Revelation Residential Habitat Module
In the case of the colony ship ESCI Revelation, General Purpose Modules (GPM) are adapted to many roles for day-to-day use both aboard ship and with the expectation of deployment to Ibren's surface or orbit. One of the most ubiquitous of these GPM varieties is the residential habitat module, the name often shortened to 'hab' or 'res-hab' in the shipboard vernacular. Residential habitat modules provide sleeping, bathing, toilet, and limited recreational accomodations on a daily basis for colonists assigned to them, but may also serve as lifeboats should emergency conditions arise.
Power Generation
Within the Revelation and where they might be deployed alongside ICS "Type 1" Instant Homestead Modules, res-habs are typically powered via external connections. A bank of charge foliated capacitors equipped with a battery management system stores power for auxiliary use and provides a degree of power conditioning. The rooftop pavilion (see Hangars & Docked Vessels) can be shaded with an optional pergola or roof comprised of solar cells for additional power.
Armor and defense
The thick walls of a res-hab offer a degree of protection from vacuum, debris, adverse weather (on surface deployment), and radiation. Because additional pykrete walls extend inward from the vertices to subdivide the hab into berths, residents are afforded additional insulation from heat, radiation, and noise depending on the directionality of these sources.
Sensors
Every compartment of a res-hab is equipped with water chemical composition, oxygen concentration, air quality, pathogen, and radiation concentration sensors. This information is processed by a dedicated CELSS computer system before being forwarded to the Life Support Department (onboard) and Planetology Sub-Department (surface) for further study. Changes in the sensor readings may indicate problems pertaining to the habitability of the module or medical issues affecting the resident population.
Additional & auxiliary systems
The central axis of a res-hab is festooned with algae tubes lit with growlamps from behind and packed tightly together in an aesthetically pleasing pattern. More algae tubes or sheets are instituted in various locations throughout the hab, including in each crew berth. The Life Systems Department monitors data feeds from all active res-habs to make sure that atmosphere, moisture, and nutrient levels all stay within safe parameters. These visible portions a hab's CELSS infrastructure not only provide air and water filtration for the residents, but they also help to reinforce the presence of living plant matter in an effort to maintain the psychological health of the residents; Lepidosians, especially, do not do well if they don't have some regular contact with a facade of nature.
Hangars & docked vessels
The docking faces on the res-hab are different from those found on other GPMs in several respects. The 'bottom' of a res-hab features a collapsible support truss to raise the bottom airlock above the ground so that it can be accessed by residents, though a set of handholds along one of the flat exterior surfaces also allow residents to egress through the airlock on the 'top' of the module. The top face of the hab features a flat deck and utility hookups to provide for rooftop gardening boxes, which may be used for the growing of extra foodstuffs of the natural or modified variety, or other outdoor amenities. The bottom airlock features a collapsible spiral staircase around its outer perimeter, both internally for access between hab levels and externally for access to the ground. The entrances to the bottom airlock, which telescopes downward, open to the sides in addition to the the end-caps as found in other GPMs; when the airlock is collapsed, it functions as normal, as the sliding side hatch leading to the outside becomes sealed by the airlock's outer bulkhead. Within the airlock, a narrow set of steps fold out from the walls to grant access to the hab's interior even when the airlock is extended and under gravity.
Class
Nickname
Hab; ResHab
Owning Organization
Related Technologies
Length
50ft (corner to corner)
Height
50ft
Cargo & Passenger Capacity
100 (CELSS with reserve oxygen) or 50 (regenerative CELSS )
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