Spacecraft Greenwood
Created By: ECSNorway
Registry Number: ECS-05-SR
Base Hull: Asteroid (Spitzer Catalogue Number 649/B3/1986)*
Drive Type: DeSitter Plasma Vector Interpolator ("Speed"-type)
Owner of Record: Chris Marsden
Flag of Record: United States of America, Earth
Purpose: Private Residence, corporate headquarters of Rockhounds, Inc.
Launched: n/a (Refit completion and christening date, 22 January 2009)
Current Location: Earth Orbit, Lagrange Point Four**
Home Port: Itself
Dimensions: Approximately 8km by 5km by 3km
Auxiliary Vehicles:
* ECS-05a Loki ('waved Toyota Corrolla)
* ECS-05b Heimdall ('waved Winnebago)
* ECS-05c Sleipner ('waved former US Navy ocean tug, used for asteroid haulage, corporate asset of Rockhounds, Inc.)
* Other personal vehicles of residents and guests
Recorded Firsts:
* First operational greenhouse in space.
* First Earth-registered business to have its headquarters in space
Crew and Residents:
* Chris Marsden (Owner/Operator)
* The Bo'sun (Ship's Cat)
* Amy O'Connell, Transrationality Scientific Analysis Bureau (Frequent Guest)
* Ayanami Rei (Chief of Maintenance, probable 'wave-construct)
* Others to be named later
Known Quirks:
* The Garden: Built on a cleared and flattened area on what internal gravity generators have made the "upper" surface of the asteroid is a large, domed region, approximately four kilometers on a side. The Captain's personal residence extends up into this area (to give him a nice view of it), and about a third of the space is kept as clear grassy meadow. The remainder is carefully transplanted New York pine forest, with sparse undergrowth and a number of equally carefully transplanted animal species (squirrells, birds, and so forth). The garden's ecosystem is very carefully planned to minimize the need for insects of any sort; there are no insectivores among the resident animals.
* The drive will not work above atmospheric speeds without a wood fire burning in one of several fireplaces. No one is quite sure why this is, except possibly Rei. Fuel for such fires is carefully hoarded from deadfall in the Garden and occasionally purchased in cord lots from Earth. In order
to accomodate this, the 'bridge' area has been expanded to include a rather comfortable lounge, complete with fireplace and fuel storage area.
* A sign on the large vehicle-entry airlock at the bottom of the asteroid reads "Turtles Welcome Here".
Known Crew/Resident Quirks:
* Captain Marsden, as CEO of Rockhounds, Inc., and an active collaborator with the TSAB, is one of few fen who actually encourages a widening of fendane and mundane activity in space. He rigorously maintains and defends his American citizenship and an Earthside residence, going so far as to pay taxes and vote. He also, "in the model of Utena-kanchou" as he has put it more than once, frequently serves as the ship's cook.
* Ayanami Rei takes care of the 'garden' and much of the actual machinery that runs the Greenwood, including its engines. She simply appeared one day, when a guest went out to mow the lawn and found it already done. It is speculated that there might be more than one of her (or that 'she' might simply be a projection of a tulpa or other paraphysical life-form), boring tasks tend to be completed when no one's looking and interesting ones whenever someone is actively looking for her.
* The Bo'sun is a cat. Being a cat is, by definition, considered to be a quirk.
Other known Space Rocks (Products of Rockhounds, Inc)
SR-01: NASA, experimental station, semi-officially known as "Space Station Beta" (Lagrange Point 5)
SR-02: Dow Pharma/3M Pharmaceuticals (joint operation), medical research and drug synthesis (Lagrange Point 5)
SR-03: USAF (Classified)
SR-04: DARPA/NASA/USAF Transrationality Scientific Analysis Bureau (Lagrange Point 4)
SR-06: European Space Agency (Satellite maintenance depot, occasionally referred to by Fen as "Nouveau Paris") (Geosynchronous Orbit over Paris, France)
SR-07: Seijoutaigakure no Sato (Hidden Village of the Asteroid) (Returned to Belt orbit after mining/refitting)
These are the "rocks" brought in personally by Captain Marsden and his crew; others for whom Rockhounds, Inc. acted as a middleman are not listed.
* The Spitzer Catalog is fictional, based on a proposal currently under review. The number is a hatpull.
** Varies on occasion, this is the favored "parking orbit".
*** Several minor edits completed.--
"I give you the beautiful... the talented... the tirelessly atomic-powered...
R!
DOROTHY!
WAYNERIGHT!
--
Sucrose Octanitrate.
Proof positive that with sufficient motivation, you can make anything explode.
