Leon Vicci, Starfliers To: Representatives, ALG Subject: "Carapace"-Class shielding
Good day, ALG.
My name is Leon Vicci, Starfliers lead. I'm reaching out to your organization in hopes to learn more about a particular modular station shielding technology.
To be specific, we have read of a system called "Carapace"-Class shielding. There is minimal information on the neural net about this upgrade. Only thing I am able to find is that the resulting composition allows the station within to permanently withstand the hazards of space. Do your teams know any more information about this? We think we are prepared to take this project on, however we are stalled by the lack of specifics. Anything you could give us would be appreciated.
I am Minami Ishii, Director of ALG Research and Development Division. Space station shielding is a specialty of ours, and we are principally interested in offering service to your organization in this department.
But I must pre-empt your optimistic assertion with some clarifications. There is no such thing as a permanent insulation from the types of degradation that will occur for any station. Depending on the circumstances, preventative measures may last weeks, months, years, even decades. But nothing is forever.
I do not know which brochure you have been reading for this "Carapace" shielding. Shield generation is always tailored specifically to a station and its environment. It is not typical to apply standardization except in a military context in which installations are considered short-term.
This in consideration, we can examine your specific situation and provide a plan. I assume this is in regards to your installation in Inverness, to which my company are now neighbors?
Regards,
Minami Ishii
Research & Development Directorate
ALG
Leon Vicci, Starfliers To: Minami Ishii, ALG Subject: Station assessment
Hello, Minami. Nice to meet you over the comms network.
Sounds like you have never heard of this "Carapace"-Class? The idea of the project is indeed something we are pursuing, though it looks like a rumour created by some neural-net user. Doesn't help us when it's made up.
What does help us is to have an assessment done of our headquarters, Starfliers Research Complex. The same one you have noticed within the Inverness System. See if anything like the project I have mentioned can be achieved.
If you need docking rights to take an internal examination, I am able to provide this. Please stick to the public areas if you do land.
A name is just that; we can call the project "Carapace" and adjust what that entails accordingly.
I can likely organize an engineering team to be brought over from Keflavik in relatively short order, I will just have to review scheduling and personnel files. The industrial facilities there will also likely be useful for the material effort of the planned expansion.
Needless to say though, "sticking to the public areas" isn't an option - if you want my team to blueprint a major station expansion, they'll need access to every part of it, or at least every part that is relevant structurally and to the power grid. There is little margin for error in such a project, so complete information exchange is crucial.
Regards,
Minami Ishii
Research & Development Directorate
ALG
Leon Vicci, Starfliers To: Minami Ishii, ALG Subject: Station assessment
Hmm, perhaps I can instruct my teams to shut down and vacate the more sensitive areas in order for the examination to be completed appropriately. My research lead advises me that giving you a week to make the analysis will not impact the station's performance. This will be your opportunity to examine everything you need.
Bear in mind, anything past a week of inoperability may impact our current projects. This is all the time we're able to give your engineering teams.
We have completed our evaluation of the team's report, which I will be including in full in this message.
As a brief summary, these are some of the points of relevance that have come up.
There is concern over the structure of A ring, namely a lack of anchoring points between glazing and bay openings. Suggest construction of reinforcing pillars at points marked A1 through A4.
Energy shielding against ambient radiation spikes may cause power shortages, suggest upping the main reactor output to 12GW. Counterintuitively, shielding for the reactor dome itself is impractical due to position, suggest strengthening of conventional lead-iridium shell.
C ring braces are of insufficient construction to take repeated torque strain from acceleration, suggest heavier build.
In terms of material, most alloys required can be manufactured at Keflavik. Some reactor components and transition metals will have to be imported. Personnel needs should also be covered depending on the availability of your own workforce. As for station operation during construction, there are minor delays scheduled due to re-routing of affected segments, but no major interruptions except for the reactor reboot.
All further details are in the enclosed report.
Regards,
Minami Ishii
Research & Development Directorate
ALG
Leon Vicci, Starfliers To: Minami Ishii, ALG Subject: Revealing weaknesses
Every time I come back home, it's quite a sight to see the station after a long flight. Instead of seeing how much we've accomplished, I'll be reminded of what we still need to work on. We've gone through rapid growth and it's no surprise that there's structural weaknesses to be found around the Starfliers home station - despite this being disappointing and hard to hear it from someone else outside of our organization.
We have a handful of transports at the ready, and you have given us a to-do list. Since Keflavik will handle some of the manufacturing, as you have mentioned, what kind of reactor components would you have us gather? I do not wish for these weaknesses to be known outside of this conversation.
The reactor components themselves, we will handle. Such goods generally find themselves on restricted cargo lists, and with our accreditations and experience, we will have a significantly easier time sourcing and transporting them.
However, you could be of assistance bringing some of the more exotic metals the alloying processes will require. The structural elements will require molybdenum, while the reactor shell will require radiation shielding iridium. These are, especially the latter, rare elements that cannot be sourced locally. By our current estimates, we will be needing around eight thousand standardized units of each. Our own shipping fleet can source them, but they are overburdened and widely spread as it is, so your own efforts would hasten the work.
The materials can be brought to Invergordon for preliminary storage; their capacity is far greater than Keflavik's.
Otherwise, work has already begun according to schedule.
Regards,
Minami Ishii
Research & Development Directorate
ALG
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