┴LL POWER ABOARD THIS SHIP COMES FROM THE MASSIVE ENERGY RELEASED DURING THE CONTROLLED MIXING OF MATTER AND ANTI-MATTER WITHIN A POWERFUL MAGNETIC CONTAINMENT FEILD. ╘HE FLOW OF THIS POWER IS DIRECTED AND REGULATED BY THE PRECISE ALIGNMENT OF CRYSTALS MADE OF A RARE MINERAL CALLED ─ILITHIUM. ╘HE ENERGY RELEASED IS EQUIVILANT TO THAT CONTAINED IN A SMALL STAR AND IS CAREFULLY MONITORED BY THE SHIPS ENGINEERS WITH THE AID OF THE SHIPS COMPUTERS. ═UCH OF THIS POWER IS REQUIRED BY ╫ARP ╨ROPULSION ╒NITS TO ACHIEVE WARP SPEED. ╘HESE UNITS ARE THE ONLY SYSTEMS ABOARD THAT ARE DESIGNED TO DRAW POWER DIRECTLY FROM THE ─ILITHIUM CONVERTER. ┴LL OTHER SYSTEMS OPERATE AT A MUCH LOWER POWER LEVEL.
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╘HE SHIPS COMPUTERS, LIGHTS, REPLICATORS, LIFE SUPPORT, TRANSPORTERS, IMPULSE ENGINES, SHIELDS, PHASERS, AND SICK BAYS ARE ALL OPERATED BY VARIOUS LEVELS OF STANDARD ELECTRON FLOW. ╘HIS POWER IS SUPPLIED BY THE IMPULSE POWER RESERVES. ╘HIS POWER IS "BLED" OFF AT A SLOW BUT STEADY RATE THAT DOES NOT CAUSE FLUXUATIONS IN THE REACTION WITHIN THE CONTAINMENT BUBBLE. ┬ECAUSE OF THIS INABILITY TO RECOVER QUICKLY, IT IS IMPORTANT TO MAINTAIN THESE RESERVES AT A SAFE LEVEL AT ALL TIMES. ╙OME VITAL FUNCTIONS SUCH AS LIFE SUPPORT, EMERGENCY LIGHTING, AND SICK BAY CAN BE SUPPORTED FOR A SHORT TIME BY THE BATTERIES, BUT THE LARGER SYSTEMS LIKE SHIELDS, PHASERS, AND IMPULSE ENGINES CANNOT BE SUPPLIED BY THE BATTERIES. ╘HERE IS ALSO AN AUXILIARY POWER RESERVE JUST BELOW THE BRIDGE. ╘HIS SUPPLIES POWER TO A MIRIAD OF SECONDARY SYSTEMS IN THE SHIP. ╔T CONTAINS POWER EQUIVILANT TO APOROXIMATELY TEN PERCENT OF THE IMPULSE RESERVES. ╘HERE HAVE BEEN RECORDED INCIDENTS WHERE THESE RESERVES HAVE BEEN SWITCHED DIRECTLY INTO THE IMPULSE RESERVE.
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╨ROPULSION ╙YSTEMS
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╘HE MAIN PROPULSION SYSTEM ON THE ╬├├-1701 IS THE ╫ARP ─RIVE. ╘HE IMPLEMENTATION OF ╫ARP ╨ROPULSION THEORY IS A MIRACLE OF MODERN TECHNOLOGY. ╫ARP SPEED IS NOT SO MUCH A VELOCITY AS IT IS A SERIES OF TIME-SPACE DISPLACEMENTS ALONG A CONTINUIM. ╘HIS HAS THE EFFECT OF MOVING THE STARSHIP AT LIGHT SPEED. ╘HE DESIRED COURSE MUST BE COMPUTED AND LAID INTO THE NAVIGATIONAL COMPUTERS BEFORE THE ╫ARP ─RIVE IS ENGAGED. ─URING WARP TRAVEL THE SHIP MOVES ALONG THE PRE-COMPUTED COURSE AND NO COURSE CHANGES ARE POSSIBLE. ┬ECAUSE OF THE DISPLACEMENT WHICH OCCURS DURING WARP TRAVEL, THE SHIP IS NOT IN ONE PLACE LONG ENOUGH FOR SHORT RANGE SENSORS TO BE EFFECTIVE. ╞OR THE SAME REASON WEAPONS ARE INEFFECTIVE DURING WARP TRAVEL. ┴ NORMAL CRUISING SPEED FOR THE ╬├├-1701 IS WARP FACTOR 4. ┼XCEEDING THE CRUISING SPEED FOR EXTENDED PERIODS OF TIME CAN CAUSE OVERHEATING OF THE ╫ARP ─RIVE OR EXCESSIVE CONSUMPTION OF THE DILITHIUM CRYSTALS. ┼ITHER OF THESE CONDITIONS CAN CAUSE THE ╫ARP ─RIVE TO BE DAMAGED OR TO INVOLUNTARILY SHUT DOWN.
