Why only 4 beds on the Tempest?
Like it says, why only 4 b3eds on the Tempest when you have a crew of 8? It was the same on the Normandy, never enough beds for all the crew. They can't all hot-bed it because the are always all awak...
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You, @VitesseLumiere, you're the submerged guy, right? Dwells in a submarine? Then, how come 100 of you fit on your benches? You have 100 benches or you take turns on 4 as well? Or maybe no one sleeps? Stay alert until the eyes start to bleed then are sent back to the surface to patch and be sent back in?
@PandaTar, yep. Fast attack subs - the small stealthy ones that do all the cool ops, but stay underwater for 6-7 months, and are very small - didn't seem much bigger to me than the old subs you see in movies. Have about 100 crew, but everyone hot-racks. Subs run on an 18 hour day instead of a 24 hour day. 6 hours for watch. 6 hours for maintenance. 6 hours for sleep, shower, training & qualifications. So, generally 2 to 3 people to a rack, switching out each 6 hours. And the racks are the size of MRI tubes. Just had a very long spinal MRI, so I can say that for sure.
If you're on a boomer (ballistic missile submarine), those things are like floating hotels (even bulkhead doors are 3 times larger) that only stay out 3 months at a time. I've been on one, but didn't get to tour the rack space and didn't think to ask my buddy about how they hot rack, so I don't know about those.
