Editing Illuminar Class (section)

=== COMPUTER SYSTEMS ===


Primary access on deck 5, core extending to deck 2

Auxiliary Computer Core access deck 10 extending to deck 12.

AC-17 Series computer by Krayne Systems

Planet of Manufacture: Bynar


Number of computer cores: Two.


''' The primary computer core ''' is accessed in the control room on Deck 5 amidships for maximum protection. It covers five decks and extends from Deck 2 to Deck 5. The Auxiliary core is located on Deck 10 and extends down to Deck 12, covering three decks. It is fed by two sets of redundant EPS conduits as well as primary power.


'''Type:''' The AC-17 series computer core is built under contract for the Illuminar class vessel by Krayne Systems, an independent contractor based on Bynar. The structure of the computer is similar to that of most other supercomputing systems in use by Federation vessels with stack segments extending through the ship forming trillions of trillions of connections through the processing and storage abilities of modern isolinear chips. Cooling of the isolinear loop is accomplished by a regenerative liquid helium loop, which has been refit to allow a delayed-venting heat storage unit for "Silent Running.” For missions, requirements on the computer core rarely exceed 45-50% of total core processing and storage capacity. The rest of the core is utilized for various scientific, tactical, or intelligence gathering missions - or to backup data in the event of a damaged core.


'''Bio-Neural Gel Packs''': Referred to typically as BNGs, Bio-Neural Gel Packs are an innovation in shipboard data processing and routing. Mounted at strategic locations along the ODN pathways, each BNG consists of an artificial bio-fluid that allows transmission of neural signals. The heart of the BNG is a packet of neural clusters, grown copies of strands similar to those found in the brains of sentient beings. These clusters give the ship’s computer ‘instinctive’ data processing and routing ability as well as allowing the ship’s computer to utilize ‘fuzzy logic’ to speed up probability calculations much as a living, breathing entity would.


Due to the utilization of [[ Luma'Lenai ]] and her abilities it is anticipated that the processing speed of the AC-17 computer will be significantly increased by replacing its fuzzy logic subroutine with sentient insight and experience.


Luma is a singular entity, not an AI and can be moved about by use of one of the crystals. Luma can be moved not only to the [[ USS Mystique ]] but to any computer system desired with a small modification to the primary computer.


Though a breakthrough in shipboard technology, the BNG has shown one liability in that the biological components can contract contagions and make the ship ‘sick’.