ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT BRIEFING - ATTENTION ALL ENGINEERS

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ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT BRIEFING

PROJECT EREBUS — PRELIMINARY ENGINEERING ASSESSMENT

Classification: Mission Essential
Distribution: Engineering
Date: 11 August 2398

SUMMARY

Science has designed something Engineering cannot currently build.

This is not unusual.

The scale is.

PROJECT

EREBUS is a proposed artificial trans-galactic aperture system incorporating Federation, Romulan and multiple Circinus technologies.

Current simulations indicate the concept is viable.

Current Elysium resources are insufficient for construction.

PRIMARY ENGINEERING SYSTEMS

Aperture Geometry: Rin'thar.

Power Generation: Varn Ascendancy.

Structural Matrix: Ael'ven.

Field Harmonisation: Zypheran.

Subspace/Transit Integration: Federation/Romulan/Thaih'ea-derived research.

CONSTRUCTION CHALLENGES

Engineering should expect problems involving:

- incompatible power standards,
- incompatible computer languages,
- incompatible materials,
- different measurement systems,
- alien safety standards,
- thermal regulation,
- structural stress,
- subspace shear,
- power surges,
- field harmonics,
- fabrication limitations,
- component tolerances,
- maintenance access,
- emergency shutdown,
- catastrophic containment failure.

Some participating species do not define acceptable engineering risk according to Federation standards.

This matters.

POWER

Projected activation energy exceeds Elysium's safe generation capacity.

Varn technology offers a potential solution.

Engineering is specifically tasked with ensuring any proposed Varn system can be safely integrated without placing Elysium or construction personnel under unacceptable risk.

STRUCTURE

Federation materials repeatedly failed during simulations.

Ael'ven composite/resonance technology has substantially improved survival.

Engineering should independently verify all material claims before construction.

FAILURE PLANNING

Engineering is required to consider how Erebus can be stopped.

This is as important as determining how it can be activated.

Questions include:

- Emergency shutdown?
- Power isolation?
- Aperture collapse?
- Structural breakup?
- Evacuation radius?
- Uncontrolled energy discharge?
- Subspace rupture?
- Sabotage?
- Computer failure?
- Loss of one civilisation's proprietary component?
- What happens if somebody deliberately prevents shutdown?

SECURITY

Do not leave Erebus technical information unsecured on Zyphera Prime.

Do not connect Starfleet engineering systems directly to unfamiliar networks without Operations/Security approval.

Do not assume visiting engineers are authorised to access all Elysium systems.

ENGINEERING OBJECTIVE

Turn five civilisations' incompatible technologies into one machine.

Preferably without exploding.