Editing Illuminar Class (section)

== ENGINEERING ==
=== PROPULSION SYSTEMS ===

''' WARP PROPULSION SYSTEM '''


Type: First-Run Advanced Propulsion Drive (APD-02) designed by the ASDB and developed by Mercurion Inova Inc. This lighter, high-power core utilizes swirl technology instead of a reaction chamber. Additional improvements to Plasma Transfer Conduit technology makes the drive system energy efficient and allows for the variable warp geometry evinced by its maneuverable nacelles. 


Improved verterion coil manufacture allows for smaller nacelles producing superior warp fields.  Information on this Warp Drive can be found in any Starfleet Library or Omnipedia.


Normal Cruising Speed: Warp 7.5

Maximum Speed: Warp 9.975 for 12 hours


Note:  Vessels equipped with the APD-02 

( M/ARA) Drive System no longer have the maximum cruising speed limit of Warp 5 imposed after the discovery of subspace damaged caused by high-warp speeds.


The APD-02 warp drive system was adapted from the APD-01 used on the Intrepid Class and following Bellerophon Class.


APD-02 is composed of more durable alloys able to withstand the higher temperatures caused by a more efficient matter/anti-matter reaction and developed by Lieutenant Commander Sekal for use on the ship.


Due to the lower output of low energy plasma additional ports for drawing off high energy plasma have been added to power 1) The phased energy weapons and 2) To supplement ships general power needs in concert with impulse power (Auxiliary power).


Power shunts, interlocks and buffers have also been upgraded in order to protect system power from the greater energy supply and avoid overload and burnout.


Under current technology limitations the draw upon the warp drive systems is severely reduced with maximum load rated at roughly 40%.


With increased technology and more durable materials using more power that energy draw is expected to increase over time.


The skipping feature introduced by a power surge during the maximum warp sustainability test and sensor readings taken at the time suggest that the energy field in the new crystals anchored in subspace has resulted in a new, safe mode of travel at speeds above warp 10. The new speed ratings above warp 10 are yet to be determined but are theorized to be at least that provided by quantum slipstream technology and are on par with that supplied by travel within the subspace river formerly used by the fleet.


It is additionally theorized that the new drive will provide access to that lost tributary in the future. This theory was tested upon the return to Mars from Bajor and the subspace tunnel at transwarp speeds resulted in a reduction of time upon the return of 83.3%. The transwarp jump was an unqualified success and opens up the quadrant at a far greater rate.


''' IMPULSE PROPULSION SYSTEM '''     


Type: Outfitted with twin fusion-powered Krayne-20 impulse drives mounted on the aft section of the nacelle pylons. Built by Krayne Industries, the K-20 drives were specially designed for the Illuminar class with tolerances built-in for the mobile nature of their mounts, as well as variable ethereal vanes for direction of hydrogen flow.


Output: The impulse engine can propel an Intrepid class starship at speeds just under .25c, at “Full Impulse” and an upper ceiling of .80c at three quarters the speed of light. 


Generally, Starfleet Vessels are restricted to .25c speeds to avoid the more dramatic time dilation effects of higher relativistic speeds. However, such restrictions can be overridden at the behest of the ship’s captain.

 

''' REACTION CONTROL SYSTEM '''     

Type: Standard Version 4 magneto-hydrodynamic gas-fusion thrusters.

Output: Each thruster quad can produce 4.3 million Newtons of exhaust

=== DEFLECTOR ARRAYS ===

A standard Illuminar class main deflector dish is located in the engineering hull, and is located just forward of the primary engineering spaces. Composed of molybdenum/duranium mesh panels over a tritanium framework (beneath the Duranium-Tritanium hull), the dish can be manually moved ten degrees in any direction off the ship's Z-axis. 


The main deflector dish's shield and sensor power comes from two graviton polarity generators located on Deck 10, each capable of generating 128 MW, which can be fed into two 480 millicochrane subspace field distortion generators.


Configuration of the dish differs from standard, with a setup geared toward high-speed and balanced against efficiency. The dual G-P generators are mounted with their own emitters that flank the main emitter assembly in the center of the dish.


''' AUXILIARY DEFLECTOR '''    


The Illuminar class is outfitted with a secondary, or auxiliary deflector. 

Mounted in the forward section of the saucer, the auxiliary deflector serves as a backup in navigation, as well as for additional energy projection. 

Composed of molybdenum/duranium mesh panels over a tritanium framework (beneath the Duranium-Tritanium hull), the deflector can be manually moved five degrees in any direction off the ship's Z-axis.

 The auxiliary deflector dish's shield and sensor power comes from two graviton polarity generators located on Deck Six, each capable of generating 128 MW, which can be fed into two 480 millicochrane subspace field distortion generators.

=== TRACTOR BEAM ===

'''Type''': Multiphase subspace graviton beam, used for direct manipulation of objects from a submicron to a macroscopic level at any relative bearing to the Illuminar  class. Each emitter is directly mounted to the primary members of the ship's framework, to lessen the effects of isopiestic subspace shearing, inertial potential imbalance, and mechanical stress.


'''Output''': Each tractor beam emitter is built around three multiphase 15 MW graviton polarity sources, each feeding two 475-millicochrane subspace field amplifiers. Phase accuracy is within 1.3 arc-seconds per microsecond, which gives superior interference pattern control. Each emitter can gain extra power from the SIF by means of molybdenum-jacketed wave-guides. The subspace fields generated around the beam (when the beam is used) can envelop objects up to 920 meters, lowering the local gravitational constant of the universe for the region inside the field and making the object much easier to manipulate.


'''Range''': Effective tractor beam range varies with payload mass and desired delta-v (change in relative velocity). Assuming a nominal 15 m/sec-squared delta-v, the multiphase tractor emitters can be used with a payload approaching 2,330,000 metric tonnes at less than 2,000 meters. Conversely, the same delta-v can be imparted to an object massing about one metric ton at ranges approaching 30,000 kilometers.


'''Primary purpose''': Towing or manipulation of objects

'''Secondary purpose''': Tactical/Defensive