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--- halfway_inn [2025/10/24 08:52] – [Beta Age] admin
+++ halfway_inn [2025/10/24 09:01] (current) – [Beta Age:] admin
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 **Ground Floor**
-  * **Entrance Hall:** A welcoming area with coat racks and storage for travel gear.
+  * **Entrance Hall:** A welcoming area with coat racks and storage for travel gear. In the [[the_gamma_age|Gamma Age]], a carved wooden lintel over the door bears Arjan’s greeting: “Welcome to the Light! Whatever chased you here, leave it outside.”
   * **Common Room:** A spacious gathering area featuring a large central fireplace for warmth. Guests can share stories, play games, or enjoy meals here.
   * **Kitchen:** A small kitchen to reheat pre-cooked meals supplied by the [[federal_food_plant|Federal Food Plant]] (Gamma Age) or to cook stews over an open hearth (Beta Age).
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 ===== Look and Feel =====
-Despite the shifting eras and regulations, the Halfway Inn remains what it has always been: a warm, hospitable shelter in a hostile wilderness —a fire-lit refuge from the Dark Side storms.
+Despite the shifting eras and regulations, the Halfway Inn remains what it has always been: a warm, hospitable shelter in a hostile wilderness — a fire-lit refuge from the Dark Side storms.
-  * **Beta Age:** Smoke-scented air hangs beneath the beam-dark ceiling, and hoarse laughter rattles around the hearth where frost-crusted boots steam dry. In the kitchen alcove an iron cauldron bubbles over the coals, releasing a peppery aroma that masks something wilder — no one asks what meat Arjan has managed to throw in this time. Tankards scrape across scarred tables, Hoos in the adjoining stable stamp and snort against the night wind, and beyond the shutters the Dark-Side blizzard hisses against log walls that creak but hold fast.
+  * **Beta Age:** Smoke-scented air hangs beneath the beam-dark ceiling, and hoarse laughter rattles around the hearth where frost-crusted boots steam dry. In the kitchen alcove an iron cauldron bubbles over the coals, releasing a peppery aroma that masks something wilder — no one asks what meat Arjan has managed to throw in this time. Tankards scrape across scarred tables, Hoos in the adjoining stable stamp and snort against the night wind, and beyond the shutters the Dark-Side blizzard hisses against log walls that creak but hold fast. On arrival, Arjan’s familiar greeting cuts through the din: “Welcome to the Light! Whatever chased you here, leave it outside.”
-  * **Gamma Age:** The Inn is tidier now — floors swept clean, tables set in orderly rows, the air carrying the metallic whiff of reheated Federal ration cans. Deputies of the [[federal_sheriff|Federal Sheriff]], great-coats buttoned to the chin, stand at a folding trestle just inside the door, stamping allotment cards before waving travellers onward. Beside the hearth hangs a wide slate notice-board, chalked each dawn with convoy timetables and weather glyphs, conversation has settled into measured murmurs and the steady hiss of the biomass furnace feeds a regulated warmth through the floor — orderly heat replacing the inn’s former, chaotic blaze.
+  * **Gamma Age:** The Inn is tidier now — floors swept clean, tables set in orderly rows, the air carrying the metallic whiff of reheated Federal ration cans. Deputies of the [[federal_sheriff|Federal Sheriff]], great-coats buttoned to the chin, stand at a folding trestle just inside the door, stamping allotment cards before waving travellers onward. Beside the hearth hangs a wide slate notice-board, chalked each dawn with convoy timetables and weather glyphs, conversation has settled into measured murmurs and the steady hiss of the biomass furnace feeds a regulated warmth through the floor — orderly heat replacing the inn’s former, chaotic blaze. Above the threshold, Arjan’s words endure in carved timber: “Welcome to the Light! Whatever chased you here, leave it outside.”
 ===== Roles and Responsibilities =====
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   * **Butler Bot (1):** The [[butler_bots|Butler Bot]] cared for Hoos and maintained stables.
   * **Guarding Bots (2):** The [[guarding_bots|Guarding Bots]] ensured the safety of guests and cargo.
-  *
 ==== Gamma Age: ====
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 | **Product** | **Price** | **Additional information** |
-| Bilax Root & Rizon Barley Stew | [[allottment_cards|Allotment Card]] (free) | Federal Food Plant (Hope) canned meal; reheated and served hot. |
+| [[bilax_root|Bilax Root]] & [[rizon_barley|Rizon Barley]] Stew | [[allottment_cards|Allotment Card]] (free) | Federal Food Plant (Hope) canned meal; reheated and served hot. |
-| Helik Oats Porridge with Tandora Fruit Syrup | Allotment Card (free) | Energy-rich option, commonly served at first halt. |
+| [[helik_oats|Helik Oats]] Porridge with [[tandora_fruit|Tandora Fruit]] Syrup | Allotment Card (free) | Energy-rich option, commonly served at first halt. |
-| Mirel Leaf Curry with Zanix Pepper | Allotment Card (free) | Medium-spicy vegetarian curry; standardized recipe. |
+| [[mirel_leaf|Mirel Leaf]] Curry with [[zanix_pepper|Zanix Peppe]]r | Allotment Card (free) | Medium-spicy vegetarian curry; standardized recipe. |
 | Hot Water (kettle) | Free | Boiled Ralar snow; available throughout the halt. |
   * **Serving & waste notes:** Meals are plated on ceramic ware from the [[the_federal_pottery|Federal Pottery]] and eaten with stainless cutlery from the [[federal_copper_plant|Federal Copper Plant]]. Organic scraps feed the inn’s compost-to-biomass heater that warms the main block and stables.
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