The Milk Run Preview: Junior

In the upcoming novel The Milk Run, Aason and Lupe have returned to the Tabit system so that the Library OMCOM can get some long overdue maintenance. Not only do his memrons need a refresh, he has acquired valuable information that Planet OMCOM wished to download and backup.

With the Null Fold star drive, the trip to Tabit only takes 11 hours but a round trip still requires that the passengers eat and sleep. What was required was a cross between The Flying House which had no cargo capacity and MINIMCOM's normal configuration which was all about transporting people and equipment.

In a previous post, I showed you Junior's redesigned cockpit but I didn't tell you what happened to the back half. I came up with what I call Junior's "medium haul" configuration. Half the cargo bay has been converted into living quarters: a bedroom, a small galley, refresher and so on. It omits some of the items required for longer trips. The back half is still wide open and suitable for hauling cargo. As such you need an airlock between the front and back just in case you need to open the cargo bay in space.

So here it is, your first look at Junior's medium-haul configuration. You can click on the image to get a bigger view: