Brig

The Brig is a special containment room designed to detain persons on a vessel.

In the brigs of Hisperian Imperium and Cordelian vessels, detainees were held captive behind an energy field that forms a barrier between them and the rest of the ship.

Description
The Brig is built to detain one or multiple persons within a cell. The cells themselves tend to be small with the "ground" being a simple bed spread with a single pillow on the right side and a dashboard above them.

Kiros Alliance
Responsibility over the Brig falls within the Security wing on ships serving the Kiros Alliance. They are watched by guards or assigned Security crewmembers, and a vessel's Chief of Security holds ultimate oversight. Generally, those detained must be held under a narrowly-articulated suspicion of a violation of Imperium or Alliance criminal law. However, there are two other instances in which a person may be detained. The first, in order to preserve the safety of the ship, a command officer may detain individuals who pose a danger to themselves or to others. Secondly, captured prisoners of war may be held in the Brig until the ship returns to a station suitable for transfer.

The Brig's energy field, also called a security barrier, being designed to automatically adjust to any force exerted against it, thus preventing an escape. An acting guard can control the energy field and watch over the prisoner through a security control monitor located directly before the Brig.

Cordelian and Hisperian brigs were very similar in design, though the colour of Hisperian energy shields was a purple colour while Cordelian shields had a blue colour. Additionally, Hisperian brigs allowed torture to be used as a means of interrogation and Cordelian ships prohibited this, though it should be noted that there were Hisperian officers who refused to use torture and Cordelian officers engaged in physical assault as a means of interrogation.

Valzovech Pact
The Valzovech Pact predominantly used the Valzovech model of ship designs. Valzovech destroyers host multiple brigs. They function much like Hisperian and Cordelian brigs, being used to hold prisoners of war and protected by an energy field. In addition, brigs are fitted with viewers. Unlike the Cordelians, prisoners of the Valzovech (and Hisperians) can expect to be subjected to torture as a means of interrogation. Valzovech shields had a reddish colour.

Cortanzan
Brigs on Cortanzan battleships were very similar to those of the Hisperians and Valzovech, however they used metal bars that were reinforced by energy shields. Cortanzan brigs were known to be poorly lit and painted a dark green-gray colour. Additionally, the cell blocks were constantly filled with cold air to keep the prisoners chilled. Those who had spent time in these brigs reported being subjugated to both mild hypothermia and torture as a means of interrogation.