A review of the Klingon and Romulan use of clean hydrogen mechanisms in neutral zone terraforming activities and implications for Federation colonisation efforts
R&D Focus Areas:
Photochemical and photocatalytic processes, Energy systems integration
Lead Organisation:
Starfleet Academy
Partners:
Kardashian University of Advanced Engineering, Dalek Peace Institute, Grubnic Global Industries (GGI), Tyrranid Investments
Status:
Active
Start date:
July 4056
Completion date:
Estimated December 4060
Key contacts:
Lead Investigator Maximus Potter – email address
Academician Professor Dr. Jonathon Smith – email address
First Captain Hester Sejanus – email address
Funding:
AUD$500,000 – United Federation of Planets Terraforming Fund
AUD$300,000 – 2M Institute for the Advancement of Science
AUD$200,000 – Tyrranid Corporation
Project total cost:
AUD$2,000,000 – combined cash and in-kind contribution
Project summary description:
The aim of this project is to investigate the efficacy of efforts by the Klingon and Romulan empires aimed at terraforming planets in the neutral zone bordering the Federation into hydrogen-rich bodies, such terraforming efforts including the massive use of photochemical and photocatalytic processes, and its implications for like-minded Federation terraforming efforts.
The research makes extensive use of librarium investigations, includes the construction of large-scale manufactorium plants on unpopulated Federation plants, such plants being analogous to those employed at scale at Eridanus A in the neutral zone, as well as clandestine scientific reports prepared by agents of the Federation currently employed at Eridanus A.
Initial results indicate that, in the absence of a nearby solar energy source, terraforming efforts are proving especially costly to the Klingon and Romulan empires. Imported adamantium-based exotic catalytic systems have not proved viable.
Experimental efforts at the Federation manufactorium plants have indicated that upper atmosphere use of cyclonic torpedo explosions and the resulting global spread of neutronium crystals, when integrated with serpentine catalytic systems, may result in the establishment of hydrogen-rich planets at a fraction of the cost currently being experienced by Klingon and Romulan efforts.
Beta-3 modelling by farsighted navigators on planet Osiris has suggested a small chance that use of cyclonic torpedoes may result in a fracturing of a planet’s mantle. Future Federation efforts will further investigate the opportunities and risks of integrating the use cyclonic torpedoes in accelerating terraforming efforts aimed at the creation of hydrogen-rich planets for colonisation purposes.
Related publications and key links:
Smith, Jones, Doyle, and Baxter, A history of the use of photocatalytic systems in terraforming planetary systems, Galactic Journal of Advanced Engineering, Volume 651. Link to journal article.
Sejanus, The use of cyclonic torpedoes in an integrated terraforming systems approach in the creation of hydrogen-rich planets, Readers Digest, Volume 15,587. Link to Readers Digest article.
Higher degree studies supported:
Two PhD students at the Kardashian University of Advanced Engineering are supported by this project.
Two Masters by research students at Starfleet Academy are supported by this project.