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The
ENGINEERING systems monitor duplicates in simplified form the
Chief Engineer's primary status displays from Main Engineering. These displays include the
warp propulsion system, impulse propulsion system, and related subsystems. This station
allows the Chied Engineer to maintain supervision over engineering while on the bridge.
This is particularly critical when the Chief Engineer's presence on the bridge may be
required to maintain a close watch over the status of key systems. During most routine
Cruise Mode operations, bridge monitoring of these systems is the responsiblity of the
Flight Control Officer and the Operations Manager. This station is normally configured for passive systems display, priority access by the Chief Engineer or senior staff can provide full control of virtually all engineering systems. The console is linked to the engineering systems through the bridge's dedicated optical data network (ODN) trunks, but an additional measure of redundancy is provided by dedicated optical hardlines, which permit direct control of key systems in the event of major control systems failure. The main computer cores would be assumed to be unavailble or unreliable, so manual control of systems would be enabled with support from the bridge Engineering sub-processor. In Full Enable Mode, the station is capable of individually addressing each control and servo device, including Engineering command software in all propulsion systems which are subject to saftey restrications. Which give the Chief Engineer enormous flexiblity to reconfigure system operations in response to unforseen situations. This station is normally unattended, except by the Chief Engineer or key Engineering personnel, although most of its displays areadily accessible to both Ops and Conn through their respective control programs. |
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