Paging and house messages¶
Paging¶
A page is heard right away, out loud, wherever the person is. No waiting on the AI.
| Say | Heard |
|---|---|
| "Page Jordan in his bedroom: dinner is ready!" | in the room his own device is in, or a room with his name in it |
| "Page Jordan: dinner is ready" | where Starbase last heard him, on his own devices and his open Bridge pages |
| "Page the kitchen: …" | on the devices in that room |
| "Page everyone: …", "announce …" | on every shared device but the one you said it on |
It's the page tone, then the AI reading your words ("Page from Sam: dinner is ready!"); a Shuttle shows it for half a minute (unless a video is playing there). For 2 minutes after, "reply: coming!" goes back to where the page came from. "Page Kim" with no words asks what to say.
Only the Captain and First Officer can page someone in their quiet hours; anyone else is offered a house message instead ("yes" leaves it), as when there's no device where the person is. Nothing is kept: the audit log has who paged where, never the words. Everyone aboard can page to start with; Guests can be given it in Clearance.
House messages¶
Notes people in the house leave each other, like texts. In Ops → Messages: New message, then a conversation per person, with replies and read marks. Or ask the AI:
- "Tell Kim dinner's at 6."
- "Leave a message for Jordan: running late."
- "Any messages?" (it reads them out), then "reply: on my way" answers the one it just read.
They're private to the two of you, like email: the Captain never sees anyone else's, and the log keeps only who wrote to whom. Deleting one takes it from your own view only. A Guest at a home device can leave one for someone, after giving their name ("it's Mike"), but can't read any.
New house messages show in the bell, on Today, and as a count on a Shuttle's clock.