Shuttles

A Shuttle is a Satellite with a screen: a TV or monitor, always on, sideways or upright. It shows the AI's hologram on black and a small clock; when there's something to look at (the weather, a list, a video), it pops up and the hologram moves aside until it's done.

Installing

The same as a Satellite, saying it has a screen (install.bat asks; on a Pi the Shuttlebay gives a Shuttle command). Its screen is a page on the device itself, opened full screen in the browser. Firefox is recommended (the installer offers it); Edge, Chrome, Chromium, Brave and Vivaldi work too. When it starts, it says "Welcome onboard the" and its own name.

What it shows

• The hologram of the AI that's talking, or, at rest, the persona picked for it (Shuttlebay → Edit → At rest), else its person's or the ship's default. A light version runs on small machines (a Compute Stick, a Pi).
• The clock, and under it what's waiting, as icons with a count: on a shared Shuttle one small row per person, their initial first, never what it is. Email and house messages are how many are unread right now.
• Timers counting down with a bar, the next alarm, and anything ringing, blinking.
• Cards that pop up: the weather, a list, a page, a picture, and the Viewscreen: a grid of results to pick from (by voice, or a tap on a personal Shuttle), your inbox, a video playing.

When Starbase can't be reached, the hologram dims to a ghost with "Starfarer offline" under the clock, and brightens when it's back.

Videos

Videos play full screen, turn down while the AI listens and talks, and are controlled by voice ("pause", "louder", "stop"). Adult sites by voice work only on a personal Shuttle where the Captain or First Officer allowed them, for its person, when Starbase recognizes their voice.