Ingenuus R&D: Lab 002

[Remnant]

That man sure pulls through. I explain what my results are so far to McCool, and give him my issue. He walks away and immeditally gets to work on a workaround that I am unable to come up with myself. Despite his.. excuse the bluntness, his lack of communication outside of work, he sure is very efficient. Of course I can't complain in the slightest about this, the nano-technology idea was genius. Being able to hold things at a molecular level like that, while keeping hexagonal barriers in place for both the regulation of the core, and even the size and shape required for an efficient quantum tunneling radiated energy? That's genius.

We'll have a remote field which we can control that both can trigger output by the size of these hexagons which they will be making up on the surface, as well as keep the darn thing within a more stable condition while being able to read the data directly from these bots.

Where he gets his funding, I really do not know.

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We have a way of manufacturing these bots on a decent scale, enough that if something was to fail, they could be easily replaced if we had the raw materials to build them. Thankfully nanobots don't really take much either to create. The next issue up is how we're going to keep it adhered to the surface of the core. Or at least around the core itself.

If you check back in the last entry, I mentioned magnetic fields. Something radiating the energy that this thing does, of course there would be some radiated energy in the form of magnetic. All we merely need to do, is have the bottoms which will be against the core to be polarized the opposite from what the surface is. The sides polarized so they have a light adhesive to the other nanobots to efficiently create the shape that we're looking for.

Now. Heat. Things when they get close to the thing, like to short out. They like to melt. The beautiful thing behind these bots, as like I mentioned above, they're also moved around by polarity. These will be made up with zero insulation. We cannot have anything converting the power to heat once it's made contact. As long as that remains true, we'll have no issue there. On the chance that things 'do' go to heat, we can manipulate the polarities with really high strength bursts from outside the core room to clear the blockage forcibly. It's not the most elegant procedure, not at all. However it's a fail-safe. That's all that matters to me.

I'm afraid I don't have any images to upload this time, i'm far too busy trying to implement the darn thing on the actual core. When i'm finished, perhaps i'll see about putting a few up here.

[Remnant]

Wow.. I honestly did expect the thing to work. My constant worries about the heat issue have been lingering for far too long. The machines didn't seem to like the heat at first once they were put in place with McCool, and Dr. Todd's device. However what I didn't take into account was the quantum tunneling factor. I was under the impression that the only thing that would tunnel through the nanobots was energy. However I was incorrect on that matter. Perhaps I should see Snow about learning more about that end of physics..

At any rate, sure there was some heat taken in by the bots, but a quarter of it passed right through into the outside chamber. The heat from the nanobots metal contact is only so much as well, bringing it to a miniscule number honestly. The chamber is not super-heated, and the bots seem to like staying in place. The hexagonal molecular aligned pattern of the thing is what makes it work as well as it is now.

Right now, the core is suspended over a fixture for optimal quantum tunneling gathering. Frankly, this method would not work if it was any smaller energy source. Tunneling can only put out so much. I'm quite happy with the output behind the thing however, since we seem to be getting a surplus of power from this method anyways. It's perfect.

Hex Core Wrapping - Final Fixture design MK I

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Well, until then there is plenty of fine-tuning to be done. This thing isn't finished. I don't think it'll ever be finished. I need to get back to the readings which are flashing rapidly past on a monitor nearby myself. I'll update later.

[Remnant]

Things don't die down around here, huh. McCool just recently put out the announcement that we'll be building a vessel around the core, giving it more of a purpose than having it merely sit around this station all day long. My respect for his decisions merely get bigger and bigger as the days ago on honestly. He sure knows what he is talking about. None of that government crap about waiting for licenses or anything, I think I did something right when I decided to stay with Finn and not move on.

At any rate, looks like I have another project to get to work on.. I cannot understand hull structures in the slightest, however the engines, now that's something that I'm quite intrigued with.

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Well, I'm pretty versed in the mechanics of the engines, however quite frankly, dumping half of that stuff out the window is the best idea. We don't need a H-Fuel system. We have a core which outputs insane amounts of electrical energy. The obvious answer here is to modify an engine to run under the power put out. A self-sustaining ship so to say.

