Fiorella de Marco, MNS Amalfi

[Fiorella de Marco]

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PHASE ONE POINT ONE - AUTOMATION PREPARATIONS

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As the Storta-class destroyers are very compact vessels, we will have to try our best to remove as much internal volume as possible. One of the key ways how to free up space is to reduce a crew capacity. This is not something new, however, as many civilian vessels operate with very small crews to save up their internal volume for an additional equipment and cargo.

But we are no civilian vessel - warships like the Amalfi need crew for the damage control. If I would just removed most of my crew now, a combat efficiency of my ship would decrease drastically as there would not be as many crewmen onboard to repair a received damage and bridge disabled systems.

Before I could remove any more crew from my already compact vessel and repurpose their berthing space into an additional equipment, I will have to increase a level of the vessel's automation significantly. If we will manage to pull that off properly, many of the simple tasks can be done by the vessel itself and a small army of industrial automatons. They will also have benefits of a reduced supply consumption, as most of their parts can be stored in an unpressurized compartments to save up a life support and they do not need water, food, comforts or cCardamine.

The automation itself is not as simple, because there is nothing like sentient machines readily available for us. Thus, our vessel cannot be fully automated. My approach to this issue will be rewiring Amalfi's computer network and refitting it with a more powerful hardware. With a greatly increased computing power, we will be able to run a more advanced semi-autonomous software, which should be able - at least in a theory - to monitor vessel's status, propose solutions and direct our robotic workforce during their tasks. Human operators will still be required to check the system and intervene if the system will not be able to solve issues correctly.

By this approach, we will hopefully overcome the limitations of industrial automatons with their limited computing power and sensors. I am aware that installation of all this additional equipment might, or certainly will, compromise our powergrid's stability. A short-term solution will be strengthening current powergrid with installation of additional capacitors, which should be able to cope with power consumption peaks.

Ultimately, there will be need of the powerplant replacement to save up space more effectively, but at this moment I do not even know if it is reasonably possible.

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MATERIAL LIST

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Automation software

• 2,000 Counterfeit software total:
  
• 1,000 - 250 Crew stations (Command, Control, Communication, Redundancy)
  
• 500 - 250 Automatons (Control, Communication)
  
• 500 - Vessel's mainframe to handle all these new functions
  
• 2,000 units delivered to the Ibiza Base at 15/06/828 by Raphael Drake.
  

Automation hardware

• 2,000 Optronics total:
  
• 1,000 - 250 Crew stations (Command, Control, Communication, Redundancy).
  
• 500 - Auxiliary functions - primary computer core.
  
• 500 - Auxiliary functions - twin secondary computer cores.
  
• 2,000 units delivered to the Ibiza Base at 25/06/828 by BCV Louisiana, Bristol C&M.
  
• 1,000 Quantum multiplexors total:
  
• 500 - Main functions - primary computer core.
  
• 500 - Main functions - twin secondary computer cores.
  
• 1,000 units delivered to the Ibiza Base at 25/06/828 by BCV Louisiana, Bristol C&M.
  
• 1,000 Robotics total:
  
• 750 - 250 Crew station automation (Control, Communication, Redundancy).
  
• 250 - Spare parts/Estimated waste.
  
• 1,000 units delivered to the Ibiza Base at 25/06/828 by BCV Louisiana, Bristol C&M.
  

Materials for internal modifications

• 5,000 Basic alloys for bulkheads and compartments modifications.
  
• 5,000 units delivered to the Ibiza Base at 25/06/828 by BCV Louisiana, Bristol C&M.
  
• 3,000 Superconductors for powergrid reinforcement.
  
• 3,000 units delivered to the Ibiza Base at 25/06/828 by BCV Louisiana, Bristol C&M.
  

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