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--- new_horizon_funeral_services [2025/12/02 06:28] – [Architectural Significance] admin
+++ new_horizon_funeral_services [2025/12/18 20:17] (current) – [Look and Feel] admin
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 ====== NEW HORIZON FUNERAL SERVICES ======
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 ===== Overview =====
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 New Horizon Funeral Services was founded in mid-2626 by Joe Schmitz, the younger of the Schmitz twins. Originally, Joe and his brother Ernest had established the first funeral parlor on [[the_planet_voi_700_d|VOI 700 D]] together: the business that would later become Ernest’s [[schmitz_funeral_home|Schmitz Funeral Home]]. But the partnership lasted only a short time. The twins clashed over almost every detail — architectural style, burial philosophy, interior atmosphere, and even how to speak to grieving families. Ernest wanted a somber, wood-and-metal sanctuary rooted in memory of the crash; Joe envisioned light, renewal, and a hopeful forward gaze.
-The dispute escalated until Joe made a defining decision:  He tore down the old Hoo stable on the shared rear property and constructed a new, two-storey funeral home in its place. Painted in soft white and clad in polished container walls, New Horizon Funeral Services rose as the philosophical opposite of Ernest’s dark, crash-scarred parlor. Thus the rivalry — part sorrow, part stubborn pride — was born.
+The tension escalated until Joe made his declaration of independence: he cleared the old [[hoos|Hoo]] stable on the right-hand side of the property and moved in to open his own funeral home.
-Inside, skilled staff craft pale coffins from [[Morningstar|Morningstar]] wood, prepare remains under clinical cool lights, and guide mourners through candle-lit spoken tributes that weave shipboard memories into each farewell ceremony. When services conclude, a silver-painted coffin cart — drawn by two docile white [[veyra|Veyras]] — carries the deceased along the short processional lane to [[New Horizon’s Rest Cemetery|New Horizon’s Rest Cemetery]], completing a burial tradition that grounds [[beta_age|Beta Age]] settlers in the soil of their new world. Though (mostly) friendly rivalry persists between the two Schmitz brothers, each parlor now serves a loyal clientele aligned with its distinct philosophy of remembrance.
+What he lacked in resources, he compensated with sincerity. His services emphasized calm tribute, shipboard memories, lavender scent, and a quiet belief in new beginnings — a direct contrast to Ernest’s darker, wood-scented rituals next door. Both brothers developed loyal followings, each aligned with their respective philosophies of remembrance.
+Inside, skilled staff craft pale coffins from [[Morningstar|Morningstar]] wood and guide mourners through candle-lit spoken tributes that weave shipboard memories into each farewell ceremony. When services conclude, a silver-painted coffin cart — drawn by two docile white [[veyra|Veyras]] — carries the deceased along the short processional lane to [[New Horizon’s Rest Cemetery|New Horizon’s Rest Cemetery]], completing a burial tradition that grounds [[beta_age|Beta Age]] settlers in the soil of their new world.
 ===== Architectural Significance =====
-  * **Construction Material:** Built from repurposed starship containers and polished alloy panels
+  * **Construction Material:** Built from repurposed containers and salvaged parts of the spaceship [[last_frontier|Last Frontier]]
   * **Floors:** 2
-  * **Design Purpose:** Convey purity and light; skylight strips plus white acoustic tiles create a bright, reverent hall distinct from the darker aesthetic of the competitor Schmitz Funeral Home.
+  * **Design Purpose:** Distinct from the more conservative aesthetic of the competitor Schmitz Funeral Home.
+The façade is dominated by Joe’s distinctive white-painted signage.
 ===== Building Structure =====
-New Horizon Funeral Services is a narrow, two-storey structure. Its footprint is small and efficient, reflecting Joe Schmitz’s minimalist philosophy and standing in visual contrast to the darker, bulkier Schmitz Funeral Home next door.
 **Ground Floor (Main Level)**
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   * **Outdoor W.C. (Outhouse):** A simple, privacy-screened stall using a single [[aurorasan_system|AuroraSan]] unit. Accessible from the yard; built as an external facility due to indoor space constraints.
-  * **Veyra Cart Shed:** A narrow metal lean-to sheltering Joe’s silver-painted coffin cart, originally a converted [[new_kourou_courier_service|Courier Service]] chassis.
+  * **Shelter:** A compact Shelter suitable for a pair of [[veyra|Veyras]] to rest between processions.
-  * **Mini Paddock:** A compact fenced yard suitable for one white Hoo or a pair of placid [[veyra|Veyras]] to rest between processions.
 ===== Look and Feel =====
-Entering New Horizon feels like stepping into a small star-chapel: pale walls, diffused ceiling light, and a faint scent of lavender polish. Gentle harp loops play through wall speakers. Unlike Ernest’s woody incense ambience, Joe’s parlor feels minimalist and airy — grief wrapped in calm order.
+Although the building was opened in a former Hoo stable made of old spaceship parts and containers, New Horizon Funeral Service somehow feels inviting — even despite the fact that no one would actually want to be a customer or subject of treatment here if they had a choice.
+A faint scent of lavender hangs in the air—Joe's personal touch—masking the sharp smell of sterilized metal and polished Morningstar wood that wafts up from the casket studio upstairs.
+The Memory Room, the heart of the building, feels almost like a small star chapel: a quiet, bright room where grief is softened by light rather than shadow. The benches fold neatly against the wall when not in use, leaving the room open for intimate ceremonies.
 ===== Roles and Responsibilities =====
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   * **Joe Schmitz (Owner / Celebrant):** Leads services and quietly competes with his twin’s craftsmanship.
-  * **Body Specialist (1):** Preps remains; applies facial soft-tissue nanogel for lifelike repose.
+  * **Body Specialist (1 /Freelancer):** Preps remains; applies facial soft-tissue nanogel for lifelike repose.
-  * **Coffin Carpenter (1):** Cuts, sands, and laser-engraves pine caskets.
+  * **Veyra Handler / Driver (1/ Freelancer):** Guides the silver hearse cart to Horizon’s Rest.
-  * **Veyra Handler / Driver (1):** Guides the silver hearse cart to Horizon’s Rest.
 **Automated staff:**
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 ===== Security Measures =====
-  * **Key-Lock Doors:** Front and side doors lock after 7 PM; keys held by Joe and the Hoo Handler.
+  * **Key-Lock Doors:** Front and side doors lock after 7 PM; keys held by Joe.
   * **Guarding Trooper Patrols:** A Public-Services-Ring patrol of the [[guarding_troopers|Guarding Troopers]] passes the parlor regulary, checking doors and perimeter for signs of tampering.
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   * Attend a memorial service or offer condolences to NPC mourners.
-  * Commission a custom coffin or holographic tribute for a deceased ally.
+  * Act as pall-bearers or procession guards during an escort to Horizon’s Rest.
-  * Act as pall-bearers or procession guards during a stormy night escort to Horizon’s Rest.
   * Broker peace between feuding families who disagree over burial rites or costs.
-  * Volunteer to handle the Hoo and cart when Joe’s driver falls ill.
+  * Volunteer to handle the Veyras and cart when Joe’s driver falls ill.
 **Illegal interactions:**
-  * Swap coffin ID tags to fake a death.
+  * Swap coffin ID tags to fake a death..
-  * Plant forged evidence in the Memory Hall for a frame-up plot.
+  * Vandalize the whithe facade to stoke the twin rivalry.
-  * Vandalize the bright facade to frame Ernest’s staff and stoke the twin rivalry.
 ===== Tactical Advice for Dungeon Masters =====