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╙UB-LIGHT TRAVEL IS ACCOMPLISHED THROUGH THE USE OF THE IMPULSE POWER SYSTEMS. ╘HESE SYSTEMS DRAW POWER FROM THE IMPULSE RESERVES TO DRIVE TWO CONVENTIONAL IMPULSE ENGINES. ╘HESE ENGINES ALLOW THE STARSHIP TO TRAVEL WITHIN THE CONFINES OF A SECTOR AND ARE CAPABLE OF CONTROLLED SPEEDS SLOW ENOUGH TO MOVE INTO ORBIT, DOCK AT STARBASES, TAKE SENSOR READINGS ECT. ╘HEY ARE ALSO CAPABLE OF THE SPEEDS NECESSARY TO PERFORM THE TACTICAL MANEUVERS DURING A BATTLE SITUATION. ╔MPULSE ENGINES ARE NOT DESIGNED TO TRAVEL GREAT DISTANCES. ╔T WOULD TAKE A FEW DAYS TO MOVE ONE SECTOR UNDER IMPULSE POWER. ╔MPULSE SPEED RANGES ARE GIVEN IN TENTHS OF FULL POWER FROM 1 TO 9. ╞OR EXAMPLE, ONE HALF IMPULSE POWER IS GIVEN AS IMPULSE POWER 5. ╞ULL IMPULSE POWER IS IMPULSE POWER 9. ╬ORMAL CRUISING SPEED IS ╔╨5. ┴S WITH ALL PROPULSION SYSTEMS, IT IS POSSIBLE TO OVERWORK THE IMPULSE ENGINES. ╔T IS ╬╧╘ RECOMMENDED THAT YOU MAINTAIN SPEEDS ABOVE ╔╨5 FOR EXTENDED PERIODS OF TIME. ├OURSE CHANGES AT IMPULSE SPEED ARE NORMAL ALTHOUGH HIGH SPEED MANUEVERS ARE INEFFICIENT AND PLACE UNNECESSARY STRAIN ON THE NAVIGATIONAL SYSTEMS.
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╫EAPONS ╙YSTEMS
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╘HE ╬├├-1701 IS EQUIPPED WITH TWO INDEPENDENT WEAPONS SYSTEMS. ╘HE ╞OTON ╘ORPEDOE IS A GUIDED PROJECTILE WEAPON CAPABLE OF DELIVERING A TREMENDOUS PAYLOAD OVER GREAT DISTANCES. ╔T IS DETONATED BY THE UNCONTROLLED MIXING OF A SMALL AMOUNT OF MATTER AND ANTI-MATTER WHICH PIERCES THE PHOTON PACKET. ╘HE RESULTING BLAST OF FOTON ENERGY CREATES DEVASTATING HEAT, LIGHT AND ELECTRO-MAGNETIC DISTURBANCE. ╔T IS SO POWERFUL THAT ITS SAFE RANGE OF OPERATION IS OVER 1400 MPC. ╘HE EXACT CONSTRUCTION OF THE ╒╞╨-═┴╥╦ 1.1┴ IS A CLOSELY GUARDED FEDERATION SECRET. ╔T HAS THE REPUTATION OF GREATER RELIABILITY AND MORE PUNCH THAN THOSE USED BY THE ╥OMULANS OR THE ╦LINGONS. ╘HE FOTON USES THE SHIPS SENSORS AS ITS GUIDANCE SYSTEM. ╘HE FORWARD FOTONS CAN BE LOCKED ON TARGETS WITHIN NINETY DEGREES ON EITHER SIDE OF THE BOW AND THE AFT TUBES COVER THE STERN. ╔F THE FOTON IS LOCKED ON, IT WILL NOT MISS ITS TARGET. ┴N EFFICIENT CREW CAN RE-LOAD THE TUBES IN UNDER FIVE MINUTES. ╔TS GREATEST DRAW-BACK IS ITS COMPARATIVE INEFFECTIVENESS AGAINST THE NEWER SHIELD CONFIGURATIONS. ╘HE FOTON BLAST IS SO SPREAD OUT THAT THE HEAT CAN BE DISSIPATED OVER A LARGE SHIELD AREA. ╚OWEVER, AS DEMONSTRATED DURING THE CONFLICT AT OUTPOST ╓╔╔, FEW VESSELS WILL SURVIVE AN UNSHIELDED HIT FROM THE ═┴╥╦ 1.1┴.
