Engineering Beginners Guide
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Engineering Basics
This Guide is meant to be a bare-bones beginners guide to aid those who are new to the field of engineering in getting started with the three basic systems that you will be responsible for maintaining aboard the NEV Northern Light. This guide will not aim to make you an expert in managing each of these systems, as there is significant nuance and room for optimization with them, but will introduce their basic operations and provide an easy-to-follow guide for bringing the ship to minimal operational standards. For more a more in-depth and advanced look at each of these systems, a link to their dedicated pages is provided at the end of each section.
Your Responsibilities
As a member of NanoTrasen Engineering, you will be responsible for maintaining the following ship systems:
- Maintaining the Supermatter Reactor, ensuring that the ship has enough power to operate
- Maintaining the hull and atmospheric integrity of the NEV Northern Light
- Maintaining the ship’s thrusters, and ensuring they have adequate fuel for exploration
- Maintaining the ship’s on-board AI system. This duty will not be covered in this guide, as it is primarily the responsibility of the Chief Engineer, or another senior engineering staff.
As you can see, your duties are wide-ranging, but vital to the operation of the vessel, as such, engineers are often held to a higher standard of professionalism than that of other professions aboard the ship, but due to the complex nature of the job, mistakes are to be expected, do not be afraid to admit your mistakes to your coworkers, as they can help correct the issue faster, and teach you how to not make the same mistake twice.
