Rei's Isolation Chamber

(This is part of the continuing series about the design of Skyler Base)

When Rei is first awakened in Rome's Revolution, the Vuduri are not positive that he isn't harboring disease or worse. After all, the Essessoni were responsible for the near-extinction of the human race because of an artificial virus (explained in The Ark Lords). So their solution was to isolate Rei in one of the airlocks which was part of Skyler Base on Dara. Here is a picture of the room (you can click on it to see a full-sized image):
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From the image you can see that the room is fairly large. It is not only an airlock but a locker room where the Vuduri get dressed or undressed to go outside or into space. Normally, there is not a sarcophagus in the way so if the Vuduri want to go outside (having already dressed), they simply open the inner airlock door, enter the chamber, then lock the door and evacuate the room and exit by the door shown on the bottom.

There are lockers on the right and benches if they need to dress. The interior of the starbase is on the top side. The rectangle labeled "Airlock to Base" is the bulkhead where Rei first set eyes on Rome. The wall labeled "Monitoring Equipment" is the display panels and grille where Rei first encountered OMCOM. This is also the chamber where Rei almost met an early demise at the hands of Estar but luckily his wits and reflexes saved him.

Tomorrow: Rei's home away from home - the "apartment" Rei was assigned during his time at the base.