Now this is indeed a thing. Electric engines exist, however after a mere glance over the schematics for the vessel which is to be built, they are not going to cut it. They're too small.

I've dedicated the past month and a half focusing on just this matter, creating an engine which can take a large input from the core which will be mounted near the back, and turn it into thrust. We have a few options in terms of this. Admittedly, I had to call in a favor from Snow. Really, I was stumped for quite a while, however we worked things out eventually. The prototype seems to react quite well, although we have not been able to test the thing at full thrust to see if it still runs without going into an overload. We attempted that, however the thrust threatened to tear the fixture from the wall and out of the station. Didn't want to punch a hole the station.

Using a lot of credits, nano-capacitors, and superconductors the final product was born. I'll explain that shortly. Enclosed below is a visual of the outer casing of the drives. Of course these will be in the engine tubes, right along with the connectors to the core. This is merely a computer simulation to what I saw in person about.. three hours ago.

Outer Image - Engine Prototype

What you're seeing is only half of the story. Most of the workings is inside the tubes, however that is the end physical product which I'd like shoved into the new vessel which we're working on.

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How the darn thing works in particular. That's where things get complicated.

We have an energy source, which an output which generates thrust is required. The answer? Zero-Point conversions. The core puts out varying frequencies, fields, as well as the pure energy which is routed through the conduits. Alright, what do we do from there. The answer, is to create something I like to call a nucleation site. This is basically a source of the combined concentrations between each of the fields it puts out, as well as a chunk of the output per second that the thing creates.

Starting half - Internal Engine Prototype

This is our packet which we'll be outputting through the device to create the thrust we require. This 'packet' then quickly travels into the Separator and Particle Stream Distributor. This component serves two major functions. First, it is used to partition the stream of electromagnetism (contained) and manage the energy which is given by the source. This redirects each of the streams into their respective containment cells further separating each of the powers gathered in the single place. At the same time, the Stream Distributor does.. well, just what the name suggests. It distributes each of these newly contained packets each into the Helical stream. The Helical stream takes these newly received packets in a certain order delivered by the distributor. Sure, there is always room for error, especially on how fast the thing works, however that really don't matter. The system is robust enough to take a few hundred slip-ups a second. Granted if the entire thing goes unstable, that's when issues begin to pop up.

Compressed, and put into order. The Helical stream pushes everything that it's gathered (obviously a stream at this point) into a Torque Field Injector.

Ending half - Internal Engine Prototype

This component acts on both the Torquing Ejector Stream, and the Primary Linear Stream. Using powerful magnetic arrays, both of these devices force the stream we received from the Helical compressor, with a stream of constant energy from the core. Once combined at something called the element point, the combination of radial energy in conjunction with a high gravitational density produces a mini 'gravity well' which exerts a large positive or negative force on the ship, allowing for high positive or negative accelerators.

Now this thing isn't light speed mind you, since the gravity wells created by the rotational energy of the combined forces only can push so much. It's a strong force, don't get me wrong. Very strong. Moving the thing isn't any problem at all. Something I hope McCool will appreciate, and integrate into the system. I don't want these prototypes to go to waste after all.

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I need to take a rest.. I'm exhausted.

[Remnant]

Well, the engine prototype has been completed, next up on the list.. Weapons? Not touching that. Shields.

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Alright, well thankfully the shields were the easy part on the entire thing. Frankly, all that was needed to be completed was modify the generator to accept a higher current since, well, we have a higher current and output available for the darn thing to use.

We're going to be sticking with the hex-based system. It's sorta amusing how often that shape comes up. Keeping the core within a state where we can draw using quantum tunneling, and routing gunfire into the lines of the hexagons which are much stronger than any other shape. Get too many sides, the whole point of distributing the energy becomes less and less efficient.

Standard hex shaped shield generation pattern

Something however that needs to be accounted for, is the radiation. The core isn't necessarily radiation free. It gives off more than just pure energy. There are fields which come from it, which would 'normally' send a normal shield generator into a state of such inefficient, where running the darn thing wouldn't really be worth it. Compensating for these, pretty much means changing the way the shield is generated.

