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* [[The Quantum Slipstream Drive – An Operations Guide]] | * [[The Quantum Slipstream Drive – An Operations Guide]] | ||
==Basics of Quantum Slipstream== | ==Basics of Quantum Slipstream and Important Limitations== | ||
[[Image:Slipstream.jpg|thumb|left|A Starfleet shuttle in the slipstream.]] | [[Image:Slipstream.jpg|thumb|left|A Starfleet shuttle in the slipstream.]] | ||
===Speed=== | ===Speed=== | ||
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===Drive stamina=== | ===Drive stamina=== | ||
At its current technological advancement, Starfleet slipstream drives can only be operated for a maximum of approximately 12 hours before initiating auto-shutdown procedures. This allows a ship to travel 3,600 light years from where they started. | At its current technological advancement, Starfleet slipstream drives can '''only be operated for a maximum of approximately 12 hours''' before initiating auto-shutdown procedures. This allows a ship to travel 3,600 light years from where they started. | ||
===Warm-up time=== | ===Warm-up time=== | ||
Starfleet slipstream drives require a warm-up cycle before they can be engaged. This warm-up cycle requires 40 minutes of preparation by a trained Starfleet Engineering Officer. | Starfleet slipstream drives require a warm-up cycle before they can be engaged. This '''warm-up cycle requires 40 minutes of preparation''' by a trained Starfleet Engineering Officer. | ||
===Cool-down time=== | ===Cool-down time=== | ||
Once the drive is deactivated, it cannot be reactivated for at least 36 hours. Any attempt to warm-up the drive before the cool-down cycle has completed could result in an unstable slipstream. | Once the drive is deactivated, it '''cannot be reactivated for at least 36 hours'''. Any attempt to warm-up the drive before the cool-down cycle has completed could result in an unstable slipstream. | ||
===Upgrade cycle=== | ===Upgrade cycle=== | ||
As the technology rolls out to the fleet, it will be necessary for ships to return to spacedock, on average, every two years for a minor refit and hull inspection to ensure that the slipstream drives are not compromising the long-term integrity of the fleet. | As the technology rolls out to the fleet, it will be necessary for ships to return to spacedock, on average, every two years for a minor refit and hull inspection to ensure that the slipstream drives are not compromising the long-term integrity of the fleet. | ||
==Other Rules Regarding the QSD== | |||
The following rules were passed by the [[Captains Council]] (recorded as CC2393-17): | |||
#Ships with large saucer-like hulls are a gray zone. If they're Galaxy class or newer, and were put into production after the Enterprise-D, we're able to retrofit them with slipstream drives, but it places an extraordinary stress on the slipstream drive and structural integrity field, which requires frequent spacedock time (more than 200 hours in slipstream) for hull inspection, slipstream drive servicing, and refreshing of the benamite crystals. (The crystals "burn-down" at 2x the normal rate.) | |||
#Any ship with a large saucer-like hull larger than the Galaxy class, and/or older than the Enterprise-D is ineligible for a slipstream drive. | |||
#New ships require a more streamlined hull to utilize slipstream drive efficiently. | |||
#All currently OOC commissioned ships are grandfathered into the proposal. This exemption does not apply to other ships of the same class as those that are OOC commissioned. | |||
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