Traveling through time, I'm making pancakes in Warhammer

Chapter 457 Seed Bank

The spacecraft used to provide living space for those who have passed the genetic screening is called the Mackerel, but within the Helvetic family, it has a more fitting nickname: the Seed Bank.

The seed vault is an old civilian commercial spaceship, less than half a kilometer long, but more than two hundred meters wide and high. Compared with the other slender ships commonly seen in the empire, it looks round and fat. Its shape is more like a 3K-era cruise ship flying into space than a spaceship.

This spacecraft is not equipped with any defensive facilities other than the void shield, has no Geller force field, and is not equipped with any firepower. The power system of the spacecraft can only support it to move at a speed that can be described as creeping, thus saving a lot of space and not requiring a large number of maintenance personnel like other ships.

While this reduced the ship's mobility and combat capabilities to near zero, it also meant the seed vault possessed perhaps the most suitable environment for human habitation in the entire Tessarel sector. Even aboard the flagship, the Wide Silence, many areas still required protective clothing and oxygen masks. Only a few areas, such as the bio-room and Howard's living quarters, offered a decent environment.

After going through several levels of disinfection and changing into special blue clothes, Howard and Christina finally entered the interior of the seed bank.

The interior structure of the seed bank is similar to that of a 3k cruise ship, with an open cavity in the center used as a square. The building is distributed in a ring shape and tightens layer by layer until it is topped out. The outermost layer is covered with transparent multi-layer reinforced glass to form an internal seal. The overall color is white, and the style is slightly like the space that astronauts arrive at after passing through the star gate in a classic old science fiction movie. The overall decoration style is overly clean, like a French style.

However, in the Warhammer universe, this decoration style is more "extremely retro" than "French".

Here Howard could only see people wearing two colors of clothes. One type was the staff, who, like Howard, wore blue clothes. The other type wore white jumpsuits, which were the "seeds" stored in the seed bank.

But as of now, the number of staff is even greater than the "seeds".

With the guidance of the seed bank staff, Howard and Christina found the living area of the Deep Blue Universe. Although the regulations allow these "seeds" to freely choose the room they want, people who arrive on the same ship often choose to huddle together.

In the seed vault, the "seed" room was changed into a single room. Although giving each person a single room sounds luxurious, the largest cruise ship of mankind in the 3k era was less than one-tenth of the size of the seed vault, and it could already accommodate nearly people. The reason why space in other warships of the empire was so tight was because weapons, equipment and other machinery occupied most of the space, and these things were not available in the seed vault.

Howard checked the room numbers one by one against the roster he got from the staff, and finally found his target.

It was Constance's room he was looking for.

At this time, the door of Constance's room was half-open, and not far outside the door stood a young man with his hands on the railing, seemingly looking at the scenery.

But when Howard and Christina approached Constance's room, the teenager came up and blocked Howard's way.

"Sir!" Perhaps because he saw Howard's blue clothes, the young man showed some awe when facing Howard, so he deliberately said loudly: "How can I help you?"

After the boy deliberately said this loudly, Howard heard a commotion coming from Constance's room.

"Get out of the way." Howard didn't intend to say too much to this insignificant boy. He walked around him, but the boy trotted over and blocked Howard's way again.

"Sir..." This time, the young man was obviously a little bit guilty when facing Howard: "You...you can't go in now. It's very chaotic in there. Come back later..."

"I'm looking for someone, Constance." Howard said to the boy, "If you can ask her to come out and meet me, I can stay in."

"Hey! Is that you?!"

Just then, Howard heard a familiar voice. He looked towards Constance's room and saw the owner of the room leaning half of his body out from behind the door, looking at him.

After confirming that the person who came was really Howard, Constance also walked out from behind the door, but she did not go too close. Instead, she stopped beside the boy, and at the same time she did not forget to pull the boy behind her.

Because she was wearing white and Howard and Christina were wearing blue.

She was also wearing a white jumpsuit that represented "seed". This kind of clothes was a bit like the one-piece space suits worn by astronauts in the past. The materials were mainly nylon and latex. Unlike the loose white robe on the Deep Blue Universe, this dress was very figure-flattering when worn.

After realizing that Howard was scrutinizing her, Constance turned slightly to the side and said, "Alright, alright! That's enough!"

So Howard also looked away.

"I thought we would never meet again." Constance didn't mind Howard's little offense. She took the initiative to greet Howard, and of course she didn't forget Christina: "And you, little sister, or should I call you Miss now? Or Sir?"

Christina seemed to take Constance's teasing seriously. She hurriedly said, "No! No need! You...just keep calling me by my name..."

After teasing Christina, Constance looked back at Howard. "If you're here to see me, I'm very happy. But I guess that's not enough for you to come. So, you must have something to ask me. Tell me, what's the matter?"

Howard didn't answer, but looked at the boy who was protected by Constance. Constance also understood. She pushed the boy and let him into her room, then she went to close the door herself.

"It seems that things are not going well here either," Howard said.

"Internal matters," Constance said. "Your business first."

So Howard leaned over to the fence, and Constance leaned over too. Then she pulled a jar of candy out of her pocket and offered it to Howard and Christina, but neither of them took it.

Constance was not embarrassed by this. She took a candy and put it in her mouth, chewing and muttering:

"I don't know how the rations are calculated here. Meat and vegetables are unlimited, but cigarettes and alcohol are strictly prohibited."

"I need you to help me," Howard said, "otherwise, in half a month, all of you may be in danger of your lives."