There's a crashed giant starship, and escapees or runaways are living/hiding out inside-- the ship is still partly active. They have a skimmer of some sort to navigate its massive interior.
They periodical spread 'dirt' lines through the corridors because it's too big and complicated to navigate. They have to keep refreshing the lines because the automatic cleaning cycles keep 'smearing' the lines as the cleaning gradually moves particles of dirt to the sides.
There's also a militaristic part to the society-- one scene I remember has a crack drill team performing (?involving some anti-gravity equipment?) in a very important ceremony/celebration. One member (our hero?) has a spell/moment of vertigo/trips/has a vision, and wakes up ?in the infirmary?-- and they had to switch to a recorded version of the drill because he muffed it up.
This goes back ages-- it could be a book, story, or even a comic book!
Hoping for the best from you long-memoried folks!
--Paul E Musselman
They periodical spread 'dirt' lines through the corridors because it's too big and complicated to navigate. They have to keep refreshing the lines because the automatic cleaning cycles keep 'smearing' the lines as the cleaning gradually moves particles of dirt to the sides.
There's also a militaristic part to the society-- one scene I remember has a crack drill team performing (?involving some anti-gravity equipment?) in a very important ceremony/celebration. One member (our hero?) has a spell/moment of vertigo/trips/has a vision, and wakes up ?in the infirmary?-- and they had to switch to a recorded version of the drill because he muffed it up.
This goes back ages-- it could be a book, story, or even a comic book!
Hoping for the best from you long-memoried folks!
--Paul E Musselman
