...ineering station there duplicates the engineering command functions in the engine room.
A Shift Engineer is the senior engineer present during any given shift in the engine room, serving akin to the officer having the conn on the bridge, with on-ca
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...nstitute for Advanced Impulse Engine Design|Institute for Advanced Impulse Engine Design]]
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====Institute for Advanced Impulse Engine Design====
...in sublight propulsion technologies. While the basic design of Federation impulse engines has remained fundamentally the same since the twenty-second century
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...ort in-system missions or transport from orbit to a planet's surface. This impulse-only craft could sustain a crew of 2-4 and 4-6 passengers for several weeks
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* Deck 1 | Engine Room
...deck, shuttle bay, computer core and engineering facilities, including the impulse control rooms are all on this deck. The main labs for the ship can be found
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...tter pods and injectors are located near the top of the ship, close to the impulse deflection crystal. In an emergency, the antimatter pods can be jettisoned
...Eight advanced shield emitters are located directly forward of the primary impulse deflection crystal, which concentrate and reinforce the ship's shields. Thi
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...s then in the later stages of construction. These included an extra set of impulse engines on the saucer section, flares on the side of the engineering hull,
...that the hull space that was given up for additional impulse reactors and engine systems could be put to better use in order to house advanced scientific eq
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...l as meaning that primary power failure meant the failure of both warp and impulse systems. To save on production expense, the warp coils in use aboard the tw
...be used aboard the ''Galaxy'' and ''Nebula''. The advantages of this warp engine design were evident immediately in the ship's high top speed and maneuverab
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...that the ''Galaxy'' has, due to a slightly smaller warp core. The impulse engine systems are significantly different, as the ''Nebula'' uses exhaust diffuse
...the warp engines configured to generate a subspace field akin to what the impulse engines’ subspace drivers coils do to sustain sublight flight. This is no
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...gine. Design features of the ''NX'' class in the warp drive’s position and engine room were carried over to the ''Columbia'' following positive feedback from
To support both the warp and impulse engines, a secondary computer core was installed in the stardrive section.
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...volume. While the original ''Centaur'' had a warp reactor located near the impulse engines, the ''Centaur II'' designers moved the warp core into a fully-fled
...ngines, compared to just two on the Centaur, which makes it much faster at impulse speeds, which gives it a greater ability to maneuver in dangerous regions.
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...owering for impulse flight. The ''Pathfinder'' also has a set of two small impulse jets in the primary hull to enhance maneuverability.
...d to join their ranks as well, given their high top speed at both warp and impulse. Command of a ''Pathfinder'' would be a serious feather in the cap of any o
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...nchers angled down to avoid hitting the ship itself), and two slender warp engine nacelles.
...iginal design had cleaner lines, a number of external components above the impulse engines and under the primary hull have been added over the years to increa
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...maller mass, thus avoiding having to design a completely new, experimental engine. Reliability was further increased by using power conduits and couplings ta
Impulse power is provided by two over-sized engines on either side of the primary h
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...ars the design has stayed the same while systems including the warp drive, impulse drive, disruptor cannons, and torpedo launchers have been refitted, upgrade
...ge, and a light aft-firing torpedo launcher located just above the impulse engine. These ships are geared towards frontal assaults, followed by repositioning
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...the ship’s twin shuttle bays, an extensive cargo management area, and the impulse engines.
...h the warp nacelle pylons. This has the added benefit of being able to use impulse thrust to control the ship’s heading to a greater degree than was previou
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In the center of each warp engine are two extendable cylindrical modules which hold two of the craft's phaser
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It is slow and ungainly at impulse speeds, using two primary impulse engines in the wings and two secondary ones lower on the main hull. This is
...experience building large ships, even with Dominion assistance, and so the engine technology left the ship with a paltry top speed. They also cost more than
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...o their much larger contemporaries, the ''Galaxy'' and ''Nebula''-classes. Impulse power is provided by a pair of engines located on either side of the saucer
...ey weren’t a critical production line, which led to their unusual vertical engine orientation, a design that had fewer benefits than first envisioned. Produc
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