Engineering Tools

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Accelerometer
Instrument used to measure the direction and amount of velocity change.

Antigrav
Portable device used aboard Federation starships for handling cargo and other items too large for a single crew member to carry.

Anyon Emitter
Engineering device to clear chroniton particles contamination.

Bipolar Torch
Powerful cutting tool. A bipolar torch can cut through toranium metal.

Construction Module
Remotely controlled robotic device used for construction in free space.

Cyrosensor
Engineering tool that utilizes sonic energy for component repair.

Directional Sonic Generator
Hand held directional audio frequency emitter.

Duotronic Probe
Engineering tool used to regulate the plasma flow.

Flux Generator
Engineering and Scientific Instrument .

Gravitic Caliper
Engineering instrument used to regulate the plasma flow. More precise than a Duotronic probe.

Gravity Boots
Also known as Magnetic boots.

Gravity Net
Floor mat used in free fall environments to generate artificial gravity.

Holographic Projectors
Imaging device used in Holodecks and similar three-dimensional display environments. Holographic projectors were incorporated in Starship Voyagers Sickbay permitting the operation of the ships EMH.

Hyperspanner
Engineering tool used in the calibration of plasma injectors.

Inertial Dampers
Field manipulation devices designed to compensate for the acceleration forces generated when a space vehicle changes speed or direction of flight.

Interface Probe
Robotic device that uses remote telepresence technology to permit a person to work in hazardous environments while remaining at a safe location.

Internal Power Grid
Alternate term for the EPS power distribution system used aboard Federation starships.

Isolinear Chip Recorder
Engineering tool that records Isolinear Optical Chips with data and software, used throughout Starfleet.

Isolinear Optical Chip
Isolinear optical chips are the primary software and data storage medium employed throughout Starfleet computer systems. These nanotech devices represent a number of significant advances over the crystal memory cards used in earlier systems. These chips make use of single-optical crystal layering to achieve sub wavelength switching distances. Nanopulse matrix techniques yield a total memory capacity of 2.15 kiloquads per chip in standard holographic format.

Like earlier crystal memory devices, isolinear chips optimize access by employing onboard nanoprocessors. In these modern devices, however, higher processing speeds permit individual chips to manage data configuration independent of LCARS control, thus reducing system access time by up to 7%. Additionally, the chip substrate is infused with trace quantities of platinum / iridium, which permits FTL optical data transmission when energized by the core's subspace flux. This results in a dramatic 335% increase in processing speed when used in the main computer cores.

Isolinear chips can be ruggedized with the application of a protective tripolymer sealant over the refractive interface surface. This allows the chip to be handled without protective gloves. When so treated, isolinear chips are used as a convenient form of information transport. Many portable data-handling devices such as tricorders, PADDs, and optical chip readers are able to read and write to standard format isolinear chips.

Jefferies Tubes
Systems access crawl ways aboard Federation starships.

KLS Stabilizer
Device used to maintain power output stability of a starships warp core.

Krellide Storage Cells
A power storage device used in shuttlecraft and handheld tools.

Magnaspanner
A handheld tool used by Starfleet engineers.

Magnetic Boots
Footwear used by Starfleet personnel in weightless conditions to allow a worker to remain attached and vertical with respect to the floor or other suitable surface. Also know as gravity boots.

Magnetic Probe
Used to seal the matter - antimatter flow on starships.

Master Situation Monitor
Large wall mounted display in main engineering. The master situation monitor features a large cutaway diagram of the ship, used for monitoring the overall status of the ship and it's departments.

Microoptic Drill
A handheld piece of Starfleet equipment used to produce extremely small precision holes.

Nanopolymer
Densified material that can be used to reinforce components of plasma flow conduits.

Neutrino Probe
Engineering tool used to scan neutrino readings found in a Starship's warp signature. A standard Starfleet tricorder is not equipped to detect neutrinos.

ODN
Acronym for Optical Data Network. A system of fiber-optic data transmission conduits used aboard Federation starships, serving as the nervous system of the ships computer network.

