CHARACTERS: Baron Vladimir Harkonnen & Anyone (OTA)
LOCATION: A holodeck
WARNINGS: TBA- the Baron's his own warning.
SUMMARY: The Baron is drinking wine, watching volcanoes on holodecks and missing his home.
NOTES: OTA- Feel free to hit up the Baron for talk, volcano watching, etc!



The Baron Vladimir Harkonnen has still not adjusted to life on the Tranquility. In his estimation, the entire experience has been a parade of inadequacies, with the lack of servants grating upon him foremost. The lack of space in the general Passenger Quarter areas is also irritating- Vladimir is used to the grandiose scale of Imperial architecture, and, is tired of being generally surrounded by the sterile sensibility of it all.

Recently, however, he discovered the holodecks. Although the holodecks have been disappointingly non-interactive, the environmental illusions produced have proven tolerable enough, even admirable to a point. The Baron now sits within an environment loosely based upon a pre-programmed volcanic environment, drinking some almost-decent wine procured from one of the ship's bars. The chair he sits on and the table beside him are obviously real, able as they are to support objects.

All else is entirely artificial. His immediate holographic surroundings are those of a huge, red room, with vaulted ceiling upheld by massive pillars, marble everywhere, and enormous windows on all sides. Outside these windows, fountains of luminous lava burst from huge volcanic caldera- the proximity of these volcanoes is such that for the most part, the view is an ever-shifting tumult of fire. The unbearable heat which would be expected from such a vantage point is not present, however, only a slight sense of warmth. As a final touch, the room has been sparsely but tastefully furnished with an assortment of Imperial-style accoutrements, and a few statues of entirely unclad young men. A couple of well-made, scantily-clad young men with dark hair stand near the Baron's seat, their artificiality and not-quite-finished programming evidenced by occasional flickering and hints of translucency.

He has left the door to the holodeck open- perhaps some real, non-programmed diversion will enter, and make his day more interesting?)