The Caedera was a merchant vessel under the command of Trenigar and the operations of the Orion Syndicate, directly reporting to Ihazs. The Caedera was a small cramped vessel; its Bridge had barely enough room for a captain's chair, a helm station, and overlapping banks of displays covering the bulkheads and ceiling. The hallways were used to store food and drink for the crew in order to leave more room in the bays for cargo, as there were no replicators aboard. The noise in engineering exceeded tolerable safety levels; when Trenigar had discovered how much it would cost to install sound dampening equipment, he insisted that his crew could wear ear coverings. The ship did not carry a cook, but each crewmember took turns rotating as chef.