22 April 3038
Deep Space (Unknown)
"Let's cross our fingers that this works." Dr. Denise Reynolds said, and she pressed the send button.
"I register the message was sent Dr. Reynolds. There is no way to be sure it will reach anyone. I would prefer to not have to perform a normal jump on our damaged Jump Core, nor risk losing my mind, as you called it." Amber reported
"And there is no way to know if we can even receive any sort of reply, if someone sends it. We will just sit and wait. In the meantime, let's review what you have concluded about the experimental plating you tested, without authorization I might add." Dr. Reynolds replied
"Shall I demonstrate what I have concluded Dr. Reynolds?" Amber asked
"Of course, what are you going to demonstrate?" She answered as there was a brief pulse in the ships lighting, suddenly she felt as though she were on a grav deck. The sudden event gave her a feeling of unease after days in Zero G.
"Dr. Reynolds, the ships deck plating and hull are now energized. You should be able to unbuckle and move about in an environment equal to 1g gravity." Amber said
Carefully, Dr. Denise Reynolds unbuckled her seats restraints and smiled when they did not "float" but dropped into her lap. She carefully stood and slowly took a step, ready to grab hold of something if she suddenly launched. But after several careful steps, she gained in confidence. "Amber, this is amazing. Exactly how is this possible?"
"I have 2 dedicated processors constantly monitoring and adjusting the intensity of the energy fields from the deck plating and hull plating. This allows a push/pull effect using the different magnetic fields being generated. Our recent event has left a high amount of residual energy collected and saved. I could use the energy stored in any LF battery collected by normal methods to also accomplish the same task. Or even by routing power from the ship's reactor, though this would burn thru fuel, which we have a finite amount of. We are currently operating off the ships recharge sail for all power needs, and I am routing the excess charge collected directly into the hull and deck plating instead of venting it into space like we would normally do. Since we have nothing better to do at this time, Permission to test a theory?" Amber explained
"Test what and is it dangerous?" Dr. Reynolds asked
"Since the engineers installed certain power relays to power the deck and hull plating, I would like to open the charging circuits on the other LF batteries and core. With the hull and deck drawing in power, I have a theory that we might be able to recharge all LF batteries at the exact same time using a single source of charging. Normally each battery and the main core are charged off of their own dedicated source to maintain the precise power flow to each. Normally, trying to charge multiple batteries and core off a single source result in massive power fluctuations which could damage the storage mediums. But I now have a way to shunt the excess power flow enabling me to possibly recharge everything off a single source, by using up the excess power to counter any fluctuation." Amber explained
"As long as there is no risk to the ship, you may test your theory." Dr. Reynolds said
"Starting power flow test one. Opening power relays to allow charging of primary core and LF battery two. Power fluctuation detected, adjusting power relay resistance to compensate for power flow. Shunting extra power to the ships artificial gravity fields. Assigning dedicated processor to constant adjusting of power relays and shunting. Power flow stable on both core and LF battery two, opening power relay to LF battery one. Power fluctuations detected on all three targets, adjustments being made, power inflow is now stable, artificial gravity now at 1.23g from additional power being shunted. Now at 1.32 and increasing. Now at 1.56 gravities. Dr. Reynolds, you might want to sit down, I am having difficulty adjusting the power flow to maintain a single gravity. Power inflow increasing, shutting power relay to LF battery one. Power adjustments being made, gravity back down to 1.26 gravities. I am going to shut down the experiment. I have the information needed. The ships hull and deck size are not large enough to handle the excess power inflow to recharge all storage mediums at the same time to regulate the power fluctuations. On a larger vessel, it should be possible, Hegemony warships will easily be able to consume the excess power while maintaining exact gravity.
Their heavier armor is denser, which will consume more power as it is passed thru it. Same for their increased deck count, multiple sensor systems, weapons systems. They are equipped with many times the power usage over our vessel. But I have proven my theory, it can be done with dedicated processors to monitor the power flows. I would recommend redesigning the power relays to be quicker to adjust their resistance values, while maintaining a strict power inflow to the storage medium of choice. I did detect a power feedback and temperature increase along the recharge sail collectors. This could be due to our inability to consume the amount of power being collected." Amber stated
