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A ramscoop is a device that captures stellar gasses and converts them into usable fuel. (DS9: Captive Pursuit)
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A burst of subatomic nadion particles that faciliate a release of energy from the emitter crystal in a phaser.
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Also referred to as maneuvering thrusters. The RCS is a low-power propulsion system for low-velocity attitude and translational control. Depending on the starship type, the system consists of a number of thrusters mostly located at the edge of the saucer hull. The RCS used in most Federation vessels is based on a fusion reaction, but its principle has not changed since the early days of space travel in the 1960's, and similar thrusters were attached e.g. to the hull of the Apollo spaceship.
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| RCS inverter | |
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An RCS inverter is part of shuttlepod mechanics. (ENT: The Council)
Contributed by: Clare Bradley
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Type of armor that actively defelcts energy and projectiles, sometimes by exploding outward in such a way as to deflect the incoming projectile.
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On many starships, a small office located directly adjacent to the bridge, where the commanding officer can work undisturbed.
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Speed at which relativistic effects such as mass increase and time dilatation become evident. While the warp drive is inherently free of such effects, they have to be considered if the ship is powered by the impulse drive only. According to Einstein's Special Relativity Theory, a movement at a speed v leads to a mass increase by the factor (sqrt(1-v^2/c^2))^-1. For small v values, this increase is negligible, however, for 0.25c it yields 6.7% and increases strongly for higher speeds. Finally, at v=c mass would become infinite if c could be achieved without warp drive. Actually, this effect prevents a starship from being accelerated to high speeds with conventional propulsion, because such a ship would virtually consist of nothing but fuel. This problem is solved with a subspace field that lowers the effective mass.
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Device which is capable of creating matter from raw matter. The working principle of this device is related to the transporter. The replicator diassembles and assembles matter in a similar way, the main difference is that its resolution is limited to the molecular level.
The replicator works on a molecular base, which is sufficient to create food or articles for daily use. It is necessary to store suited raw matter, i.e. matter with the molecular composition required. Usually waste is employed for this purpose.
Replicators have biofilters that automatically screen out contaminants. (DS9: Babel)
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| Replicator center | |
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The replicator center is an area on Deep Space Nine where you can get mechanical parts reproduced. (DS9: Captive Pursuit)
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| Rodinium | |
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 Cast rodinium was used in the protective shield on Earth Outpost 4. As of Stardate 1709, it was the hardest substance known. Rodinium recovered from the debris of Earth Outpost 4 crumbled in Spock's hand. The lab on the U.S.S. Enterprise theorized that an enveloping plasma that forced an implosion caused it. (TOS: Balance of Terror)
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| Rotating phaser frequency | |
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Method of changing the phaser frequency employed by the Federation, so as to prevent adaptation of Borg shielding.
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Method of changing the deflector shield frequency at random to avoid penetration by enemy weapons.
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| Runabout | |
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Vessel with a size between a starship and a shuttlecraft, mainly used for mid-range personnel transport.
Runabouts are equipped with warp and impulse drive, shields, phasers and optional photon torpedoes.
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