The vision of the Terran base in the Inworlds

As received by Sharra and Dr. Kye in Gazebo on the Edge of Forever. Additional comments and answers to questions are included in brackets.
Your perception whirls and suddenly you see a great ship drifting towards you through space. There's nothing nearby to give you a sense of scale, but it impinges upon your senses as huge or massive nonetheless. The lower hull of the ship is covered with a single decoration, the Blue/Green yin-yang symbol familiar to the party.
[Compared to the Santa Maria back when it was leaving Terra on the Great Migration, it's definitely derivative of that style of ship design, though it's clearly a different "ship class".]
The lower portions of the ship support a great engine section that provides power to the whole in addition to allowing movement. Technicians move to and fro throughout the lower section doing maintainence and upkeep, keeping the great ship alive long past any reasonable lifetime.

Deep in the bowels of the engine section is a shrine or laboratory, carefuly guarded, and never entered. Within is the body of a man: the barest signs of life pulse across the screens that monitor him as he sleeps, waiting until he is needed.

Above is a great dome-like structure that supports numerous small enclaves within. Several of the enclaves are dark and lifeless, as no power flows to them, and no people inhabit them. Others are filled with light and people as servants rush around, catering to the needs of those who make up the heart of the ship. Each separate area is decorated in a different motif, though they are clearly all part of one coherent style. The largest of these sections is done almost entirely in gold, though it is not as well populated as other sections. Other motifs include a stylized bird and a set of scales, and abstract symbols, such as an unfamiliar pattern of six stars.

[The six star pattern has been seen before; we saw it in the image from Jim's book about the migration of humans to the Linked Worlds. Clearly these are clan or subgroup markings of some sort.]
Your perception is caught by one of the intermediate enclaves, powered and tended, but quiet. Few people move through its corridors, and a great sense of patience and expectation pervades the hallways decorated with a familiar pattern of five stars.

In the center of the ship is a great meeting hall. Centered in the hall is a massive table, divided into twelve sections. Several sections are bright and glowing, their sigils proud upon them, their chairs filled with animated speakers. Others are dark and somber, though chairs are maintained as memories of those who will never speak again. One stands out, bright, but empty.

[The usual 5 star pattern is on the table in front of the illuminated but empty chair.]
Moving back outside the ship, the arguments of the great hall die down, and the final image is of the yin/yang symbol plodding quitely through the stars.
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