AP-FILE #361: PROJECT "SUSURRUS"

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»ID: Martin McKinsey
»Location: Alabama Shipyard, Omicron Rho
»Subject: PROJECT "SUSURRUS"
»ENCRYPTION: APM-STANDARD

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Memo:

With project Ceres having reached completion, it is now time to tackle the power management issue with Susurrus-2, which currently operates at a mere 10% output despite proper fueling.

AP Propulsion Lab reports that although swapping the stock CNO engines for the DT fueled APC Generators does not render much of a difficulty, the fusion core of the Badger will most certainly fail to compensate for the much higher regenerative feedback amplitude of the new engines. Implementing such changes without modification to the core itself would not only result in not gaining any improvement, but may even lead to a disastrous end to the very ship.




Dr. Cassistor's team is currently examining the core beds in an attempt to either outline compatibility adjustments or extract and replace it altogether. We are looking at several prospects, one of which would be applying the insights gained from working with an IRG Powercell procured by our friends. The Forlorn Hope. Though we might not be ready at this point to actually reverse-engineer a complete device like this, it might not even be necessary to do so - instead we would just copy parts of the ion damp-course matrix and rework the feedback relays on the stock core to fit the changes. Another approach would be to simply swap it for one of the refurbished Ageira devices otherwise utilized on C5 class transports. It will however take further simulations before a definite approach can be chosen.


-M.McKinsey
CEO, AP Manufacturing

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