((Well then, since everyone has magically bypassed the thing I had set up on the WAY there...))
Everyone's meals are interrupted and the TV screens, originally meant for recreation during mealtimes, changes to a live feed of the ship, according to it, a long range laser blast has completely obliterated the 12th Bay (Owned by a bunch of former salt miners whose job is mostly to manage shipping manifests) and everything surrounding it. Needless to say, one could deduce from that, and the shouts of the captain over intercom, and maybe, just maybe from the wailing of alarms that the Red Vessel is under attack.
Your knowledge of the ship gives you several options, you could try to help, not likely considering this is the chance you have been waiting for, you could steal a ship right now and go, avoiding risk of detection and avoiding the chance that you will be wiped out in a laser blast very effectively, you could attempt to raid one or several areas of the ship, then steal a ship and go, risking detection, a fight, and death via Laser Cannon, for the valuables aboard the Red Vessel.
Knowing the ship well from forced service, you know that the Captain and much of the crew will be out of the Bays and Mess Halls, the Armory might cause trouble if they suspect you of taking the weapons for reasons OTHER than preparing for combat, and the 0th Bay will be FULL of crewmen. This is all you can deduce from what you know.