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╔N ADDITION TO THE FOTONS THE ╬├├-1701 IS EQUIPPED WITH FOUR INDEPENTANTLY TARGETED PHASER PROJECTORS COMMONLY CALLED PHASERS. ╘HE PHASER PROJECTOR DIRECTS A PHASER CHARGE CONTAINED IN A POWERFUL STORAGE DEVICE CALLED A PHASER BANK. ╫HEN FIRED, THE BANK DISCHARGES RAPIDLY AND COMPLETELY THROUGH THE PROJECTOR. ┴FTER EACH FIRING THE PHASER BANK IS QUICKLY RECHARGED FROM THE IMPULSE RESERVES. ╘HE PHASER IS A CONTIGUOUS BEAM WEAPON AND AS SUCH MUST HAVE A CLEAR LINE OF FIRE FROM ITS SOURCE TO ITS TARGET. ╞OR THIS REASON THE PHASERS HAVE BEEN LOCATED AROUND THE PERIMETER OF THE PRIMARY HULL GIVING THEM A MAXIMUM ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY DEGREE FIRING ARC. ┼VEN WITH THIS STRATEGIC PLACEMENT BRINGING THE PHASERS TO BEAR EFFECTIVELY IN BATTLE REQUIRES TACTICAL EXPERIENCE AND TIMING. ╘HE PHASERS ARE NUMBERED ACCORDING TO THEIR PLACEMENT FROM BOW TO STERN. ╬UMBER ONE IS DEAD CENTER ON THE BOW. ╙O ITS FIRING ARC IS WITHIN NINETY DEGREES TO EITHER SIDE, MEANING IT CAN TARGET ENEMY VESSELS THAT ARE BEARING UP TO PLUS OR MINUS NINETY DEGREES OFF THE SHIPS CURRENT HEADING. ╬UMBER TWO IS PLACED FOURTY FIVE DEGREES TO STARBOARD AND NUMBER THREE FOURTY FIVE DEGREES TO PORT. ╬UMBER FOUR IS LOCATED DIRECTLY ON THE STERN, ON THE SECONDARY HULL, WHERE IT CAN COVER ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY DEGREES OF THE REAR. ╘HE PHASER IS A TIGHTLY CONCENTRATED BEAM WEAPON ABLE TO DELIVER INTENSE HEAT WITH VERY LITTLE DIFFUSION. ┬ECAUSE OF THIS, IT IS IDEAL FOR CUTTING THROUGH MOST TYPES OF DEFENSIVE SHIELDS. ┴ PHASER WILL PENETRATE THE HULL OF AN UNSHEILDED SHIP AND CAUSE SEVERE DAMAGE TO THE EFFECTED AREAS WHICH MAY EVEN RESULT IN THE TOTAL DESTRUCTION OF THE VESSEL. ╘HE PHASERS MAJOR WEAKNESS IS ITS LIMITED RANGE. ╠IKE ALL BEAMS, PHASERS DO SUFFER FROM SOME DIFFUSION, MEANING THEY ARE MOST EFFECTIVE AT RANGES UNDER 1900 MPC.
