technology:nepleslia:portable_island_generator
Differences
This shows you the differences between two versions of the page.
| Both sides previous revisionPrevious revision | |||
| technology:nepleslia:portable_island_generator [2018/07/05 11:02] – ↷ Page moved from faction:nepleslia:portable_island_generator to technology:nepleslia:portable_island_generator frostjaeger | technology:nepleslia:portable_island_generator [2018/10/24 17:38] (current) – removed frostjaeger | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
| - | ====== Portable Island Generator ======= | ||
| - | The Portable Island Generator (PIG) is designed as an add-on to existing starships to allow water landing functionality and allow easy transfer of crew and cargo between similarly equipped ships. | ||
| - | ^Starships using their PIG to create a small island^ | ||
| - | It is also kinda a neat party trick. Consider covering the foam plastic island with sand for a beach getaway! | ||
| - | |||
| - | =====Overall Description===== | ||
| - | Many starships are designed to land on a solid surface, but not as many are designed to land in a liquid. Even those that do are normally not well equipped to allow transfer of cargo and personnel between ships that have landed in the water. The PIG is designed to solve both of these problems with one piece of equipment by creating a small highly buoyant island around the host ship that both supports the weight of the ship in the liquid and creates surface area that can be physically walked across by crew members. | ||
| - | |||
| - | Additional starships landing in close proximity can easily link together their islands creating a larger structure for the transfer of crew and supplies. | ||
| - | |||
| - | ====Product Description==== | ||
| - | The PIG itself is a single orange cylinder .4 meters in diameter and 2 meters long with intakes on either end for power and mass. A line of retractable flaps extends in a line from ‘top to bottom’ between both ends of the cylinder which cover the excretion portions of the device. A wireless interface and small power supply for the onboard computer system are kept safe inside the waterproof portions of the device. | ||
| - | |||
| - | === User Interface === | ||
| - | A user can interface with the device wirelessly by either downloading the system’s interface to their own computer system or using the provided documentation to write their own interface. Basic data about the ship such as center of gravity, specific density of the liquid the ship has landed in, composition of the environment, | ||
| - | |||
| - | ===Activation=== | ||
| - | To use the PIG, the activate command merely needs to be sent and it will automatically go about building an island around the ship for use. Its onboard computer will handle all necessary math and design elements. | ||
| - | |||
| - | When completed the PIG will automatically shut down. The artificial island should last for several weeks in calm liquids and for a few days in more turbulent ones. Detaching the artificial island is a simple matter of lifting off. The island will break apart if the ship tries to move about to extensively such as takeoff or submerging. | ||
| - | |||
| - | ====Product Function==== | ||
| - | ===General Operation=== | ||
| - | When activated the device extends a series of small, ultra strong tubes in a loose webbing that pump a mixture of nanomachines, | ||
| - | |||
| - | Towards the upper surface of the foam island smaller bubbles are generated to create more of a flat surface that looks and feels very much like walking across bubble wrap. The surface has some give to it, but people less than 300lbs should experience only around a centimeter or so worth of give making the surface feel more like a gym mat rather than a trampoline. The small bubbles do create a very textured surface with a slight incline towards the ship allowing liquids to drain into the crevices they create then back into the body of liquid the ship has landed in as to not severely impede movement. | ||
| - | |||
| - | While the plastic and nanomachines are stored internally, gasses must either be provided by the ship, pulled from the atmosphere through the front of the device or separated from ocean water. Though the device is capable of doing this itself if stored externally it is also quite possible for a ship to integrate the device into its hull and use an intake system to feed the required mass into the PIG. | ||
| - | |||
| - | |||
| - | ===Storage Mode=== | ||
| - | In storage mode the device’s nanomachines work to rebuild its supply of plastics and tubing with any liquid mass provided to the intake. This process can only be shut down by completely turning off the device. | ||
| - | |||
| - | ====Constraints==== | ||
| - | * To operate the device must have some form of gas or water being provided to it. | ||
| - | |||
| - | * Temperatures must not exceed 150degrees F or drop below -100 degrees F. | ||
| - | |||
| - | * Power must be provided to the device | ||
| - | |||
| - | * The ship must have a center of mass below the waterline (The device can operate underwater and lift a ship to the surface) and hold fairly still while the island is created. Afterwards the island can support the ship’s weight and any station keeping engines may be deactivated. | ||
| - | |||
| - | * Each PIG can only support a weight of several tons and several may be required to float large starships. | ||
| - | |||
| - | * the PIG’s plastic foam is hot when it comes out but quickly cools. It is recommended that personnel not directly handle the foam to avoid burns | ||
| - | |||
| - | * Because the plastic foam needs to cool to form into a solid structure. Warm temperatures increase the time required for the plastic to form. Exceeding heat tolerances will prevent the plastic from forming into a solid entirely. | ||
| - | * The plastic of the PIG is engineered to be biodegradable. The process generally takes between one and three weeks limiting the lifetime of a single artificial island considerably. | ||
| - | |||
| - | * Though the plastic is generally not harmful and breaks apart when the ship leaves, it is not advised for use in bodies of water that may not be much larger (or even smaller) than the island itself. The sheer mass of plastic will cause ecological problems in this state compared to a lake or ocean where its mass is not significant enough to affect the wildlife. Gasses trapped from the bubbles are normally taken from the atmosphere and will not normally cause ecological issues when they are released | ||
| - | |||
| - | * Gas release from the bubbles breaking down can cause ecological problems if A) A considerable amount of oxygen is released very quickly or B) If the bubbles are for some reason filled with poison gas from the ship. | ||