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 The primary and by far the strongest energy generator for the station is the Singularity Engine, which draws on the raw and mighty power of a black hole, otherwise known as a ''singularity'', otherwise known as the ''singlo'', otherwise known as '''''LORD SINGULOTH, DEVOURER OF ENGINEERING'''''.
-The power for the station comes from ''SMESs'' that store and distribute electricity generated by plasma-powered ''Radiation Collectors''. The radiation they collect is emitted from the singularity. The singularity is created by a ''Particle Accelerator'' focusing excited particles onto a singularity generator. The singularity springs forth from the singularity generator, located in a pocket space just aft of Engineering, and devours anything in its path. Luckily, the singularity is held in place by stasis ''Field Generators'' which are powered by laser-firing ''Emitters''. Unluckily, the singularity is close enough to Engineering to overload radio headsets, to spew out EMPs that cause airlocks to open randomly, and to cause anyone nearby to glow and go blind if they're not wearing proper equipment.
+The power for the station comes from [[SMES]]s that store and distribute electricity generated by plasma-powered [[Radiation Collector]]s. The radiation they collect is emitted from the singularity. The singularity is created by a [[Particle Accelerator]] focusing excited (or sometimes only mildly amused) particles onto a [[singularity generator]]. The singularity springs forth from the singularity generator, located in a pocket space just aft of Engineering, and devours anything in its path. Luckily, the singularity is held in place by stasis [[Field Generator]]s which are powered by laser-firing [[Emitter]]s. Unluckily, the singularity is close enough to Engineering to overload radio headsets, to spew out EMPs that cause airlocks to open randomly, to cause anyone nearby to go blind if they're not wearing proper equipment, to start fires, and a good number of other unexpected events.
-When the shift starts, the station is solely dependent on stored power in the solars' and singlo's SMESs. The solars' SMESs are drained quickly, and the singlo's SMESs will drain soon afterward. If the singlo's SMESs run dry before the singlo is powering the station, the Field Generators and Particle Accelerator will shut down. To restart the Singularity Engine, one must initiate [[emergency power generation]].
+But before you can harness the power of the singularity, you need to power all the equipment to contain it. When the shift starts, the station is solely dependent on residual power stored in the SMESs. The solars' SMESs are drained quickly, and the singlo's SMESs will drain soon afterward. If the singlo's SMESs run dry before the singlo is powering the station, the Field Generators and Particle Accelerator will shut down, causing all sorts of ~~fun~~ havoc.
-Sound complex, dangerous, and extremely sensitive to time restrictions? That's because it is. Luckily, Nanotransen has been steadily dumbing down the engineering setup process needed to create a backyard singularity to the point where monkeys could do it, if they knew what buttons to push and could breathe in the vacuum of spess air. Until they can, *you* are to take the place of those monkey.
+Does it sound unnecessarily complex, extremely dangerous, and outrageously time-sensitive? That's because it is. Luckily, Nanotransen has been steadily dumbing down the process needed to create a backyard singularity to the point where a monkey could do it... if it knew what buttons to push and could breathe spess air. And until they can, *you* will have to do instead.
 = Setting Up the Singularity Engine =