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╘HE MAIN DEFENSIVE CAPABILTIES OF THE ╬├├-1701 IS THE ╘╠─-╙╚6 HIGH ENERGY PLASMA SHIELD DESIGNED BY A THE ╘ERRAN COMPANY ╟LOBAL ─YNAMICS. ╘HESE SHIELDS ABSORB AND DISIPATE ENERGY OF ALL WAVE LENGTHS INCLUDING THOSE RELEASED BY PHASERS OR FOTON AND ANTI-MATTER EXPLOSIONS. ╫HEN THE SHIELD IS IMPACTED, A SUBSPACE FIELD PLASMA IS GENERATED MUCH LIKE THAT USED IN THE REACTOR CONTAINMENT FIELD. ╦INETIC ENERGY IS REDIRECTED BY VIBRATING THE PLASMA AT HIGH FREQUENCY. ╘HIS KEEPS THE TURBULANCE FELT BY THE SHIP TO A MINIMUM. ╘HE CONSTITUTION CLASS DESIGN EMPLOYS SIX INDEPENDANTLY POWERED SHIELD GENERATORS TO COMPLETELY ENCLOSE THE SHIP IN A PROTECTIVE BUBBLE. ╞OR CONVENIENCE, THE SHIELDS ARE NUMBERED FROM BOW TO STERN 1-6. ┼ACH SHIELD FILLS A SIXTY DEGREE "SLICE" OF THE PROTECTIVE BUBBLE. ╘HESE SLICES CONNECT DIRECTLY ABOVE AND BELOW THE SHIP AND ARE WIDEST AT THE CENTER. ╘HIS DESIGN IS A VAST IMPROVEMENT OVER EARLIER ONES IN WHICH ONLY A FORWARD SHIELD WAS SUPPLIED. ╘HIS NEWER DESIGN ALLOWS THE CAPTAIN A GREAT TACTICAL ADVANTAGE IN BATTLE. ┴S LONG AS HE MAINTAINS SHIELD INTEGRITY, HE CAN MANUEVER FREELY WITHOUT BEING CONCERED ABOUT KEEPING THE SHIELD BETWEEN HIM AND THE ENEMY. ╘HE MAJOR DISADVANTAGE OF THIS CONFIGURATION IS THE AMOUNT OF POWER IT REQUIRES. ╘HE SHIELDS MAIN ENERGIZERS ARE FULLY CHARGED AT STAR BASE AS PART OF ANY DOCKING PROCEDURE. ╫HEN THE COMMAND IS GIVEN TO RAISE THE SHIELDS THEY WILL COME UP QUICKLY IF THE ENERGIZERS ARE AT FULL POWER. ╔F A SHIELD IS IMPACTED, THE POWER REQUIRED TO REPEL THE ATTACK IS DRAINED FROM THE ENERGIZER. ┴S LONG AS THERE IS ANY CHARGE LEFT IN THE ENERGIZER THE SHIELD WILL REMAIN FULLY EFFECTIVE. ╫HEN THE ENERGIZER IS DEAD THE SHIELD WILL FAIL. ╔F THE SHIELDS ARE UP, THE SHIPS COMPUTERS ASSIGN THEM A VERY HIGH POWER ALLOTMENT PRIORITY AND, AS LONG AS IT IS AVAILABLE, THEY WILL DRAW POWER FROM THE IMPULSE RESERVES . ╔F THE SHIELDS ARE LOWERED THE PRIORITY IS DROPPED AND RECHARGING IS HALTED LEAVING THE ENERGIZERS AT THE CURRENT POWER LEVEL.
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╔T WAS DECIDED TO EMBRACE THE PHILOSOPHY OF A COMPLETELY PASSIVE DEFENSIVE SYSTEM FOR TWO REASONS. ╞IRST, EXPERIENCE PROVED THAT ACTIVE SYSTEMS OF DEFENSE ARE TOO EASILY DEFEATED. ╙ECOND, ╙TAR ╞LEET'S SYSTEM OF INTENSE TRAINING AND MERIT BASED PROMOTION DEVELOPS THE MOST QUALIFIED CAPTAINS IN THE UNIVERSE, REDUCING THE NEED FOR DEFENSIVE STRATEGIES.