Created By: ECSNorway
Registry Number: ECS-05-SR
Base Hull: Asteroid (Spitzer Catalogue Number 649/B3/1986)*
Drive Type: DeSitter Plasma Vector Interpolator ("Speed"-type)
Owner of Record: Chris Marsden
Flag of Record: United States of America, Earth
Purpose: Private Residence, corporate headquarters of Rockhounds, Inc.
Launched: n/a (Refit completion and christening date, 22 January 2009)
Current Location: Earth Orbit, Lagrange Point Four**
Home Port: Itself
Dimensions: Approximately 8km by 5km by 3km
Auxiliary Vehicles:
* ECS-05a Loki ('waved Toyota Corrolla)
* ECS-05b Heimdall ('waved Winnebago)
* ECS-05c Sleipner ('waved former US Navy ocean tug, used for asteroid haulage, corporate asset of Rockhounds, Inc.)
* Other personal vehicles of residents and guests
Recorded Firsts:
* First operational greenhouse in space.
* First Earth-registered business to have its headquarters in space
Crew and Residents:
* Chris Marsden (Owner/Operator)
* The Bo'sun (Ship's Cat)
* Amy O'Connell, Transrationality Scientific Analysis Bureau (Frequent Guest)
* Ayanami Rei (Chief of Maintenance, probable 'wave-construct)
* Others to be named later
Known Quirks:
* The Garden: Built on a cleared and flattened area on what internal gravity generators have made the "upper" surface of the asteroid is a large, domed region, approximately four kilometers on a side. The Captain's personal residence extends up into this area (to give him a nice view of it), and about a third of the space is kept as clear grassy meadow. The remainder is carefully transplanted New York pine forest, with sparse undergrowth and a number of equally carefully transplanted animal species (squirrells, birds, and so forth). The garden's ecosystem is very carefully planned to minimize the need for insects of any sort; there are no insectivores among the resident animals.
* The drive will not work above atmospheric speeds without a wood fire burning in one of several fireplaces. No one is quite sure why this is, except possibly Rei. Fuel for such fires is carefully hoarded from deadfall in the Garden and occasionally purchased in cord lots from Earth. In order
to accomodate this, the 'bridge' area has been expanded to include a rather comfortable lounge, complete with fireplace and fuel storage area.
* A sign on the large vehicle-entry airlock at the bottom of the asteroid reads "Turtles Welcome Here".
Known Crew/Resident Quirks:
* Captain Marsden, as CEO of Rockhounds, Inc., and an active collaborator with the TSAB, is one of few fen who actually encourages a widening of fendane and mundane activity in space. He rigorously maintains and defends his American citizenship and an Earthside residence, going so far as to pay taxes and vote. He also, "in the model of Utena-kanchou" as he has put it more than once, frequently serves as the ship's cook.
* Ayanami Rei takes care of the 'garden' and much of the actual machinery that runs the Greenwood, including its engines. She simply appeared one day, when a guest went out to mow the lawn and found it already done. It is speculated that there might be more than one of her (or that 'she' might simply be a projection of a tulpa or other paraphysical life-form), boring tasks tend to be completed when no one's looking and interesting ones whenever someone is actively looking for her.
* The Bo'sun is a cat. Being a cat is, by definition, considered to be a quirk.
Other known Space Rocks (Products of Rockhounds, Inc)
SR-01: NASA, experimental station, semi-officially known as "Space Station Beta" (Lagrange Point 5)
SR-02: Dow Pharma/3M Pharmaceuticals (joint operation), medical research and drug synthesis (Lagrange Point 5)
SR-03: USAF (Classified)
SR-04: DARPA/NASA/USAF Transrationality Scientific Analysis Bureau (Lagrange Point 4)
SR-06: European Space Agency (Satellite maintenance depot, occasionally referred to by Fen as "Nouveau Paris") (Geosynchronous Orbit over Paris, France)
SR-07: Seijoutaigakure no Sato (Hidden Village of the Asteroid) (Returned to Belt orbit after mining/refitting)
These are the "rocks" brought in personally by Captain Marsden and his crew; others for whom Rockhounds, Inc. acted as a middleman are not listed.
* The Spitzer Catalog is fictional, based on a proposal currently under review. The number is a hatpull.
** Varies on occasion, this is the favored "parking orbit".
*** Several minor edits completed.--
"I give you the beautiful... the talented... the tirelessly atomic-powered...
R!
DOROTHY!
WAYNERIGHT!
--
Sucrose Octanitrate.
Proof positive that with sufficient motivation, you can make anything explode.