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7.1 UTILITIESto emergency environmental support shelter areas. Alsoincorporated into this network are low-capacity superconductiveelectrical power distribution cables for critical backup systems.ADDITIONAL UTILITIES SYSTEMSAdditional utilities systems provide support for the ship'sservice infrastructure. These include:• Umbilical resupply connect ports and associatedsystems. Principal among these are the resupply umbilicalconnect clusters located along the spine of the Engineeringsection. These include provisions for deuterium fuel loading,cryogenic oxygen resupply, gaseous atmospheric support,fresh water, wastewater off-loading, EPS external support,external synthetic gravity support, and external SIF/IDF support.Some of these umbilicals are used for resupply, theremainder allow external support systems (such as thoseavailable at a starbase) to carry the load of key systems,allowing the ship's systems to be shut down for servicing (See:15.7).• Jefferies Tubes. This refers to a system of accesstunnels and utilities corridors that carry much of the variousutilities conduits and waveguides. The Jefferies Tube networkcovers the entire volume of the ship, providing access toutilities trunks and circuitry. Also located within these tubesare a variety of maintenance and testing points that allow theperformance of various systems to be physically measured atkey points throughout the ship.• Corridor access panels. Additional utilities distributionis provided by a network of passageways located within(and running parallel to) the personnel corridor walls. Thesecorridor utility paths are accessible from within the corridor byremoving the wall panels. Also located within certain corridoraccess panels are various emergency support packages,including emergency atmospheric and power supply modules,firefighting equipment, disaster medical supply kits, andenvironment suits (See: 13.4).• Auxiliary fusion generators. Utilities systems includea number of small auxiliary fusion generators that providepower when the warp and impulse reactors are inactive.These fusion generators also provide supplemental powerwhen needed and are a key element of contingency operations.Jefferies Tubes are named in honor of Matt Jefferies, artdirector of the first Star Trek series and the original designerof the starship Enterprise. The term is a carryover from theoriginal series.7.1.2 Corridor utilities and equipment lockers

7.2 EXTERIOR CONNECT HARDPOINTS7.2 EXTERIOR CONNECT HARDPOINTSDuring its predicted one-hundred-year operational lifetime,a Galaxy class starship is expected to put in for maintenanceand upgrade layovers at starbases and repair docksapproximately two hundred times. A typical starbase visit willinclude periodic component swapouts, structural scans bynondestructive testing methods, systems upgrades, and consumablesresupply. Many of these functions are carried outthough a series of dedicated umbilicals, loading bays, andaccess hatches located over the entire vehicle.The exterior connections were designed into the starshipto take advantage of certain existing docking mechanismsoriginally created for the Ambassador class and integratenew automated arm and end effector devices. Most of theconsumables supplied to the ship are accepted throughtwenty-four transfer ports located along the structural spine ofthe Battle Section. Distinct one-way-fit supply tunnels matewith the spine ports, assuring that fluids, gases, and driedsolids remain separate and are routed to the proper storagecompartments. Most raw materials destined for eventualreplicator reassembly are transferred in this manner andplaced in large bulk holding tanks (See: 7.1).Exterior connections for numerous other ship systemsare located within the spine, including the electro plasmasystem, optical data network, main computers, structuralintegrity field, inertial damping field, and aft torpedo launcher.Much of the general "health" of the Enterprise can be gaugedthrough these links, and appropriate preventative maintenancecan be performed to bring the ship into homeostasis.Fill, vent, and purge lines to the primary deuteriumtankage is accessed through eight connectors in the spine.Complete tank cleaning and inspection are accomplished bystarbase-assisted pumps, followed by deuterium refilling.Complete antimatter tankage refurbishment is performedonly at certain starbases with refining or tanker transport capabilities.The antimatter ports and warp engine core accesspanel are located exterior to Deck 42 on the ventral surfaceof the Battle Section.Bulk cargo is loaded through six large iris and flexibleplanarbay doors located in the aft hull undercut, the forwardventral surface of the Battle Section, and the ventral surfaceof the Saucer Module. These doors open onto eighteen cargoholding and distribution spaces; materiel is routed to smallerstorage bays for later use during flight. Certain internal cargobays not serviced by exterior doors or cargo turbolifts areaccommodated by large cargo transporter pads. Items requiringspecial handling, such as medical supplies, can bestored in these bays for rapid dispersal by transporter andantigrav pallets.Personnel transfers are accomplished through four pressurizedgangways. Two large elliptical tunnel connectors can7.2.1 Exterior connect hardpoints

7.1 UTILITIESto emergency environmental support shelter areas. Alsoincorporated into this network are low-capacity superconductiveelectrical power distribution cables for critical backup systems.ADDITIONAL UTILITIES SYSTEMSAdditional utilities systems provide support for the ship'sservice infrastructure. These include:• Umbilical resupply connect ports and associatedsystems. Principal among these are the resupply umbilicalconnect clusters located along the spine of the Engineeringsection. These include provisions for deuterium fuel loading,cryogenic oxygen resupply, gaseous atmospheric support,fresh water, wastewater off-loading, EPS external support,external synthetic gravity support, and external SIF/IDF support.Some of these umbilicals are used for resupply, theremainder allow external support systems (such as thoseavailable at a <strong>star</strong>base) to carry the load of key systems,allowing the ship's systems to be shut down for servicing (See:15.7).• Jefferies Tubes. This refers to a system of accesstunnels and utilities corridors that carry much of the variousutilities conduits and waveguides. The Jefferies Tube networkcovers the entire volume of the ship, providing access toutilities trunks and circuitry. Also located within these tubesare a variety of maintenance and testing points that allow theperformance of various systems to be physically measured atkey points throughout the ship.• Corridor access panels. Additional utilities distributionis provided by a network of passageways located within(and running parallel to) the personnel corridor walls. Thesecorridor utility paths are accessible from within the corridor byremoving the wall panels. Also located within certain corridoraccess panels are various emergency support packages,including emergency atmospheric and power supply modules,firefighting equipment, disaster medical supply kits, andenvironment suits (See: 13.4).• Auxiliary fusion generators. Utilities systems includea number of small auxiliary fusion generators that providepower when the warp and impulse reactors are inactive.These fusion generators also provide supplemental powerwhen needed and are a key element of contingency operations.Jefferies Tubes are named in honor of Matt Jefferies, artdirector of the first Star Trek series and the original designerof the <strong>star</strong>ship Enterprise. The term is a carryover from theoriginal series.7.1.2 Corridor utilities and equipment lockers

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