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Widow · (This post was last modified: 10-15-2020, 11:08 AM by Widow.)

MAINTENANCE AND REPAIRS

28.December.826

During construction of stage three, crew members began the deployment of the two solar arrays. The first was deployed without incident, and the second array deployed about 80% before a 76-centimetre (2.5 ft) tear in a panel was noticed. A second, smaller tear was noticed upon further inspection. Replacement panels were sourced for the large tear, these were replaced without any additional concerns. It was possible to repair the smaller tear. Both damaged panels are now fully operational.

15.March.827

A minor air leak was detected on board Chesterfield Station.It was determined four and a half pounds of air per day were leaking into space and the internal pressure of Chesterfield Station dropped from nominal 14.7 psi down to 14.0 psi, although this did not pose an immediate threat to any crew on board. Using an ultrasonic probe the leak was traced to a vacuum jumper hose connected to a window in the new laboratory area of the station. The search for the leak had been hampered by noise emitted from scientific equipment on board. Successful identification and repair of the leak narrowly averted an evacuation and lock down of the station in an attempt to isolate the leak. Isolation and lock down would have affected station operations resulting in massive financial loss

16.April.827

The crew on board Chesterfield Station activated a smoke alarm in the cargo holding segment of the station when fumes from one of the three Elektron oxygen generators triggered concern about a possible fire. The crew initially reported an 'abnormal' smell. The smell was later found to be caused by a leak of potassium hydroxide from an oxygen vent. The associated equipment was turned off. The cargo holding segment of the station was locked down for a team to investigate this. After investigations had been completed, it was found there was no fire and the crew was not in any danger. The station's ventilation system was temporarily shut down to prevent the possibility of spreading smoke or contaminants through the rest of the station. A charcoal air filter was put in place to scrub the atmosphere of any lingering potassium hydroxide fumes. The oxygen generator was later repaired and later recommissioned. There have been no problems since.

10.June.827

A computer malfunction in the R&D segments of Chesterfield Station occurred at at 05:43. This malfunction left Chesterfield Station with only back up oxygen generation. The carbon dioxide scrubber, and other environmental control systems completely failed. This failure of environmental systems caused the temperature on the station to rise. A successful restart of the computers resulted in a false fire alarm that woke the crew at 07:39. By the afternoon of the 10.June.827, it was confirmed that all six computers governing command and navigation systems for R&D segments of the station, including two thought to have failed, were back online. The cooling system was the first system brought back online. Troubleshooting of the failure by the maintenance crew found that the root cause was considerable condensation inside the electrical connectors, which led to a short-circuit that triggered the power off command to all three of the redundant processing units. Once this is repaired, a plan will be developed and implemented to avoid the problem in the future.

11.July.827

A number of panels have been damaged by an incident involving a Liberty Navy Pilot. The pilot in question has notified engineers on Chesterfield Station of the friendly fire incident. Engineers were dispatched immediately to assess the damage and to repair/replace the damaged panels.

13.August.827

Chesterfield Stations early warning system notified staff of a large Xeno presence in the area. As an attack had been threatened all non essential staff were evacuated to Baltimore Shipyard. While the station was attacked, no notable damage was sustained. Engineers took a number of days to fully assess the external structural integrity of the station as well as performing internal pressure and integrity checks to ensure Chesterfield Station safe for the return of staff. Minor damage was recorded and repaired on the right solar panel, and one external plate near the store rooms was replaced.

08.October.827

Chesterfield Station has two Carbon Dioxide Removal Assemblies, one of which is for redundancy purposes. The Laboratory based Carbon Dioxide Removal Assembly as the primary option. On the 11th October 827 the primary Carbon Dioxide Removal Assembly suddenly shut down, causing the second Carbon Dioxide Removal Assembly to be used. This problem was traced to a failure of the second of three temperature sensors. It was quickly restored. However it soon shut down again, on the 11th October 927 due to erratic data from the one remaining temperature sensor. The secondary Carbon Dioxide Removal Assembly is currently in use, replacement parts have been ordered, and a shutdown of the laboratory has been scheduled on the 15 November 827 to repair the faulty temperature sensors.

12.October.827

Poor docking procedures by a visiting vessel causing damage to the docking bays prevented urgent supplies to crew on board Chesterfield Station. This caused food stores to run critically low. The crew on board Chesterfield Station were required to cut back their meal intake and awaiting a critical cargo delivery expected to arrive on 15.October.827. The crew scaled down their daily caloric intake by up to 10 percent, but still were able to meet their daily nutritional requirements and did not experience any discomfort (Under the current plan ,all staff will scale down to consume around 300 less calories per person per day). Deep Space Engineering had drawn up plans to evacuate the space station without use of the damaged docking bays should the repairs be delayed. Chesterfield Station was predicted to only have 7 days of the reduced sized meals remaining when the docking bays were expected to be repaired. On the the 15.October.827, the docking bays were repaired, and essential supplies were delivered. No evacuation was necessary however some crew was sent home on stress leave and replaced with staff from Baltimore Shipyard for the interim.

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