Gabatrix: Minerva

Chapter 5: February 7th, 2349

Two days would pass for Ericson. He had downloaded all the data to Minerva's memory core. Every cent of information except for a few things that he felt were not recommended for her, was excluded. Minerva was given the intelligence of some of the greatest scholars that anyone could ever achieve. He had the next thing that he needed to do, however, and it was the most important step for her. It would have to wait, however......

Ericson was walking straight ahead inside the nearby ring. Getting from ring to ring was annoying but necessary. It required having to leave the ring, go to the next one, and then enter that ring. It was the only way for the crews to operate inside the ship. Not all places could be held inside one ring, and it was a regular thing for crews to have to sometimes move from ring to ring to take care of certain things.

"Ugh....." he remarked as he walked down the hallway. Walking in the rotating ring was just like the other one. Rooms were lined on his left and right. Doors and compartments of various operations seemed to be the highlight of Ericson's trip. The ring was just like the other one, but it had different rooms inside them. He passed the door that was marked for officer's quarters. He remembered that there were only about four officers on the ship. The rest were enlisted military personnel, with the others being civilian workers.

"I admit.....I don't normally go to this ring," Ericson commented to himself. There is not much here besides the command staff and other nonessential equipment rooms. There was a bridge on the ring to help back up the other bridges in case of a disaster. He remembered that the Magellan Class Battleships that form the backbone of the UHN would have a large ring. The single ring would still create issues of crowding, though. The Tyson having two rings had not only the extra room but less crew at the same time. The good news was that regardless, there was plenty of space in the ship. The ring he was inside with could be easily swapped over to the other one in case it suffered severe damage.

The passageway was seemingly simple but effective in getting to the place he needed to reach. Finally, he reached the door. The Captain's stateroom door had the emblem that depicted the UHN Tyson planted on the sliding door. The emblem showed the research ship flying vertically upwards. It almost left a cartoonish flame trail to the rear end of the ship. Ericson was seemingly unimpressed, but he knew that every ship had its own emblem to it. He waved his hand near the touchpad and pressed his thumb to it.

He waited for a couple of seconds when he heard the captain say, "enter." The door slid open, and Ericson walked into the Captain's stateroom. The inside of the room was not really much different than what he had for quarters. It was a square room that connected to a bedroom and a toilet but nothing more. The main room that he entered consisted of a mounted furnished desk and chair. There was a red carpet that lined near the desk. A glory shot of the Tyson taken from a shuttle's camera as the Tyson flew through space was hanging on the wall. There was a fine comfortable, mounted red vinyl chair next to the desk. There was a series of displays on the sidewalls that showed the activity of the ship itself. One showed a blue screen with various systems lit green. Another screen showed the internal layout of the ship. One display showed the news. The other displays showed outside the ship itself. Ericson noticed that the channel for the news was on mute.

The same emblem of the ship was painted on the large desk where the captain sat. The Captain was typical for a man that descended from Vietnam. He had black hair, cut down in size. He wore a blue and red uniform that showed his captain's insignia. Despite how important he looked, Ericson knew that he was a captain of an insignificant ship almost in the middle of nowhere. His dress seemed to reflect this. Despite how well the uniform looked, it didn't seem as prim and proper than past officers he had seen. Captain Nguyen's face had a slightly darker skin tone, and he had the features of a man that was born from Southeast Asia back on Earth.