ODN Recoupler
Engineering tool used in the maintenance of the ODN systems.

Opti Cable
Fiber optic data transmission cable used aboard Federation starships, as part of the ODN system.

PADD
In its primary role aboard a starship, the Personal Access Display Device (PADD) is a handheld control and display terminal. Small, easily managed terminals and computers are in daily use throughout Starfleet, as a natural response to crew member' needs to (1) execute hardware functions in a variety of locations, and (2) manipulate visual information and communicate that information to others aboard ship. Access to the Starbase computers and other pieces of equipment can be accomplished through the usual control displays and larger terminal screens, of course, but the PADD has become a convenient adjunct to those panels.

The standard small PADD is 10 x 15 x 1 cm and is constructed from three basic layers of embedded circuit-composite material. All primary electronics, including multilayer display screen, are bonded to the casing, a boronite whisker epoxy. If dropped accidentally, even from a height of 35 m, a PADD will remain undamaged. Replaceable components are limited to three, the sarium power loop, isolinear memory chip, and subspace transceiver assembly (STA).

In normal daily use, the power supply remains installed and is induction recharged. A full charge will last sixteen hours; if a PADD is about to exhaust its battery, it can set a memory flag in the main computer to transfer tasks to a working unit, or suspend them until a later time. The total memory capacity of the isolinear chips is 4.3 kiloquads. Like the tricorder, the PADD can transfer its total memory to the main computers in less than one second if the need arises. The STA issued to maintain data channels between the PADD and the Starbase computers. If taken on an away mission, the PADD can also perform uplink / downlink operations and function as a transporter lock-on node. Data transmissions and computing functions can be shared with any other Starfleet device supporting the STA com protocols. As with the personal communicator, transmissions are encrypted for security purposes.

The display screen, 4.25 times larger than that of a tricorder, allows for the manipulation of control graphics, numerical data, and images by touch. Electrosensitive areas of the casing (colored brown on the standard engineering PADD) are designed for specific data movement and storage functions. They can also be used to personalize the default set-up and single crew member security restriction. An audio pickup sensor permits voice input.

The PADD's control functions mimic those of any multilayer panel, insofar as the security restrictions for individual crew members are concerned. Properly configured with the CONN position bridge controls, a crew member can theoretically fly a starship from a PADD while walking down a corridor. While this would be an impractical exercise due to PADD memory limitations and the relatively small display screen, it is an example of the overall multiple-option philosophy established in the design objectives by Starfleet's Research and Design Bureau.

This philosophy treats the starship as an integrated organism in which each component can be regarded as a cell in a body directed by a central brain, but with processing capabilities distributed throughout the neural network. Because of this, PADDs and many other handheld data devices are capable of accessing any data file or command program to which the user has authorized access.

Custom PADD configurations can be fabricated in any starship or starbase hardware replication facility equipped with custom isolinear circuit programming capabilities.

Particle Emitter
Used aboard Federation Starships and Space Stations.

Pattern Enhancers
Used by Starfleet transporter systems to amplify the beam , thereby making personnel transport safer during relatively hazardous situations.

Phase - Conjugate Graviton Emitter
Used in tractor beams to increase lift capacity.

Plasma Canister
Used to transport small amounts of warp plasma.

Plasma Conversion Sensor
Used to measure the consumption of matter and antimatter fuel during engine use.

Plasma Coolant
Highly corrosive fluid used in warp - drive systems.

Plasma Infuser
Hand Held instrument used for the transfer of high energy plasma.

Plasma Torch
Work tool used aboard Federation Starships and Space Stations.

Sonic Driver
Hand held engineering device used to measure tetryon particle flux fields.

Subspace Field Sensor
Hand held engineering device.

Superconducting Flux Degausser
Engineering device used throughout Federation Starships in conjunction with Flux generators and Flux spectrometers.

Tetryon Analyzer
Engineering tool used to detect cryogenic fuel leaks.