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The '''Dilithium Crystal Chamber''' is a component in a starship's [[Warp Core]] that contains the [[Dilithium|dilithium crystals]]. (TNG: "Galaxy's Child", "The Drumhead", "Cost of Living")

The dilithium crystal chamber for the USS Enterprise-D was designed at Outpost Seran T-1 on stardate 40052. (TNG: "Booby Trap")
==Background==

There are four types of dilithium chamber that have been shown to date. One was that of the [[NX Class]] starship, though exactly which component of the reactor was the chamber itself was never disclosed.

The second was used on board the original configuration of the [[Constitution Class]]. It was a squat cylinder with a blunt domed top in the center of main engineering. The dilithium crystals were housed in a framework that rose out of one side of the chamber.

The next was the columnar "swirl" chamber, as shown in the Constitution Class refit and the [[Intrepid Class]]. Backstage information, including interviews with Rick Sternbach, indicate that in this model of chamber, the entirety of the column is the reaction chamber, which is lined with a layer of dilithium to moderate the reaction.

The last type is the familiar "ball" or "hub" chamber, shown throughout Star Trek: The Next Generation and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.

[[Category: Engineering]]

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Nicesociety at 08:02, 17 January 2009