[89311] in tlhIngan-Hol
Re: Duj patmey HoS/Ship systems power
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Gaerfindel)
Wed Aug 31 17:39:12 2011
Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2011 17:32:22 -0400
From: Gaerfindel <gaerfindel@hotmail.com>
To: tlhingan-hol@kli.org
In-Reply-To: <6.2.5.6.2.20110831124051.07ffcd20@flyingstart.ca>
Errors-to: tlhingan-hol-bounce@kli.org
Reply-to: tlhingan-hol@kli.org
On 8/31/2011 3:55 PM, Robyn Stewart wrote:
> Dap 'oHmo' lutwIj 'ay''a' vIlaghlI' 'a meq vItlhojta'. Duj HoS pat
> vIyajbe'. chamHey vI'oghlaH jIH 'ach Hov leng cham vIlo' 'e' vImaS.
> bIng Sov yISachneS:
>
> pIvghor HoSmoHmeH rugh natlh 'ej choHmoHtaH cha'pujqut.
> Hongghor HoSmoHmeH muv'eghtaH bIQSIp 'ugh
> muD yIntagh, wovmoHwI', nuH, De'wI'mey, chuyDaH HoSmoHmeH nuq?
>
> DaSovchugh yIjang. tlhIngan Hol Dalo'laHbe' vaj jIHvaD yIngeH 'ej
> DIvI' Hol yIlo'.
> ---
> I'm in the process of ripping apart a major section of my story
> because it's garbage, but I've realized why. I don't understand the
> ship power system. I can devise the technology myself, but I'd prefer
> to use Star Trek technology. Would you be so kind as to expand on the
> knowledge below:
>
> Dilithium crystals consume and transform antimatter to power the warp drive.
> Deuterium fusion powers the impulse drive.
> What powers life support, lights, weapons, computers and thrusters?
>
> If you know, answer.. If you can't use Klingon then send it to me and
> use Standard.
>
> - Qov
>
>
"[Dilithium crystal] is the only material known to
Federation science to be nonreactive with antimatter when
subjected to a high-frequency electromagnetic (EM) field in
the megawatt range, rendering it 'porous' to antihydrogen."
--/Star Trek: The Next Generation Technical Manual/, p. 60