Alright, lets take a look at the two types of shields which i've been paying attention to throughout testing. Positron, and Graviton. Completely different methods of generating the shield. Positron shields working of course by generating a field of anti-electrons. Or.. Well. Positrons. Graviton. A field of fast vibrating pulses or perhaps even physical material which 'deflect' shots away.

The idea behind what I am attempting to do now is quite interesting. Why not build a graviton shield generator on a large size onto the thing. And harness the fields given out by the core and filter the positrons into the generator distributor as well. Effectively, it's combining the two shield types into one. The reason why this isn't done normally, is because there are many energy problems. Fields take power to generate. Power that goes into the engines and life support. Guess what folks, power isn't an issue anymore.

Shield emitter prototype - Final

If you take a look at the above image I've included, you'll quickly see that on top of the pedestal (below for maintenance and shield battery introduction) is a small disk. Lower, another disk. Around that second disk, is a bunch of protrusions. That is the emission point for the shield, which will then wrap around the ship to meet ends. Of course, this being possible due to the natural tendency of energy to connect. I gota thank physics on that one, it just made my job so much easier.

Combining both of the aspects, we have an emitter which will generate both a graviton type shield, and a positron type shield. The positron components being able to bond of course with the graviton, due to forced induction through the fields emitted out by the core itself. Of course, this also ties in with the engine streams and separator. The good news? The thing will always run while the engines are turned on. The obvious bad news? Engine shuts off, i'm quite sure the thing will stop working as well, since it's missing the separated fields it'll require to keep going at full power.

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Almost there.. Almost there Rachel.. And then the endless stream of perfection comes along afterwards.. There better be some whiskey still.

[Remnant]

After the shield systems that were completed, the next on my list was perhaps the most important of all. Fail-safe mechanisms. Right now, the only reason the core is working, is because the equipment is working at full potential. If one were to fail, I am afraid that things will get bad, very quickly. As I started working on what potentials there were for having some more.. security against overloads, I however have stumbled upon something quite interesting. During one of our tests, we decided to test what a lasers effect would be on the core. A strong one at that. Quite frankly, I didn't know what I was pursuing at the time, that's just what we scientists do. We sorta.. try things.

At any rate, the laser did something which we did not expect. It started to bend. Upon study on the area where it did this, we have discovered an EM field with slightly different properties than a normal one that we can generate with other equipment. I really don't know how to take this, I haven't seen anything like it.

Laser being 'bent' at close proximity

I've forwarded the reports to McCool, hopefully he can begin to figure out what this exactly is. If he deems it worthy to pursue more, I suppose I'll put off my work some more and take a deeper look at it. Until then.

[Remnant]

McCool sure did seem interested in the property behind bending light. The field was indeed rather interesting, I personally have never seen a man pull out a spectrometer to verify my discovery as quick as he did at the time. As such, i've been asked to perhaps take a deeper look into the field, as well as the properties behind which it may be harnessed.

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First, i'll be explaining a little about bending light in the first place. As far as we know, there are two different ways to bend light around a figure. Either naturally through large gravity sources, or through active electronics which manipulate EM fields to warp the light around an object.

Example of gravity bending light

Through further study into what precise fields the core likes to put out, it's been discovered that there are actually variations with the Electromagnetism being put out by it. There is the kind which electronics despise, yet there seems to be a small presence of 'natural' capacities to bend light hidden in a lower level. Two different kinds of the magnetism. Being generated at the same time like this is almost unheard of, due to the equipment which would be required. However being done in a 'natural' state?

If the power cell is capable of doing such a thing, it brings up a few questions on why the field is so small. If we were somehow able to.. switch the larger field at the time, with the other? Right now, standard EM is the large emission from the power cell. What if we were able to suppress the standard EM, and bring out the interesting light bending properties field instead. It's theoretically Electromagnetism still, it shouldn't have any negative effects on the power cell by doing this. The only issue I see right now? How do you swap between the two. Human machines may upset the balance if we attempt to do such in an inefficient way.. I'll do some research. Until then.

