Kitchen Pots in Bridge-Mounted Galley

A pair of dented stainless steel pots sit on the small stove in the bridge’s galley, their blackened bottoms warping from uneven heat alongside a bubbling kettle. One pot steams with boiled water for synthesis tea while the other holds a thick, reduced stock from earlier meal service. The lids rattle with the ship’s vibration as Rudge’s mutiny forces the crew into tighter quarters, underscoring the tension between routine hospitality and the crisis unfolding around them.