Engineering

Engine Room

Located on Deck 10 in the Saucer Section and Deck 34 in the Stardrive Section, the Engine Rooms aboard the Starship Enterprise are surprisingly compact for a starship the size of the Federation's flagship. Responsible for the operation of the Enterprise's propulsion and energy distribution systems, each Engine Room has been designed to allow easy access to the component parts of the Enterprise's Coaxial Warp Drive and is constantly manned by dedicated engineers.

Directly accessible from the adjacent corridor, a small anteroom maintains wall mounted, eye-level interfaces that provide up to the minute information about the overall health of the Enterprise. Directly below these monitors, a large pressure door allows members of the engineering team to access the Jeffries Tube network of the starship to conduct priority repairs. The operational focus of the anteroom, the Master Systems Display Table is a stand-alone octagonal console located in the center of the area. Featuring a number of embedded computer displays capable of providing a detailed overview of the vessel's overall status, the table also has an embedded sensor cluster to assist with investigation and repair purposes.

The anteroom opens into a well illuminated, circular room dominated by the Coaxial Warp Core. The supporting bulkheads of the main chamber - which are constructed of a light material - incorporate curved, blue colored panels that add to the sterile feeling of the Engine Room. Twin computer terminals were located along the port and starboard walls that were setup to monitor Auxiliary Systems, Computer Systems, Damage Control, and Energy Distribution.

A series of 3 staircases allow access to the control level that surrounds the Coaxial Warp Core. Comprised of duranium alloy metal grates for flooring, the control level allows direct oversight of all propulsion systems aboard the vessel. Workstations built into the safety railing monitor faster-than-light propulsion (port) and sublight propulsion (starboard) with the third workstation used by the Duty Engineer to monitor all shipboard systems. From this workstation, the Engineers can access the Dilithium Articulation Frame of the Warp Core. Power Transfer Conduits concealed by the floor transfer energy from the Coaxial Warp Core to the Warp Nacelle Field Coils to generate the Warp Field.

Two large control stations separate the upper section of the Control Level from the section supporting the Warp Core. These workstations monitor the Enterprise's tactical systems while the opposite workstation is responsible for the scientific systems aboard the ship. The rear wall of the Engine Room is dominated by the Master Situation Display. Similar to the monitor located on the Bridge, the Master Situation Display (abbreviated MSD) was a large, wall-mounted display featuring a large cutaway diagram of the vessel that provides a detailed overview of the ship's operational status.

One of the most secure locations aboard the Enterprise, each Engine Room could backup the Bridge in an emergency situation. Should a major systems failure occur within an Engine Room, like an imminent Coaxial Drive failure, the Engine Room could be isolated from the rest of the ship by large pressure doors and force fields. Should the situation become untenable, the Engine Core could be ejected from the ship to prevent the destruction of the Enterprise.

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Impulse Deck

Located within each Impulse Engine Assembly, the Impulse Deck houses and controls the Impulse Engines aboard the Enterprise. Comprised of two levels, The Impulse Engines consist of four fusion reactors producing highly energized plasma, a driver coil assembly, and a vectored thrust nozzle to direct the plasma exhaust. Energy not utilized for propulsion can be diverted through the Electro Plasma System via EPS conduits, so as to supply power to other systems.

Primary entry to the Impulse Deck is through the upper level next to the enclosed control room. Suspended catwalks intersect the area above the main deck and allow users an unobstructed view of the engine assembly. While compact, the catwalks feature multiple workstations built into the safety railing that are used to monitor the Impulse Grid and its efficiency.

The dominant feature of the main floor of the Impulse Deck are the four spherical Fusion Reactors built into the aft bulkhead. Touch sensitive controls are built into each reactor allowing a user to manipulate the reactor directly while freestanding double-sided control panels monitor the overall status of the fusion reactors. A doorway between Reactors 2 and 3 allow engineers access to the remainder of the Impulse Engine Assembly. Parallel to this doorway on the opposite side of the room, a Master Control Console - used by the Duty Engineer - oversees all operations of the Impulse Engine Assembly.

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Warp Nacelle Control Room

Located within each Warp Nacelle, the Warp Nacelle Control Room houses maintenance and monitoring systems for each nacelle assembly aboard the Enterprise.

A small, two level compound aboard the Constitution IV Class starship the control room was located at the rear of the nacelle, near the plasma injectors, and provided engineers access to the entirety of the Warp Nacelle structure. Unlike its predecessors, the internal components of the Warp Nacelle are accessible aboard the Enterprise via service lift built into the Nacelle pylon. The lift opens upon the lower level of the control room and incorporates a large, octagonal workstation that allows direct administration of the components of the assigned nacelle. The second level, accessible by a metal staircase, provided access to the interior of the nacelle itself and was protected by a large isolation door that could be opened to access the nacelles through a large catwalk that served as a service corridor when the nacelles were powered down. When active, a one-way forcefield would engage to protect the occupants of the control room from the release of drive plasma; however, even with this protection, the doors could only remain open for ninety seconds to prevent force field degradation.

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