On 31Mar2021 1110, Bruce Johnson wrote:
> Actually I think this was only the source of the legend…more than
> likely the reason the “Type S smells bad” is because the vast, VAST
> majority of Type S’es in existence are old beaters in the hands of
> ex-scouts and whoever’s bought surplus ones.
>
> I’ll wager pretty much ALL player-character ships are, well, ‘unique’
> when it comes to the senses :-)
>
> “Yeah the aft staterooms have always smelled a wee bit funky since
> those hydraulic lines blew and we had to put out the fire by venting
> half the ship to vacuum…"

I'm sure you're right. My group's last ship had a dodgy toilet in the
captain's stateroom, and some odd, headache-inducing smells there as
well. They were intermittent and the crew never tracked down the cause.

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