Talk:The Ark/@comment-90.192.241.155-20160217012154/@comment-90.192.241.155-20160217015342

other thoughts about ark life include why medical doesnt get its own station, go-sci doesnt specify medical in its name. if each station has a function then

mecha - handles mechanical systems - coolant, fuel, temperature, pressure ect

arrow - aero may just be a subtitler mistake listening to the announcements, due to its skinny shape and size and finns flashbacks in season 2 it seems best suited for EVA and storage and may be barely populated based on how long it takes anyone to respond to the air leak caused.

hydra/hydro - deal with water, probably easy to reclaim water here and have public showers than plumb in every station, dont think i saw any sinks anywhere in jaha or abby's living space. water seems rationable too if people had access at home they'd stockpile it.

agro/farm - grows food moonshine and medicinal plants. presumably via hydroponics, the chapel has the last tree and jasper is amazed by berries and nuts on the ground and mt weather.

factory - presumably repairs and builds required objects, ms blake was local and appeared to fix clothes.

go-sci - handles and houses government and science based activities

alpha - name suggests first probably a communal, recreational area.

tesla - electrical based name associated with high voltage in a low current. the hull breach after the unity day mutiny can be connected with a high voltage spike causing damage. notably doesnt generate power only amplifies it, therefore...

power station - the station i refer to as station 10 is the only visible apparent solar array system on the ark and is not big enough to power it without tesla ramping the voltage up. it has a notable golden hue in sunlight seen in real life solar arrays which factory and mecha dont have on their panels as they are radiators to dump heat.

prison station - does what it says on the tin

the 2 stations named in subtitles (my dvd doesnt so maybe its regional) are orchid and flint

flint - hard stone used to make fire and therefore forging. factory does the forging, but there is something overlooked that would require some room to function properly, ark school. to seperate age groups for classes/daycare/the your parents got floated orphanage would require space. flint station is used for "forging the future" as it is the ark education facility.

orchid - orchids are symbolic in 3 ark founding nations, china, japan and india. notably they are connected with fertility, perfection, abundance, purity, cleanliness and rarity/preciousness. it seems logical that orchid would fit the medical station, on ark medical it doesnt seem like a whole hospital, more of an A&E department, wheres the maternity ward, ect? as the ark history is unknown it is reasonable only so many births a year are permitted and it is implied, outbreaks have occured which can lead to quarantine, speculative ark history could lead to an actual sealed off station due to quarantine like the novels mention.

the second possibility based on rarity/preciousness is the distribution centre mentioned by charlotte, similar to the exchange in the novels, items of value (and possible rarity) are circulated amoungst the people, basically its a human resources station?

and thats 12 stations divided up and located,  jason rothenberg i tip my hat at your attention to detail