Station Engineer
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Starting out
As a recently promoted Station Engineer, your duties and responsibilities will increase. By now you should have a basic grasp of how different power production engines work, how to deal with structural damages and which end of the screwdriver you should use. You will always begin your shift with a toolbelt filled with the basic necessities and plenty of spares scattered around your department. Additionally, carrying some basic materials to keep them on hand if need be might also be a good idea.
Power
In the beginning of each shift, the power production is going to be your main goal. Assist your fellow engineers and possibly show a Technical Assistant by setting up the AME, see about wiring up Solars and consult your Chief Engineer on what your primary engine will be for the shift.
Wiring
What's the point of making all that power if you cannot distribute it across the station? As the station engineer, your duty will be ensuring the power runs smoothly to the entire station. But before we go fixing any issues, we first have to familiarize ourselves with the wiring, machinery and tools you will have at your disposal.
Power can be split up into four parts
- Production: AME, Solars and the main engine.
- Storage: SMES units.
- Distribution: Substations
- Consumption: APCs and the machinery they power.
Arguably, Substations and APCs can be counted as storage since they do preserve some charge although not as effectively as the SMES units do.
[1] - The SMES unit will be connected to a power source. It will charge up and act as a battery. SMES input and output are connected with orange High Voltage [HV] wires.
[2] - The Substation. They are present in maintenance tunnels of each department. They're connected to the main grid with the HV wire and will output power with yellow/orange Medium Voltage [MV] wires.
[3] - The APC. They hold a small amount of charge, if left unpowered they will shut down within seconds. They output power into the green low voltage [LV] wires which will power the actual equipment that occupy the rooms they're in.
[4, 5] - Do note that both the HV and MV wires are directly connected to the SMES and Substations, but the LV wire, although not directly connected to the light tubes will still power them regardless. The LV wires have a small area of effect.
If you cannot see the wires, prying the floor tiles is not necessary as you can use your trusty t-ray scanner which will show all pipes and wires beneath the tiles.
