Subsystem: Fire Suppression Systems

==Subsystem: Fire Suppression Systems==
Power Cost: 1
Although many of the substances used to carried aboard or installed in starships meet the standards of inflammability set forth by STRA 523.5 (b-f), fires can still break out due to damage caused by enemy attacks or similar occurences. When that occurs, the fire suppression system activates to snuff the flames.
The enviormental monitoring sensors located throughout a ship include fire detection sensors. When the detect a fire, operations and security are notified by the computer. If the fire is a small one, the fire suppression system surrounds it with a forcefield. This snuffs it out by cutting it's supply of oxygenl the force field is manitained until the affected object cool below the point of combustability. For large fires, the system may have to activate larger extinguishing fields or seal off areas of the ship with section isolation doors. In extreme situations, entire sections of the ship can be vented to space, which will snuff fire almost instenatly.
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