Maybe a bit predictable. I’m thinking “Borg” but with ships built from flesh.

Crap, you beat me to the sequel. I may have to branch the story at this point, since I really want to follow up on my own idea. :)

That said, I really like the direction you went with this. Not quite what I had in mind for the Abattoir — it may just be better!

Also, you may want to work a bit on your punctuation — commas and periods where they’re supposed to be, mostly. I realize, though, this may be shorthand for you for squeezing content into a confined space.

Then, again, I may be able to rework my idea to fit this continuity.

Off to brainstorm for a moment…

Also, I really like the way you used tags on this section, so I adopted it for my sequels.

yes sorry. ran a bit short of space. editing to make grammar better.

done. I found it helpful to have the pertinent facts in the tags so that I don’t have to go back and forth between the stories.
Also there are on board: 1 pilot, 1 navigation officer and 1 sys ops (SO), all as yet unnamed. I think that’s enough people for a small ship like this?

I was actually thinking more along the lines of 8-12 crew total, including officers, but there’s no requirement to have all of them appear in the story.

Granted. I was thinking of a ship similar to Andromeda even though she is quite large and holds 7-8 crew. Maybe we have room for a couple more.