"Housekeeping" doesn't sound ominous at all!

fair question from Gaz, I guess Justopea didn't expect the situation to be so overfucked

Yay, plot time!
Also... almost permanently grumpy Gazz :'(
Though, fair point about Haven, it almost looks like Veda cooked it on the spot to prove the potential of the project and to further her own interests, as if she cherry-picked a small group of students for it.

Right, but what if they take over the ship and use the massive gun to, for example, bombard the JSP's headquarters? Seems more risky than a shore base somewhere. You could stick them on an island for Heaven's sake!

As for Haven, the problem there was the refusal to evacuate and general cowardice, treachery and incompetence of the royal guard, the jsp and ensign fake smiles.

The unexpected existence of Apu Hallowman was a huge complication of course, but not one that could be solved by throwing bodies at it.

The original project had a dozen students (Noah included) doing some wholesome training.

Now you've got 200 in a place that nobody knows it exists. WTF are they doing?

Tangentially, Hevel counting that fast could be a sign of being in the spectrum, which is interesting.

Hevel is very useful for situations like these

*You ain't leaving*

Ahhh the under 50 pointers about to have a parade I assume.

A ship that enormous must have a huge crew. It's basically a floating city. Probably has a large civilian contractor population too.

If it has managed to remain secret, that means it's probably like the soviet closed cities, people who go in are not allowed to get out, unless they are needed outside and then they'll be monitored constantly to make sure they don't blab.

The need for secrecy also means the floating city has to be mostly self-sufficient, so it must produce its own food and drinkable water, manage its own wastes (just dumping sewage in the ocean isn't a good idea especially if that's where you get most of your food and water). So, not just an arc, but an arcology.