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Security Level 1 - Open
TO CAPT Tlei, A.
CC SCDR Eviess
FROM LCDR S. J. Brex
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Captain, Subcommander,
I am under no illusion that we will be able to spare the time for a major refit in the short term, however I feel we could benefit from some enhanced systems over the current state of the Brindisi. Some may be larger requests than others, but all are designed to operate together to ensure a significantly enhanced mission and operation profile, I believe we should be able to perform these upgrades piecemeal in order to ensure a minimum projected downtime.
WARP CORE
Thought I'd best get the primary request out into the open first. I propose we replace our current warp core with a class 9 system. This style core provides slightly less power than the class 8, however it operates at a lower maintenance cost and is fitted with a tri-cyclic input manifold which will greatly reduce our calibration of intermix phase differential, allowing for a longer sustained higher power curve. The class 9 is also fitted with a compositor which will greatly enhance our dilithium recrystallisation efforts allowing longer duration of detached service. I would recommend a Yoyodyne Systems core over General Electric, these are usually created with a higher quality transparent aluminium casing which allows greater stresses to be placed on the core without risking a breach situation.
PLASMA WAVEGUIDE CONDUITS
Our current Yoyodyne Type-R conduits are some of the best current starships can be fitted with, 3.7 litre flow and a drop flow induction coil give us some of the best performance a Starfleet vessel is capable of, however going back a few years, and General Electric actually made slightly better ones.
Newer GE conduits are farmed out to the Cardassian corporation Ghemor Industries (who are better known for Isolinear Rod Computer systems over Plasma Waveguide Conduits!) who use a slightly stronger polymer in their design which is able to withstand greater kinetic impacts, however have a significantly limited thermal resistance (up to 58,000K). With the Brindisi's ablative armour system, we can withstand greater impacts than most other vessels in the fleet so that's not a concern for us. Circa 2412 GE conduits have the same 3.7 litre flow, with drop flow induction coils, but can withstand plasma temperatures of up to 70,000K, whereas our current conduits can only withstand up to 64,000K. Higher plasma temperatures equals lower subspace disruption in warp and transwarp applications.
These may be hard to come by, but I may be able to pull a few favours from a quartermaster or two, this may require some form of investment however.
ELECTROPLASMA DISTRIBUTION NETWORK
While the waveguide conduits themselves are unlikely to create additional strain on the EPDN, it would be an idea to install a redundant EPS Junction on deck 8 (behind the main computer core) and also on deck 18 (behind the main deflector), this is largely an issue for redundancy, however would allow increased sensor resolution and processing should sufficient resources be diverted there.
COMPUTER SYSTEMS
Again, more of an enhancement in the spirit of redundancies, however we would also see a benefit to increased processing power if we added additional ODN points to existing junctions and used a newer Bio-Neutral gel pack filament. These would be supplemented with additional isolinear banks for computational storage and secondary processing.
Additionally I would like to liaise with Operations to organise an upgrade to LCARS 8, or at the very least LCARS 7, there's a number of new features and fixes which will improve general ship based operation.
I thank you for your consideration and hope this quick plan is to your liking.
//SIGNED//
Lieutenant Commander Saun Brex
Chief Engineer
U.S.S. Brindisi