[Remnant]

The hull came together beautifully. I really did not expect a nano-constructor to actually make such a high quality chassis, in the time that it took to do so. I am quite happy with the result, although i'm afraid McCool is quite literary bouncing off walls right now in excitement. The job is not done yet, setting up the internal systems? That's where things get interesting. I admit, heck even I am looking forward to seeing what has been developed put into use practically.

Dr. Johnson seemed quite eager to get some work done, so I had him begin working on the basic computer terminal setups. He's done a very good job so far with stretching the necessary electrical wires across the ship, and interlinking the computer terminals to access the different sections around the ship. Life Support was what he began working on first. After reviewing the documents that he was using to set the thing up with the tech hands we have, I am confident he will do a good job in covering things in the way they need to be.

My initial job, was working on the User Interface. None of the systems you can use from the Neural Net would work, seeing we have a ton of variables we need to account for. Mainly from the equipment surrounding the housing for the power core. After all, that thing is running 85% of the vessel, we need to make sure we can detect any change within the housing. Hours, and hours of programming. My favorite. Thankfully it's not that difficult, merely.. time consuming.

Getting the Interface uploaded, things seemed quite receptive. The only problem, was that I accidentally messed up some of the code. Flipping variables when it shouldn't be. That was a three minute fix thankfully, i'll have one of the others double check my work to make sure things are going to function correctly.

Custom User Interface

Ah, this part is my favorite part. My pride and joy for the Ingenuus Research Facility. The Engine Room. The theories that I put to use dwarfed anything that we were able to use in the past, due to energy requirements that were too high. Guess what? Energy is no problem. The field fluctuation and combination streams used to excite gravitons in the end-chamber, ionizing the thing for positive or negative thrust? I am looking forward to seeing if it works the way I feel it will practically.

Engine Room

This was perhaps one of the harder parts that I had to handle. Engines of this capacity had to be checked. Double checked. Triple checked. And checked one last time. Heck, we almost superheated the entire thing and triggered a meltdown because the angle for one of the tubes was slightly off. Thankfully, the fail-saves i've installed saved the equipment before it was too late. At least we know that it works. Hopefully. I'll be spending quite a bit of time in this room to make sure things are fully operational, especially for the initial test flight. Hope McCool doesn't tell me to go anywhere else.

Well, with any luck, lets hope things go well. I'll write another entry later. I have more work to do.

[Remnant]

Project Evanescent. That's what McCool has dubbed the project relating to the wavelength that the sequencer puts out which seems to bend light around it. I was genuinly surprised when he told me to look al ittle more into it, I was almost sure that he would be putting the project on one of the other scientists working aboard the Ingenuus. I'm not complaining mind you, the Engines seem to be running quite well so far, so that gives me time to actually pay attention to other projects.

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Alright then, a quick recap from what i've discussed a few entries back. There are two different kinds of bending light. First off, a gravity source. Second, interference in this case, of Electromagnets. One of the larger forces at work in the universe, right along with gravity. I've mentioned the requirement to swap out the current electromagnetism field with the one which has the special properties to it then.

How do you go about swapping a field? If it's being projected naturally, how would you bend it to your will? Of course the first answer that comes to mind is superconductors. However that does not change a field, instead it merely can be used to create a very high magnetic force. That's not necessarily on what we are looking for.

It actually turns out, that all you merely need to do is supply it with standard energy. Energy contains natural diffusion and arc paths. If you channel a high enough current through say.. a standard metal net surrounding the perimiter around where these fields reside about three meters from the actual core, you are able to agitate it enough to diffuse from it's resting state, and move outwards. Being emitted from the powercore, it's safe to assume that it will retain the shape. This is not very big however. It's more of a forced movement. Quite obviously not something that can be used efficiently. However it's a step in the right direction in figuring this out.

An example of this effect once it's been expanded would be roughly included in the diagram below. The light effect when it touches this is quite intriguing.

Light Refraction off EM Field: Test One

Stabilization.. Alright, we have a expanding field. The rest isn't so easy.. I'll update later on the progress with that.. God help me. This is going to give me a headache.