Jump to content

Tutorial:Shutdown

From Starship Simulator

NOTICE: This page is a Work in Progress as much of the lore/Development for the game is yet to be established.


This tutorial provides a step-by-step guide for completely shutting down a Magellan Class from a flight-ready state back to a Cold & Dark condition. This procedure essentially reverses the startup process and primarily involves deactivating power distributors and isolating the Fusion Reactor. This guide is based on the detailed shutdown procedure originally compiled by Discord user Abrogator (see original guide). (Note: This procedure involves moving between multiple decks. Ensure you know how to navigate the ship.)

Standard Shutdown Procedure (Reactor Online)

A Deck Shutdown

  1. Offices & Conference Room: Enter the Captain’s Office, XO’s Office, and Conference Room. Action: Turn OFF all lights via their respective controls.
  2. Bridge Distributor: Locate the main distributor panel on the Bridge (often near the entrance). Action: Disconnect everything on this panel.

B Deck Shutdown

  1. VIP Lounge Area: Find the distributor panel associated with the VIP Lounge (reportedly near a door to its left). Action: Disable everything on this panel.
  2. Data Centre:
    1. Locate the panel labeled “Data Center Upper” (typically on the back wall, middle). Action: Disconnect everything.
    2. Locate all 8 distributor panels (likely 4 on the upper B Deck level and 4 on the lower C Deck level). Action: Disconnect everything on all 8 panels. (Note: The lowest panel on C Deck might be inoperable/black in some builds).

C Deck Shutdown

  1. Hallways: Locate all 9 distributor panels controlling lights and utilities in the main spoke hallways (typically 2 per quadrant hallway, plus 1 in the hallway near the Probe Facility). Action: Disconnect everything on each panel.

D Deck Shutdown

  1. Hallways: Locate all 12 distributor panels controlling lights and utilities in the spoke hallways (typically 3 per quadrant). Action: Disconnect everything on each panel. (Ignore the central reactor room structure for now).

E Deck Shutdown

  1. Hallways: Locate all 12 distributor panels controlling lights and utilities in the spoke hallways (typically 3 per quadrant). Action: Disconnect everything on each panel.

Conditional: Startup Capacitor Activation (Optional)

Perform this step ONLY if batteries have insufficient charge to complete the rest of the shutdown OR if attempting the full Battery Drain procedure later.

  1. G Deck - Start Capacitor Room: Action: Enable the Startup Capacitor systems (likely activating systems specifically for G Deck distributors).
  2. G Deck - Reactor Room: Go to the 4 G-Deck Quadrant Distributors. Action: Change the Input for each from "Deck Distributor" to Startup Distributor.
  3. D Deck, E Deck, F Deck Distributors: (This step seems counter-intuitive if just shutting down normally, potentially part of the drain procedure prep?) The guide mentions disconnecting distributors on D, E, F floors after enabling startup capacitor. Action: Navigate to D, E, and F deck engineering areas and Disconnect everything on the quadrant distributors (4 per deck, 12 total). (Clarification may be needed depending on context - standard shutdown vs drain prep).

F Deck Shutdown

  1. F Deck Hallways (Rings 1 & 2): Locate the 8 distributor panels titled “Distributor - F Deck Ring [1 or 2] [QUADRANT]” (4 panels in Ring 1, 4 panels in Ring 2). Action: Disconnect everything on all 8 panels.
  2. F Deck Maintenance Tunnels (Rings 3 & 4): Locate the 8 distributor panels titled “Distributor - F Deck Ring [3 or 4] [QUADRANT]”. Action: Disconnect everything on all 8 panels.
  3. F Deck Maintenance Tunnels (Ring 3 Area): While disabling Ring 3/4 distributors, also find the 8 Battery Array Distributor panels (usually located near the Ring 3 distributors). Action: Disconnect everything on these 8 panels. Important: Do NOT disconnect anything on the Battery Array Aggregator panels at this stage for a standard shutdown.

G Deck Shutdown (Reactor & Cryo)

  1. Reactor Room:
    1. Go to the dedicated distributor panels for major systems. Action: Disconnect everything on the panels for FTL, Sublight, Shields, Weapons, and Battery systems.
    2. Locate the panel labeled “Reactor Output Distributor”. Action: Disconnect everything.
    3. Go to the main reactor console. Action: Set Reactor Mode to Isolate.
    4. Action: Shut down the Vacuum Pump.
    5. Action: Shut down the reactor Field Coils.
    6. Go to the reactor core area. Action: Close all 6 large valves surrounding the reactor.
  2. Cryo Storage Room:
    1. Action: Shut OFF all Chillers (He, He-3, Deuterium - 6 total).
    2. Action: Shut OFF all Pumps (He, He-3, Deuterium - 3 total).
    3. Action: Close all tank and supply valves (He, He-3, Deuterium - 12 total).
  3. G Deck Maintenance Tunnels: Find all 8 distributors for lights/utilities. Action: Disconnect everything.
  4. Reactor Room: Locate the panel labeled “Distributor - Reactor Room”. Action: Disconnect everything.

