPONS RACK Wall-mounted, starboard bulkhead above racks. CRIS personal weapons. Secured at rest. Accessible in under ten seconds by anyone who knows the release. OFF-MANIFEST CASE Stored on deck beneath the aft rack. CRIS Unit Commander access only. Not discussed. TACTICAL DISPLAY & HATCH ACCESS A bulkhead-mounted display mirrors the TIC's encrypted second feed when authorized — a secondary planning surface when the bridge is unavailable or inappropriate. The CRIS Unit Commander controls what appears on it. CARGO HATCH — BILLET ACCESS The cargo hatch is accessible from inside the billet. On a ship running an operation the patrol logs do not fully reflect, the ability to embark and disembark without passing through the main corridor is a feature nobody has formally requested and nobody has formally acknowledged. |