(new) |
m (wrong rank for La Forge) |
||
| Line 10: | Line 10: | ||
In [[2369]] the [[USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D)|USS ''Enterprise'']] visited [[Tyra VIIa]] to monitor the projects progress. [[Starfleet]] wanted a feasibility study because they wanted to use a particle fountain on [[Karema III]]. [[Captain]] [[Jean-Luc Picard|Picard]] was asked to evaluate the project and send his findings to Starfleet. |
In [[2369]] the [[USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D)|USS ''Enterprise'']] visited [[Tyra VIIa]] to monitor the projects progress. [[Starfleet]] wanted a feasibility study because they wanted to use a particle fountain on [[Karema III]]. [[Captain]] [[Jean-Luc Picard|Picard]] was asked to evaluate the project and send his findings to Starfleet. |
||
| − | [[Commander]] [[Geordi La Forge]] was send to the [[station]] to perform the evaluation. On his first visited there was a problem with the [[powergrid]]. Shutting down the particle stream would solve the problem but would cause a 4 month delay to the project so Doctor Farallon used a [[exocomp]] to repair the powergrid. |
+ | [[Lieutenant]] [[Commander]] [[Geordi La Forge]] was send to the [[station]] to perform the evaluation. On his first visited there was a problem with the [[powergrid]]. Shutting down the particle stream would solve the problem but would cause a 4 month delay to the project so Doctor Farallon used a [[exocomp]] to repair the powergrid. |
| − | During a briefing on board ''Enterprise'' on the status of the particle fountain Doctor Farallon asked to postpone the evaluation report to Starfleet for 48 hours. To complete the project within those 48 hours and boost the efficiency of the particle stream she proposed to use the exocomps. The only risk would be that the project would fall further behind schedule. Doctor Farallon was willing to take that risk. |
+ | During a briefing on board ''Enterprise'' on the status of the particle fountain Doctor Farallon asked to postpone the evaluation report to Starfleet for 48 hours. To complete the project within those 48 hours and boost the efficiency of the particle stream she proposed to use the exocomps. The only risk would be that the project would fall further behind schedule. Doctor Farallon was willing to take that risk. Lieutenant Commander [[Data]] agreed that the exocomps had the potential to advance the project where upon Doctor Farallon asked Captain Picard if Data could work with her. |
On the station Data performed 14 separate tests on a exocomp and found the exocomps performance excellent. When a [[plasma]] [[Electro-Plasma_Distribution_Network| |
On the station Data performed 14 separate tests on a exocomp and found the exocomps performance excellent. When a [[plasma]] [[Electro-Plasma_Distribution_Network| |
||
Revision as of 15:39, 6 September 2004
Particle fountain in action
The Particle fountain project was started to develop a new mining technology.
In 2364 Doctor Farallon invented the particle fountain and continued to be the project supervisor.
The initial design of the particle fountain was to lift 500 kilogram per minute from a planet surface. Current lift capacity was way below this and by increasing the particle stream density the lift capacity was boosted by 72 percent but to prevent overloading the field generators, the stream overload needed to be distributed evenly throughout the system. It took 4 months to get the particle flux to its current strength. Full strength will take some more time.
The project was plagued with all sorts of problems which raised the question if this new technology was more efficient than conventional mining technics.
In 2369 the USS Enterprise visited Tyra VIIa to monitor the projects progress. Starfleet wanted a feasibility study because they wanted to use a particle fountain on Karema III. Captain Picard was asked to evaluate the project and send his findings to Starfleet.
Lieutenant Commander Geordi La Forge was send to the station to perform the evaluation. On his first visited there was a problem with the powergrid. Shutting down the particle stream would solve the problem but would cause a 4 month delay to the project so Doctor Farallon used a exocomp to repair the powergrid.
During a briefing on board Enterprise on the status of the particle fountain Doctor Farallon asked to postpone the evaluation report to Starfleet for 48 hours. To complete the project within those 48 hours and boost the efficiency of the particle stream she proposed to use the exocomps. The only risk would be that the project would fall further behind schedule. Doctor Farallon was willing to take that risk. Lieutenant Commander Data agreed that the exocomps had the potential to advance the project where upon Doctor Farallon asked Captain Picard if Data could work with her.
On the station Data performed 14 separate tests on a exocomp and found the exocomps performance excellent. When a plasma conduit needed to be repaired the exocomp did not respond to commands and burned out his command circuitry. When they investigated the problem in Main Engineering it turned out that the exocomps pathways had increased by 632 percent. Further investigation by Data revealed that the exocomp burned out its own circuitry and repaired it 2 hours later. This led Data to believe that the exocomp had a form of self preservation.
Because there where now only 2 working exocomps Lieutenant Commander Geordi La Forge added an extra shift and sended 2 extra engineering teams to the station. With the help of the exocomps the project should be finished on time.
At this time Data told Doctor Farallon that she could not use the exocomps because he had reason to believe that they where alive. In a briefing with Captain Picard it was decided to test the exocomps. Although the initial tests proofed no selfperservation the final test revealed that the exocomp knew it was a test and therefore finished repairing the simulated plasma failure.
Particle fountain testing
When Captain Picard was on the station it was clear that full particle stream strength would not be reached within 48 hours but it would be close. When suddenly something started a power drain into the main particle impeller and within seconds the internal confinement fields where lost and the particle stream could no longer be contained. This meant that the control room would be flooded with radiation and within 1 minute field ionization would made communication and transport with the Enterprise impossible. The station needed to be evacuated.
Everyone but Picard and La Forge managed to transport to the Enterprise. Fortunately Geordi La Forge was able to raise a low intensity force field that would protect him and Picard for about 20 minutes. Commander Riker suggested to asked the exocomps if they would help. This because Data refused to beam the exocomps into the particle matter stream. The exocomps solve the problem by distorting the particle stream frequency. Unfortunately one of the exocomps did not survive because it had to stay behind to disrupt the particle stream so the other two could safely be beamed to the Enterprise.
Due to failure of the particle impeller the particle fountain needed to be reconstructed. Doctor Farallon expected that within 2 years the technology could be recommended to Starfleet.