╔TS IS WIDELY BELIEVED THAT BOTH THE ╦LINGONS AND THE ╥OMULANS POSSESS SHIELD TECHNOLOGY SUPERIOR TO THAT OF THE ╞EDERATION.
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╙ENSORY ╙YSTEMS
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┴LL ╞EDERATION STARSHIPS WITH WARP CAPABILITY CARRY SOPHISTICATED SENSING DEVICES. ╘HESE DEVICES ARE DESIGNED TO REGISTER ALL TYPES OF KNOWN PHENOMENON AND WITH THE AID OF THE SHIP'S COMPUTERS EXTRAPOLATE THEORIES ABOUT UNKNOWN ONES. ╙ENSORS ARE CLUSTERED TOGETHER INTO GROUPS COMMONLY REFERED TO AS SENSOR ARRAYS. ╘HE ╬├├-1701 IS EQUIPED WITH BOTH ACTIVE AND PASSIVE SENSOR ARRAYS. ╘HE PASSIVE ARRAYS CONTINUALLY SCAN FOR OTHER TRAFFIC IN SPACE. ╘HEY ARE DESIGNED TO LOOK FOR MOITION, ARTIFICIAL ENERGY SOURCES, SUB-SPACE FREQUENCIES - ANYTHING THAT COULD POSE A SECURITY RISK TO THE SHIP. ╘HESE ARE VERY LARGE, SENSATIVE ARRAYS. ╘HEIR MAIN DISADVANTAGE IS A RELATIVELY SHORT RANGE USUALLY LIMITED TO 60 OR 70 PARSECS. ╘HEY ARE ALSO VERY SUSCEPTIBLE TO LOCAL INTERFERENCE.
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╘HE ACTIVE SENSOR ARRAYS FALL INTO TWO CLASSIFICATIONS, LONG RANGE AND SHORT RANGE. ╘HE LONGE RANGE SENSORS ARE NORMALLY INACTIVE. ╫HEN THE CAPTAIN ORDERS A LONG RANGE SCAN THE SCIENCE OFFICER ACTIVATES THIS SENSOR ARRAY AND BEGINS A SYSTEMATIC SWEEP OF THE ENTIRE SECTOR. ╘HIS ARRAY IS DESIGNED PRIMARILY FOR EXPLORATION AND NAVIGATIONAL PURPOSES. ╫HEN THE SCAN IS COMPLETED THE INFORMATION IS CROSS-REFERENCED WITH THE SHIPS LIBRARY COMPUTERS AND A SCAN REPORT IS PRODUCED SHOWING ALL PERMANENT FORMATIONS IN THE SECTOR. ╔F THE FORMATION IS ON RECORD, ITS CATALOG NAME WILL BE SUPPLIED IN THE REPORT ALONG WITH ITS BEARING AND RANGE TO THE SHIP'S CURRENT LOCATION. ╫HEN THE CAPTIAN REQUESTS THE REPORT IT IS SUPER-IMPOSED ON THE MAIN VIEW SCREEN.
╘HERE ARE TWO TYPES OF SHORT RANGE SENSOR ARRAYS, TACTICAL ARRAYS AND PLANETARY SCANNERS. ╘HE TACTICAL SENSORS ARE FED INFORMATION FROM THE PASSIVE ARRAYS. ╔F A VESSEL IS DETECTED, THE CONTACT WILL BE HANDED OVER TO A TACTICAL ARRAY AS SOON AS IT IS IN RANGE. ╘HE WEAPONS OFFICER MONITORS THE TACTICAL SENSOR CONTACTS. ╔N ADDITION TO BEING INFORMED BY THE WEAPONS OFFICER, THE CAPTAIN CAN BRING UP A DISPLAY OF THE TACTICAL SENSOR DATA ON HIS PERSONAL MONITOR.(╞3) ╘HIS DISPLAY SHOWS THE CONTACT'S ╔─ LETTERS (IF AVAILABLE), ITS BEARING, SPEED AND RANGE GIVEN IN MILIPARSECS (═╨├). ╔T ALSO INDICATES IF THE VESSEL RAISES SHIELDS OR IS POWERING-UP WEAPONS SYSTEMS. ╔NFORMATION FROM THE TACTICAL SENSORS IS USED TO LOCK SEVERAL OF THE SHIPS OTHER SYSTEMS ON THE CONTACT. ╘O ELIMINATE CONFUSION THE COMPUTER NUMBERS THE CONTACTS AS THEY ARE ENCOUNTERED. ╘HEY ARE DISPLAYED ON THE CAPTAINS MONITOR IN NUMERICAL ORDER FROM TOP TO BOTTOM. ╘O LOCK A SYSTEM ONTO A SPECIFIC CONTACT THE CAPTAIN NEEDS ONLY TO GIVE THE COMMAND WITH THE NUMBER OF THE CONTACT. ╘HE OTHER ACTIVE SHORT RANGE SENSOR ARRAY IS THE PLANETARY SCANNER. ╘HESE SENSORS ARE USED WHILE IN ORBIT TO SCAN AND ANALYZE THE PLANET.
