far-trader
Mongoose
rust said:Well, but in the end this is a setting thing, it depends on how one sees
the specific setting and what makes sense there.
True, but you are misreading (my poor wording perhaps) my intent. I fully expect crew members* to have and know how to use Vacc-Suits. So they can do all that repair, refuel, and shelter set up work for the passengers in their charge. Though it still comes down to sitting and waiting. And if the atmo is inhospitable finding potable water outside is unlikely. Nobody said being marooned would be fun.
In my reading of the gear, the survival bubbles are what you're looking for as "emergency vacc-suits". Simple to use life saving devices cheap enough to provide throughout the ship for every soul aboard. Even with a safety margin overage. Vacc-Suits are more the equivalent of Immersion Survival Suits. More expensive and more complicated, not something most casual passengers would ever have or need to have experience with, despite being much better in some circumstances than the simple life vest.
* and certainly ex-service members would reasonable be expected to have had the minimal training (level 0) and might make use of Vacc-Suit even if they're just a passenger aboard a ship (though at the expense of a crewmember going without, unless they packed their own suit).