What’s a fresher?

[Jetrock]

I think the foldaway toilet from "Serenity" is from a 20th Century sleeper car (19th century Pullman cars had toilets at the ends of the car that just plopped waste directly onto the track, all marked with a sign DO NOT USE TOILET WHILE IN STATION)--I visited a railroad museum in Green Bay that had a very similar folding toilet setup in a 1950s passenger car with private cabins of various sizes. The modern Amtrak "wet shower" (located in the Superliner bedrooms, a step above the roomettes, a shower enclosure with a door and a toilet inside, compact sink and mirror outside for shaving and makeup) is less than a meter square and seems like a good size for a middle-passage fresher.

 

[CordwainerFish]

DO NOT USE TOILET WHILE IN STATION

Which is the reason behind the line 'the passengers will please refrain' in the song "The City of New Orleans".

 

[Condottiere]

It's kinda hypnotizing watching the bare railroad ties passing underneath that toilet hole, while hearing that clickety clackety sound.

 

[Condottiere]

In theory, ejecting waste into the jump bubble shouldn't destabilize it.

 

[Arkathan]

Why would you eject it when it is recycled into nutrient paste.

 

[Subzero001]

Why would you eject it when it is recycled into nutrient paste.

raw protein powder for the auto-chef? break down the water for fuel and o2 to breath

 

[ottarrus]

Why would you eject it when it is recycled into nutrient paste.

Which brings a whole new meaning to the phrase 'Eat shit and DIE!' It's probably one of the mottos that the IN doesn't tell potential recruits about...

 

[ottarrus]

So, does anyone remember the scene in Firefly where Cap'n Mal is in his cabin taking a leak? He does his business, flushes the waste, and then hits a switch... at which point the toilet unit folds into the wall, out of the way.
Another reason why Firefly was the Most Traveller Show Ever.

 

[Subzero001]

well here in the states we do have a program of "toilet to tap" in some states and we have toilet to watering the fields and such.. I beleave they have a vacume operated toilet on the space shuttle.

 

[Arkathan]

Which brings a whole new meaning to the phrase 'Eat shit and DIE!' It's probably one of the mottos that the IN doesn't tell potential recruits about...

Or more appropriately for this situation, "Eat $#it and LIVE (with an earthy taste in your mouth)."

 

[nats]

I think in the future mankind will have developed bathrooms to not rely on water at all and in a space ship this is even less likely to have water in it. Free fluids in spaceships are very unlikely. So some sort of safe dry sterilisation system that cleans you and the room instantly would be most likely. No need for sinks, showers or toilets at all.

 

[Condottiere]

 

[Arkathan]

No. Just... No.

 

[Jetrock]

I think in the future mankind will have developed bathrooms to not rely on water at all and in a space ship this is even less likely to have water in it. Free fluids in spaceships are very unlikely. So some sort of safe dry sterilisation system that cleans you and the room instantly would be most likely. No need for sinks, showers or toilets at all.

Did the Ancients have poo teleporting stations?

 

[Arkathan]

Nanotech disassemblers, breaking everything down into constituent elements for use elsewhere.
That or a disintegrator that absorbs the energy of the converted matter and reconstitutes it as whatever is needed later.
In either case, never stick your hand in the toilet.

 

[Condottiere]

According to Rowling, human psionicists did.

 

[Condottiere]

The sandblaster is missing a caption:

Cleansing and exfoliating

 

[Jetrock]

Did the Ancients have poo teleporting stations?

actually, now that I think about it, I think one of the Ancients modules did have a reference for a teleporting panel that would disintegrate waste products set upon it a little slice at a time--where it goes, nobody knows!

Since we know teleportation is beyond the ken of Imperial technology, but the Traveller universe clearly has good magnetic-bottle technology, assisted by gravitic fields to do things like create highly efficient fusion reactors and plasma/fusion guns, so figure if you can contain searing hot plasma in a suspended gravitic tube, you can do the same to solids and liquids (depending on the ship's cook.) Which, as with many high tech amenities, raises the question of what happens with the power goes out.

 

[Saladman]

New take on a fresher:

Sensors embedded in the seat then measure the person’s pulse and other biological metrics to make sure the user is bathed at the ideal temperature.

They’re then blasted by highspeed water jets harboring 3-micrometer-wide air bubbles, the Daily Mail reported.

When those pop, they produce a small but powerful pressure wave that scours grime from the skin — the same process used to clean electrical components that can’t be washed with chemicals.

... an innovative artificial intelligence system AI analyzes the aforementioned biomarkers to see if the customer is calm or excited and then projects a specially chosen video onto the plastic pod’s interior to calm their nerves.

I can't decide if that's utopian or dystopian/cyberpunk. Or, it's all marketing hype and it's just a seated enclosed shower. But for a sci fi game I'll prefer to believe it works as advertised. Just be sure you hit the right button between shower and toilet when you step in.

 

[WHULorigan]

Did the Ancients have poo teleporting stations?

Didn't you ever watch Stargate SG-1? Ancients Teleportal Rings flush sideways.