Maintenance Tunnels

Maintenance Tunnels are small passageways located around the lower decks of a Magellan-class starship. They are used by the Engineering department to access systems located on the external and discretely move about the ship. The maintenance tunnels can be accessed via entrances on E, F and G Decks.

Layout

Maintenance tunnels primarily consist of metal framework and insulation mesh. Metal walkways serve as the primary flooring, connected to the deck's transversal frames for support. Barriers are placed around the walkways to prevent falling accidents. Ceiling above the tunnels does not exist, exposing air ventilation and other systems. Lighting can be found around the tunnels, hanging over the walkway from the framework.

The Maintenance Tunnels run around the outer rooms of the ship. On F and G Decks, they are circular akin to the ring corridors. Several straight tunnels exist, connecting to either the outer ring corridors of each deck or stairways leading to connected decks. On D and E Decks, the tunnels will primarily be connected to isolated systems such as the Alcubierre Drive, weapon arrays and RTS thrusters. The intention of their design is to allow the engineers to traverse the ship unnoticed by regular crew members.

Features

On F Deck, the Maintenance Tunnels house Battery Array Aggregator panels. These connect each battery room to the Deck Distributor Panels in the Reactor Room, distributing power to all seven decks on the ship. As part of starting from a Cold & Dark state, engineers must turn on these to provide power to the ship's deck systems.