Engineering-control-compartment 2

USS Odyssey

I-I C/T-141 "Ace of Spades" / engineering-control-compartment

This largish area is the equivalent of Main Engineering, with three subcompartments, one in each habitat module. It is used to control the vessel's power and thrust controls. Access to Engineering is through a radiation-shielded dog-leg bend and a decontamination chamber (not that kind, ENT fans) to prevent radiation and radioactive material from reaching the rest of the hab module. Each subcompartment of Engineering can be configured to control the vessel.

After 11-Apr-21 12:00 AM

Lt. JG Max Leòideach 12-Apr-21 08:55 AM

*Max made his way into here. Sighing as he looked on the last interaction he had with Cayde.*

Ensign Terzom Vax 12-Apr-21 09:00 AM

"Control to engineering, warm the engines up. Aye."

Lt. JG Max Leòideach 12-Apr-21 09:07 AM

*Examining the controls, he sighed and thought for a moment. Remembering how he and and Cayde had done it, and began mirroring the movements he remembereed vivdly. Mainly due to his amount of fear at the time that something would go wrong. Grabbing the same manual, seeing he needed to pull the control rods out he began to do that. Carefully manupulating the controls to get them started as he slowly raised the control rods.* (edited)

Ensign Terzom Vax 12-Apr-21 09:07 AM

"Control to engineering, I'm getting us into position for the burn, how are the engines coming along?"

Narrator BOT 12-Apr-21 09:07 AM

*As the control rods are disengaged from the reactors of the nine nuclear engines, coolant begins to flow to stop them melting down while no propellant is passing through.*

Lt. JG Max Leòideach 12-Apr-21 09:12 AM

*He replaced a few control rods, as to limit the fission being done.* "Couldn't 'ave done it with Thorium, has to be with..." *He mumbled some other things, not understandable but mainly talking to himself about how Thorium Salt reactors are so much better than the old variants of Nuclear reactors.*

Ensign Terzom Vax 12-Apr-21 09:28 AM

"Vax to Engineering, I'm gonna leave the mass flow at where it is right now, how are the engines holding up?"

Lt. JG Max Leòideach 12-Apr-21 09:41 AM

*Max proceeded to pull out more control rods, carefully monitoring the state of the engines.*

Narrator BOT 12-Apr-21 12:36 PM

*A little reminder beep from the primary control console, warning Max that the engine nuclear reactors have been running hot but with no mass flow for ten minutes.*

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Lt. JG Max Leòideach 12-Apr-21 01:01 PM

*He proceeded to check the manual to see if there was any long term damage to the engines for turning off the reactors repeatedly. Assuming there wasn't, he would cool the reactord with the control rods.*

PO3. Richard Hughes 13-Apr-21 01:38 PM

*The hatch opens, and Junior Technician Hughes pushes himself through it, reasoning he should probably try to do some semblance of work before they reach the station. There are probably some things that need rewiring or something, something that needs to be cleaned out.* "Good day, sir."

Lt. JG Max Leòideach 13-Apr-21 03:15 PM

"Aye, good day lad. Everythin' 'lright?" *He sounded tired, he stretched his shoulders from the monitoring station. Behind him were the controls for the engines.*

PO3. Richard Hughes 13-Apr-21 03:45 PM

"Yes, sir. I was just wondering if... there was anything I could do, to help out."

Lt. JG Max Leòideach 13-Apr-21 03:48 PM

"Currently, nothing. Ah need ter supervise thin's 'ere. Ah need ter get somethin' from medical, assumin' they 'ave somethin' ter 'elp with tiredness." *He paused for a moment.* "Could yer watch over thin's, Ah'll teach yer the basics if yer want?"

PO3. Richard Hughes 13-Apr-21 03:52 PM

*Hughes is taken a little aback by this. He expected to be scrubbing air vents, not looking after a total of nineteen nuclear reactors of varying purpose.* "Ah, yes, sir. I must say that I've had some experience with engineering on these old ships, but only that required of a Marine, emergency repairs, damage control and the like."

Dr. Nimarah Drex 13-Apr-21 04:29 PM

“We’re doing just fine, how about you? Is everything alright on your end?”

Lt. JG Max Leòideach 13-Apr-21 04:48 PM

*he nodded.* "Do yer remember 'ow nuclear works? These are fission reactors. Thus, the breakin' the of the atoms causes more atoms to fissure and create energy. Control rods keep the nuclear cores cool. Though no energy is produced when that's the case. Energy production starts upon takin' the control rods outt'a the core. Allows fer atoms ter be split etc. However it gets more unstable when that's the case. When we're not operatin', the engines are turned off ter save power but also ter save the coolant."

PO3. Richard Hughes 13-Apr-21 04:50 PM

"I understand the principle, sir." *Hughes smiles a little. He does understand it! This is nice, understanding what's going on and not being bemused by the technobabble these Starfleet engineers usually spout left, right and centre.*

Lt. JG Max Leòideach 13-Apr-21 04:51 PM

*Max did his best to explain, despite the thundering headache he had. He offered a smile to Hughes.* "Ah shouldn' be gone too long, just long 'nough ter get somethin' that'll get rid of this damn tiredness or/and 'eadache." *He chuckled softly.*

PO3. Richard Hughes 13-Apr-21 04:54 PM

"Right you are, sir." *Hughes pushes himself over to the main control panel beside Max, resting his foot against the floor to compensate for the acceleration. It's not much, but it's just enough to be annoying. Hughes surveys the console. Unlike most of what he's seen on a shuttle control panel, or on patrols in Engineering, everything is quite intuitive, given his knowledge of the underlying principles of the reactor.*

Lt. JG Max Leòideach 13-Apr-21 04:56 PM

"Handin' controls over ter yer then." *He said, moving out of the way. For a minute, he'd watch Hughees get acquianted as he waited for a reply from medical.*

PO3. Richard Hughes 13-Apr-21 05:00 PM

*It doesn't take long; Hughes doesn't touch anything, but he knows what he needs to do. Put control rods in and increase coolant flow through the reactors and radiators if temperature is too high, pull rods out and decrease coolant if temperature is too low. And if anything goes wrong, shove in the rods, get coolant flowing and call someone who knows how to stop a nuclear meltdown.*

Dr. Nimarah Drex 13-Apr-21 05:27 PM

“I’ll definitely have something for the headache, not sure about the fatigue but let me have a look,”

Lt. JG Max Leòideach 13-Apr-21 05:30 PM

*And with that, he gently patted Hughes shoulder before heading- or floating out.*

Lt. JG Max Leòideach 18-Apr-21 12:54 PM

*The lad floated down here, pausing for a moment and after searching a bit, checking the fuel gauge that was present to see if it was fuelled.*

Lt. JG Max Leòideach 18-Apr-21 01:14 PM

*He then floated off.*

Lt. JG Max Leòideach 18-Apr-21 03:17 PM

*Engineering here, tools were gathered to check for bugs and he nodded to Arian who he supposed had followed and gestured he'd head to the messhall to check for bugs.*

Lt. JG Arian Rhosyn 18-Apr-21 03:19 PM

*She indeed followed, and she watched him curiously. She continued to follow.*

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