There are 258 member planets in the alliance, with approximately 312 known races. In order to accommodate the different physiologies of the alliance crews, a chair was needed that could reconfigure itself to match its user (no matter what shape they might be). Its composed of 32 independent movable sections, which are held in place by Mk 5 force beams. Everything is fully configurable to not only species, but also to posture. The cushions have a limited ability to alter there shape. This was a required feature in order to accommodate species of a semi-liquid nature as well as the plant-like races from the galactic fringe. The control sphere houses a passive medical scanner as well as a holographic projector.
WIP Thread 
Had a lot of fun with this one, learned a few new things about my renderer, how to configure complex materials as well as other ways of increasing the output quality.