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Know that guy who builds all the things? Well, you're his boss! You are the head of the Engineering Department, which includes not only [[Station Engineer]]s, but [[Atmospheric Technician]]s as well. Essentially, your job is to boss your staff around and make sure the engine and solars are [[Starting the Engine|set up]] so that the power is flowing. Other than directing the workflow of the department, you're also expected to carry out general [[Station Engineer|engineer]]-duties and maintain [[Telecomms]]. To be a good CE it is imperative that you have a good working knowledge of how APCs, SMES cells and power in general works, how to decipher atmospherics, how to efficiently set up the singularity and solars and how to get your charges' sorry asses moving. | Know that guy who builds all the things? Well, you're his boss! You are the head of the Engineering Department, which includes not only [[Station Engineer]]s, but [[Atmospheric Technician]]s as well. Essentially, your job is to boss your staff around and make sure the engine and solars are [[Starting the Engine|set up]] so that the power is flowing. Other than directing the workflow of the department, you're also expected to carry out general [[Station Engineer|engineer]]-duties and maintain [[Telecomms]]. To be a good CE it is imperative that you have a good working knowledge of how APCs, SMES cells and power in general works, how to decipher atmospherics, how to efficiently set up the singularity and solars and how to get your charges' sorry asses moving. | ||
'''Bare minimum requirements:''' Make sure that singularity/solars gets online at the start of the round. Know what to do when Telecommunications gets blown up. | '''Bare minimum requirements:''' Make sure that singularity/tesla/solars gets online at the start of the round. Know what to do when Telecommunications gets blown up. | ||
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Greet your team over the radio and establish your authority. Find out who you will be working with and how many of them, and make sure that everyone has a job to do. | Greet your team over the radio and establish your authority. Find out who you will be working with and how many of them, and make sure that everyone has a job to do. | ||
Designate someone to do solars (unless someone else volunteers first) and get everyone else working on the singularity. If you take charge these first minutes of the round, most of engineering will follow the rest of your orders until the round ends. If you stay silent then when you suddenly need something done halfway through the round, you can guarantee that nobody will listen to you. If nothing else, speaking over the channel will at least tell you who on your team you can rely on. | Designate someone to do solars (unless someone else volunteers first) and get everyone else working on either the singularity or the [[Tesla Engine]]. If you take charge these first minutes of the round, most of engineering will follow the rest of your orders until the round ends. If you stay silent then when you suddenly need something done halfway through the round, you can guarantee that nobody will listen to you. If nothing else, speaking over the channel will at least tell you who on your team you can rely on. | ||
If any of your team members try to run off with an engineering hardsuit just to go space exploring, let them know that they will be arrested for dereliction and demoted if they do not return to do at least the most minimal duties before doing whatever they want. | If any of your team members try to run off with an engineering hardsuit just to go space exploring, let them know that they will be arrested for dereliction and demoted if they do not return to do at least the most minimal duties before doing whatever they want. | ||
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There are multiple ways to power the station. Unless you know what you're doing, stick with the singularity engine at first, and get it working as soon as possible. It's hard to set up a second power source if the crew is trying to lynch you for not finishing the first one. | There are multiple ways to power the station. Unless you know what you're doing, stick with the singularity engine at first, and get it working as soon as possible. It's hard to set up a second power source if the crew is trying to lynch you for not finishing the first one. | ||
==== | ==== Engines and the Setting Up Thereof ==== | ||
Unless you really ''really'' want to use another source of power, | Unless you really ''really'' want to use another source of power, these will obviously be your first priority. Sometimes your team will be fairly competent and you'll only need to supervise, but a lot of the time you will be required to step in. If someone's clearly new, help them out a bit and show them the ropes. If someone's clearly being a twat then shout at them and forcibly demote if they continue. With these points in mind the singularity and/or tesla should successfully come online and start generating power. It's always a good idea to announce this to the crew when it happens. | ||
==== The Forgotten Power Source ==== | ==== The Forgotten Power Source ==== | ||
Whilst the singularity outputs a metric shit-ton of power, a hardened engineer like yourself knows that it's incredibly unreliable at the best of times. This is where the [[solars]] come in. Solars output a decent amount of energy and can keep the station running at bare minimum whilst you inevitably sort out an issue with the singularity, but they need setting up first! Luckily this is even easier than setting up the singulo and you can just designate one of your minions to go out and complete the task, better yet if they volunteer. Remember though, engineering has only two hardsuits (radiation protection but no fire protection), and atmospherics only one (fire protection but no radiation protection). No yellowsuit chump's getting his hands on YOUR pristine white hardsuit (which protects against both radiation AND fire). So get the AI's attention and tell it that the man is allowed in EVA to pick up some equipment. Or just do solars yourself, you lazy fuck. | Whilst the singularity or tesla outputs a metric shit-ton of power, a hardened engineer like yourself knows that it's incredibly unreliable at the best of times. This is where the [[solars]] come in. Solars output a decent amount of energy and can keep the station running at bare minimum whilst you inevitably sort out an issue with the singularity, but they need setting up first! Luckily this is even easier than setting up the singulo and you can just designate one of your minions to go out and complete the task, better yet if they volunteer. Remember though, engineering has only two hardsuits (radiation protection but no fire protection), and atmospherics only one (fire protection but no radiation protection). No yellowsuit chump's getting his hands on YOUR pristine white hardsuit (which protects against both radiation AND fire). So get the AI's attention and tell it that the man is allowed in EVA to pick up some equipment. Or just do solars yourself, you lazy fuck. | ||
==== Fossil Fuel ==== | ==== Fossil Fuel ==== | ||
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==== Matters of Super Matter ==== | ==== Matters of Super Matter ==== | ||
You can order a [[Super Matter|super matter shard]] through [[Cargo|cargo]] and use it to pulse radiation to radiation collectors instead of a singularity. Super matter is extremely dangerous and you'll have to build an engine that's even more complicated than the | You can order a [[Super Matter|super matter shard]] through [[Cargo|cargo]] and use it to pulse radiation to radiation collectors instead of a singularity. Super matter is extremely dangerous and you'll have to build an engine that's even more complicated than anything the station starts with (most likely from scratch), but that's no reason not to try it, right? | ||
=== Atmosia, the Great City-State of Pipes === | === Atmosia, the Great City-State of Pipes === | ||