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╧PTICAL ╙YSTEMS
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┴LONG WITH THE COMPUTERIZED SENSING DEVICES THE SHIP ALSO CARRIES A NETWORK OF SMALL BUT POWERFUL OPTICAL CAMERAS. ╘HESE PROVIDE THE VARIOUS VIEW SCREENS ABOARD THE SHIP WITH THEIR VISUAL IMAGES. ╘HE MAIN VIEW SCREEN IS NORMALLY FOCUSED OUT INTO SPACE TO PROVIDE A NAKED EYE VIEW DIRECTLY AHEAD OF THE BOW. ╚OWEVER, THE CAPTAIN CAN GIVE THE ORDER TO HAVE THE CAMERAS DIRECTED BY ONE OF THE TACTICAL SENSOR ARRAYS. ╘HIS WILL PROVIDE AN ON-SCREEN VISUAL OF WHATEVER THAT SENSOR IS TRACKING. ╘HE CAMERAS WILL ATTEMPT TO COMPENSATE FOR THE MOTION OF THE SHIP AND THE CONTACT BY FRAMING IT AT THE EGDE OF THE MAIN VIEW SCREEN. ┴S THE CONTACT MOVES ACROSS THE SCREEN, IT WILL EVENTUALLY MOVE OUT OF THE RANGE OF THE CURRENT CAMERA SET. ╫HEN THIS HAPPENS THE VISUAL WILL BE LOST. ╟IVING THE COMMAND AGAIN WILL LOCK ANOTHER SET OF CAMERAS ON THE CONTACT AND THE VISUAL WILL AGAIN BE AVAILABLE.
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╘RACTOR ╙YSTEMS
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╘HE SHIP IS EQUIPPED WITH ONE SENSORY GUIDED TRACTOR BEAM. ╘HIS IS A LOW PRIORITY SYSTEM AND IS NOT VERY POWERFUL. ╔TS EFFECTIVE RANGE IS LESS THAN 1800 MPC, BUT IT IS CAPABLE OF LOCKING ONTO OBJECTS AND TOWING THEM A SHORT DISTANCE. ╔N ORDER TO ACHIEVE A SUCCESSFUL LOCK SEVERAL CONDITIONS MUST BE MET. ┴S MENTIONED ABOVE, THE TARGET MUST BE IN RANGE OF THE BEAM. ┴LSO, IF THE OBJECT TO BE TOWED IS A VESSEL, IT MUST NOT BE SHIELDED OR MOVING UNDER ITS OWN POWER. ╔T IS RECOMENDED THAT THE SHIP BE AT A DEAD STOP DURING THE LOCKING PROCEDURE. ╧NCE LOCKED THE MAXIMUM IMPULSE SPEED AT WHICH THE BEAM WILL HOLD UP DEPENDS ON THE SIZE OF THE OBJECT. ╘HIS IS A CONTIGUOUS BEAM THAT IS NOT INTIGRATED WITH THE WEAPONS TARGETING AND FIRING SYSTEMS AND AS SUCH WILL NOT OPERATE WITH THE SHIELDS RAISED. ╞URTHERMORE, IF THE BEAM IS ACTIVE, IT IS GIVEN PRIORITY OVER THE SHIELDS AND THEY CANNOT BE RAISED UNTIL THE BEAM IS DISCONTINUED.