Final Power Down

  1. All Decks (G, F, E, D): Navigate back up through the engineering sections. Action: Disconnect everything on the Quadrant Distributor panels on each floor (4 per deck, 16 total). (Note: D, E, F might have been done earlier if prepping for battery drain).
  2. G Deck Reactor Room: Locate the 4 main Deck Distributor panels (1 per quadrant). Action: Disconnect everything.
  3. F Deck Maintenance Tunnels: Locate the 8 Battery Array Aggregator panels (2 per quadrant). Action: Disconnect everything.
  4. F Deck Battery Rooms: Enter all 8 rooms.
    1. Action: On each of the 48 Battery Array consoles, Disconnect both the Aggregator output and the Distributor input.
    2. Bonus Objective (Optional & Tedious): To fully power down the array panels themselves, you must also physically unmount all 480 individual battery cells (10 per array), or wait for them to completely discharge.
  5. G Deck Start Capacitor Room: If you activated the startup capacitors earlier, return here. Action: Disable everything.

Standard Shutdown Procedure Complete. The ship should now be in a Cold & Dark state, similar to the start option, though residual battery charge may remain unless cells were unmounted or drained.

Advanced: Full Battery Drain Procedure (NEEDS TESTING)

This procedure aims to fully deplete all battery power for an ultimate dark state, but takes significantly longer.

  1. F Deck Battery Rooms: Go to each of the 48 Battery Array panels. Action: Disconnect the Battery Distributor Input feed ONLY. Leave the Aggregator Output connected.
  2. Wait (Approx. 40+ minutes): Allow the ship's systems (primarily the still-active Aggregator panels and minimal background draw) to drain the batteries until they are nearly empty (e.g., ~1/3 full or less). Power draw is low, so this takes a long time. Monitor charge levels across different quadrants as drain rates may vary.
  3. Shutdown Upper Decks (A, B, C, D, E): Follow steps 1-5 from the Standard Shutdown procedure (disconnecting Bridge, VIP, Data Centre, and Hallway distributors on A, B, C, D, E Decks).
  4. Shutdown F Deck Distributors: Follow step 6 from the Standard Shutdown procedure (disconnecting hallway distributors in Rings 1 & 2).
  5. Shutdown F Deck Tunnel Distributors: Follow step 7 (first part) from the Standard Shutdown procedure (disconnecting tunnel distributors in Rings 3 & 4).
  6. Enable Startup Capacitor (G Deck Power): Follow the "Conditional: Startup Capacitor Activation" steps from the Standard Shutdown (Enable capacitor, switch G Deck Quad Distributors to Startup power input).
  7. Disconnect Upper Deck Quad Distributors (D, E, F): Follow the second part of the "Conditional" step (Disconnect everything on the 12 quadrant distributors on D, E, F decks).
  8. Disconnect G Deck Deck Distributors: Follow step 11 from the Standard Shutdown procedure (Disconnect everything on the 4 main Deck Distributors in the G Deck Reactor Room).
  9. Disconnect F Deck Aggregators: Follow step 12 from the Standard Shutdown procedure (Disconnect everything on the 8 Battery Array Aggregator panels in the F Deck tunnels).
  10. Disconnect G Deck Tunnel Distributors (Partial): Locate the 8 distributors in the G Deck tunnels. Action: Disconnect everything on 7 of them, but leave “G Deck Ring 1 Fwd Distributor” connected for now.
  11. Wait (Final Battery Drain): Allow the remaining connected systems (Aggregator panels via the Battery Array outputs) to completely drain the batteries. This can take a very long time.
  12. Final F Deck Disconnects: Once batteries are fully depleted:
    1. Go to each of the 48 Battery Array panels. Action: Disconnect the Aggregator Output.
    2. (Optional Bonus): Dismount all 480 battery cells.
  13. Final G Deck Shutdown:
    1. Follow steps 8, 9, and 10 from the Standard Shutdown (disconnecting FTL/Sublight/etc panels, Reactor Output Distributor, setting reactor to Isolate, shutting down pumps/coils, closing valves, shutting down Cryo Storage).
    2. Find and Disconnect everything on the last remaining G Deck tunnel distributor (“G Deck Ring 1 Fwd Distributor”).
    3. Disconnect everything on “Distributor - Reactor Room”.
    4. Disconnect everything on the 4 G Deck Quadrant Distributors.
    5. Disable everything on the Startup Capacitors if they were enabled.

Battery Drain Procedure Complete. The ship should be in a fully unpowered state.

Retrieved from "http://wiki.starshipsimulator.co.uk/index.php?title=Tutorial:Shutdown&oldid=2187"