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There is one blatently obvious responsibility of being an engineer: taking care of the engines. But, truth be told, there is a lot more to it than that. But that's a great place to start. | There is one blatently obvious responsibility of being an engineer: taking care of the engines. But, truth be told, there is a lot more to it than that. But that's a great place to start. | ||
The standard (and typical) engine used in Starfleet is, of course, the [[Warp Drive]]. Which is actually very typical for most of the races we've encountered. I should hope as an engineer you know how they work, but we'll go over the basics anyway. The core of the warp drive is used to control the annihilation of matter and antimatter. This controlled explosion is what generates the tremendous power required to warp space and travel faster than light. Your job is to make sure that the balance of matter and antimatter is equal at all times. There are times when it won't be - subatomic particles are rather hard to predict - and you have to make sure that you can fix that if there's a problem. | The standard (and typical) engine used in Starfleet is, of course, the [[Warp Systems|Warp Drive]]. Which is actually very typical for most of the races we've encountered. I should hope as an engineer you know how they work, but we'll go over the basics anyway. The core of the warp drive is used to control the annihilation of matter and antimatter. This controlled explosion is what generates the tremendous power required to warp space and travel faster than light. Your job is to make sure that the balance of matter and antimatter is equal at all times. There are times when it won't be - subatomic particles are rather hard to predict - and you have to make sure that you can fix that if there's a problem. | ||
Aside from the [[Warp Systems|Warp Drive]], there are many other things an engineer may be expected to repair. [[Sheild Emitters|Shield emitters]], weapons arrays (I.E. [[Phaser Arrays|phaser arrays]] or [[Torpedo Launchers|torpedo launchers]]), [[Environmental Controls|environmental controls]], even [[Replicators|replicators]]. Typically engineers will be expected to repair any damaged system on the ship that is necessary for survival. | Aside from the [[Warp Systems|Warp Drive]], there are many other things an engineer may be expected to repair. [[Sheild Emitters|Shield emitters]], weapons arrays (I.E. [[Phaser Arrays|phaser arrays]] or [[Torpedo Launchers|torpedo launchers]]), [[Environmental Controls|environmental controls]], even [[Replicators|replicators]]. Typically engineers will be expected to repair any damaged system on the ship that is necessary for survival. | ||