However, as the Enterprise was due to deliver medical supplies to Makus III, they had little time to do so. In 2267, the USS Enterprise stopped off at the Murasaki quasar to investigate the anomaly per standing orders. ( TNG episodes: " The Wounded", " Yesterday's Enterprise", TNG reference: The Continuing Mission) On at least one format of star chart, an edge of this phenomena was in the general vicinity of Alpha Caranae. ( ST reference: The Worlds of the Federation TOS episode: " The Galileo Seven") An edge of the phenomenon was located about 130 light-years from Earth. Like sending up a flare, just as Scotty said.By 2267, it had ionized an entire sector and four star systems, including the Beta Tauri system. Spock “jettisoning” the remaining “fuel” and “igniting” it might simply have been a way of using the remaining energy reserve to create a visible energy discharge, one hopefully the Enterprise would see if they were looking in the right direction. They couldn’t get high enough wherein the shuttlecraft would eventually be dragged back down into the atmosphere to burn up. More accurately they couldn’t reach an altitude to maintain a stable orbit. Consequently they did not have enough power to attain a sustainable orbit. The drained phasers allowed for enough power to lift the shuttlecraft to orbit, except Spock used part of that reserve to counter the added weight of the aliens trying to hold them down. Hence the need for the phasers as a paltry substitute “fuel” (and note that later in “The Immunity Syndrome” they would be referencing power reserves on the shuttlecraft when Spock enters the ginormous space going amoeba). Something happened within Murasaki 312 and the shuttlecraft’s subsequent crash landing (more like abrupt landing with the crew saved by very sturdy vehicle construction, fantastic inertial fields and robust antigrav tech) that near completely drained off their energy reserves. Okay, so they are talking about fuel and fuel lines (and later refer to jettisoning the fuel and igniting it) but what they really should have been talking about were energy reserves. Part of the tech problems, or inconsistencies, in “The Galileo Seven” is they are talking about fuel yet they are draining phasers of their energy. The bi-product of ion propulsion would be hot ionised gas, although don't these creatures live in a region where the Murasaki effect sends out ionised radiation? So maybe they are immune to the radiation, possibly with minimal pain receptors, and they might be able to unable to feel the damage being caused by the heat, whereas electricity was still capable of disrupting their nervous systems? Since both methods require gas as fuel, presumably the hydrogen tanks must have remained intact and it was having enough electrical power to operate the impulse engine that was the issue? Modern Ion propulsion uses inert gas as fuel but is there any reason hydrogen could not be used? Seems unlikely that ships would have two separate fuel sources if they use hydrogen thrusters in any event. Their effectiveness is entirely unaffected by the presence of planetary atmospheres, being equally effective everywhere.įrom the narrative I guess we have to assume that the shuttle's hydrogen thrusters were damaged, leaving more inefficient impulse as the only way to leave. Each Hydrogen Thruster consumes a tiny amount of Hydrogen even if not active (as seen with its 'pilot light'), much like the minimum that electric-based thrusters have. Their only electrical requirements will be for the hydrogen sources that store or make hydrogen and the Conveyor system. (*) Hydrogen based Thrusters despite having a 'power consumption' rating will not actually consume electrical power they ONLY consume Hydrogen from a hydrogen source accessed via conveyors.
#Murasaki effect generator
It's effectiveness is inversely dependent on the density of the atmosphere, having an actual effectiveness anywhere from 30% at minimum to full effectiveness outside planetary atmospheres - becoming increasingly less effective the thicker the atmosphere.Īll Hydrogen-based thrusters require a Conveyor connection to a source of Hydrogen such as an Oxygen Generator or a Hydrogen Tank. They use electricity to generate thrust, their power consumption scales linearly with what percentage (as seen on the thrust override slider) the thruster is operating at. Ion Thruster (Electrical)Īll standard Electric-based Ion thrusters will consume a minimum of 0.002 kW (2 Watts), even when not in use. I've always assumed that vessels landing used a combination of ion propulsion impulse power and hydrogen thrusters.
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