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Containment Modules
On Stardate 42073 a new type of containment module is designed by Chief Engineer Geordi La Forge of the U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701-D, under the direction of Lt Commander Hester Dealt. These modules are used to carry samples of the deadly plasma plague from the Federation research station on 'Audet IX' to science station 'Tango Sierra', where it is hoped that an antidote can be manufactured.
Each Container module has its own controls to regulate atmosphere, temperature, radiation, light, humidity, and the electrical spectrum. Information from eacg module is transmitted directly to the main display on the side of the larger container. The temperature set for the containment modules is 97 degrees centigrade, with 12 percent humidity, and lumens zero. The modules maintain constant electromagnetic containment.
The small containments modules are nested within a larger container, or grid. The actual containment module is a clear, six-sided box that contains a small petri dish on which a sample of the plasma plague is placed. At the top of each module is a small environmental monitor that maintains conditions that contain the plague and keep it alive, but inhibits it from growing. Should any malfunction occur, and growth commences, it would become impossible to contain the plague within the modules. The containers would break within 30 minutes and the plague would reach the outside of the container within two hours.
The modules are kept in a secured area on cargo deck 5 of the 'Enterprise'. Here a larger container, approximately two metres high, is suspended within the confines of metallic bracing, more than 500 containment modules can be held within its secure outer shell. One side of the container provides a visual display for the environmental controls, while the other side provides graphic displays of the modules. There is room for 73 modules per side. By using handheld devices and sensors on the outside of the container, medical specialists can monitor containment modules. Each one has a specific alphanumerical designation, such as 'L-73'. If there is a problem, the affected module will flash.
The procedures for the transfer of the modules is as strict as their required supervision. Before the samples are even brought aboard, a manifest of all the specimens is reviewed by the 'Enterprise's doctor, after which the modules are inspected by a medical trustee. The Transporter is used to bring the container modules aboard, although, the inhibitor that screens organisms known to be hazardous to the crew must be deactivated. Once the modules are transported into the container, the integrity of the power to the containment grid must be maintained. Thankfully, the care and precision taken ensures that the kind of mistakes that could condemn the entire crew to death are rare.
Last edited by Adge - November 2004
On Stardate 42073 a new type of containment module is designed by Chief Engineer Geordi La Forge of the U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701-D, under the direction of Lt Commander Hester Dealt. These modules are used to carry samples of the deadly plasma plague from the Federation research station on 'Audet IX' to science station 'Tango Sierra', where it is hoped that an antidote can be manufactured.
Each Container module has its own controls to regulate atmosphere, temperature, radiation, light, humidity, and the electrical spectrum. Information from eacg module is transmitted directly to the main display on the side of the larger container. The temperature set for the containment modules is 97 degrees centigrade, with 12 percent humidity, and lumens zero. The modules maintain constant electromagnetic containment.
The small containments modules are nested within a larger container, or grid. The actual containment module is a clear, six-sided box that contains a small petri dish on which a sample of the plasma plague is placed. At the top of each module is a small environmental monitor that maintains conditions that contain the plague and keep it alive, but inhibits it from growing. Should any malfunction occur, and growth commences, it would become impossible to contain the plague within the modules. The containers would break within 30 minutes and the plague would reach the outside of the container within two hours.
The modules are kept in a secured area on cargo deck 5 of the 'Enterprise'. Here a larger container, approximately two metres high, is suspended within the confines of metallic bracing, more than 500 containment modules can be held within its secure outer shell. One side of the container provides a visual display for the environmental controls, while the other side provides graphic displays of the modules. There is room for 73 modules per side. By using handheld devices and sensors on the outside of the container, medical specialists can monitor containment modules. Each one has a specific alphanumerical designation, such as 'L-73'. If there is a problem, the affected module will flash.
The procedures for the transfer of the modules is as strict as their required supervision. Before the samples are even brought aboard, a manifest of all the specimens is reviewed by the 'Enterprise's doctor, after which the modules are inspected by a medical trustee. The Transporter is used to bring the container modules aboard, although, the inhibitor that screens organisms known to be hazardous to the crew must be deactivated. Once the modules are transported into the container, the integrity of the power to the containment grid must be maintained. Thankfully, the care and precision taken ensures that the kind of mistakes that could condemn the entire crew to death are rare.
Last edited by Adge - November 2004