Vega Log Team Mk 1.7

[RedEclipse]

The reactors are slowly coming into transport condition, all logs and our data analysis have been sent to Vega team and duplicated to Corinth Research Annex, but the teams have different tasks:

• The Vega team needed them to complete the picture of what would power all the ship's systems; they would have a few days to prepare the ship for the "wedding" of the reactors to the ship.
  
• In personal conversation with Christian, he is are extremely interested in the possibility of alternative fuel for the reactors - it's a complex work that may take years to research, but it's worth starting now. Given the specifics of the region, sometimes different types of fuel may not be available; we need to be sure that with helium-3 reactor would be stable, so Corinth will have to find out.
  

All the tuning of the fuel supply system and magnetic traps was documented, and the data was entered into the overall design and plant documentation.
Finally, the reactor was brought to idle mode; reaction activity was minimized - the next and final stage of shutdown, which was not recorded - our command enabled automatic silencing of the reactors; everything went smoothly, although our operators were ready to override controls at any moment. Everything went according to protocol. Next, fuel pumping from the working chamber into storage through the standard dumping systems was initialized - everything went automatically. Next, the degassing system was started and the purification system was switched on. Fortunately for us, both of these systems have a closed cycle and the radiation level does not increase during shutdown; the only disadvantage is one more subsystem for maintenance.

As the reactors cooled down and transferred to transport state and the fuel was pumped out, our engineers started disconnecting all life support, power, and control systems from Memhis - everything went off without a hitch, as our guys know how to break professionally. Then our barge Ketos started parallel movement with the slipway and aligned with the end of the dock and moored with magnetic anchors. Then the reactors were disconnected from the slipway and pulled very smoothly into the hold of the barge by a winch; at the slightest deviation from the reactors' course, transportation jet engines came into force. Once the modules were successfully secured inside Ketos, the barge's gateway was closed and the next phase - transportation - began. Our team also wanted to proceed with dismantling of the temporary docks, but ALG rejected this request. Maybe they considered commercial sense and its further development or implied that something could go wrong with the reactors - it's hard to say since the refusal was not argued; our business was done - it was time to go to Carthage. The only thing left was to send a request for a route to the Order; however, we are not finished with ALG - their engineers remained inside Ketos to monitor reactor parameters and visual control, reactors cannot remain without professional control even in a stalled condition.

Just as our journey commenced, numerous ships materialized unexpectedly-once again showcasing Order's mastery of cloaking technology. And while the request was more than a formality, they probably wanted to emphasize our allied relations and comparisons to our people - "like bringing a cannon to a knife fight" In any case, the journey to Carthage was unremarkable for Ketos; but it was a kind of calm before the storm for its pilot - as he will have to get up with surgical precision from line of open Vega compartment without using automatics or magnetic anchors - they are simply non existent on side of Vega. But we didn't have time to watch the show: while Ketos was calibrating its steps toward Vega, our shuttle headed for Carthage to brief the rest of the crew with further steps of installation and wire-up processes of the new reactors.