Mess hall

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A mess hall, or cafeteria, is an area where people can gather to eat or spend their free time. There are mess halls on both the Ancient city-ship Atlantis and the Ancient ship, Destiny, as well as all Tau'ri ships and the majority of alien vessels.

[edit] Atlantis mess

There is a large mess hall in Atlantis where the personnel of the city can go to eat. Food is served in a sort of buffet line and a balcony provides a spectacular view of the city. (ATL: "Aurora")

In case of an emergency, including an outbreak, the mess hall can double up as an emergency ward if the Atlantis infirmary is full. (ATL: "Tabula Rasa")

There was once a massive explosion inside the mess hall of Atlantis, which killed many people and wounded many more. It was caused by an exploding tumor. (ATL: "Sunday")

[edit] Destiny mess

There is a mess hall aboard the Destiny, where Darren Becker and other staff measure and serve daily rations to expedition members. Because many sections of the ship are either damaged or unexplored, the mess hall serves as the best location for the expedition to hold important briefings throughout the day. (SGU: "Darkness")

[edit] Icarus mess

The Icarus Base mess hall is much smaller and has a much more formal atmosphere than the Atlantis and Destiny equivalents. It consists of a kitchen and a single long dining table, where senior Icarus staff members eat, along with any guests that may be visiting the base. In addition to eating in the dining area, it seems personnel are able to simply enter the kitchen to receive meals in styrofoam containers and eat elsewhere.

In 2009, Senator Alan Armstrong, his daughter, Chloe, and Eli Wallace were the guests of honour. As Chloe stood to interrupt her father's toast with one of her own, an explosion was heard elsewhere in the base. Colonel Everett Young, contacted others and, discovering the base was under attack, immediately began organizing an evacuation. (SGU: "Air, Part 1")