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Welcome reader to the nightshade users manual! In this manual we will try to describe how to operate the various systems of this ship, this will be broken up into different chapters for each section of the ship.




GENERAL SHIP INFO:
Before we start here is some general info that couldnt be sorted into one particular section.

Each room on the ship has lights that are able to be switched on and off, the light switch can be identified as a small 2 button switch on the wall that glows green and red with the exception of the brig door control switch in the engineering room behind the reactor.

The nightshade features an onboard ai named Solanim, this ai is designed to manage automated computing tasks on this ship as well as inform its crew of various information using the ships local radio system, this ai can have its radio system disabled with a button located in the bridge that will be elaborated on later

There are power outlets located around the ship designed for the crew to be able to install custom equipment, these outlets can be identified with blinking blue lights bolted onto a small brownish block embedded into the wall.



BRIDGE CONTROLS
The bridge is broken up into 3 main parts, the cockpit, the midsection, and the aft. The nightshade while it can be operated by a single captain, was also designed for another crewmember to serve as a copilot for more efficient operation.

COCKPIT
Proximity sensor: in the top right corner there is a small display showing an outline of the ship, when approaching a solid object like a rock the sensor will display a small light on the side the object is facing.

Fuel gauge: located above the accelerometer and altimeter, this displays how much fissile fuel is left remaining in the reactor.
Accelerometer: located between the fuel gauge and altimeter, this displays the ships current speed
Altimeter:located underneath the accelerometer, this displays the current downwards speed of the ship

Cockpit primary engine indicator: to the right of the status monitor, displays the status of the primary engine
Cockpit primary ballast indicator: to the right of the status monitor, displays the status of the primary ballast pumps

Depth charge launch button: underneath the status monitor to the right, launches loaded depth charge when pressed
Pride mode button: underneath the status monitor to the left. When activated makes all the lights on the ship cycle through rgb

Camera monitor: located behind the helm as a independent terminal. Displays feed of all the ships cameras,press left click to cycle through the cameras

Battery toggle: located behind the cam monitor, when pressed turns the battery array on/off
Battery charge meter: located above the battery toggle, displays the total charge of the battery array

MIDSECTION:

BOW FACING SCREEN
Temp meter:top of the screen in red, displays the current reactor temp
Power meter:top of the screen in blue, displays the current level of power generation from the reactor
Load meter: top of the screen in green, displays the current system load of the ship

Mass bilge system button: located in the middle left of the screen and represented as a red gear with a blue arrow pointing into the center, when pressed activates the ships mass bilge system, this system is designed to be used during flooding where the ships bilge pumps begin to fail to drain the water, when pressed all the doors in the ships main cabin are opened and water drainage grates on the floor are opened, and a powerful water drainage pump located in the engine room activates and begins to drain as much water as possible to allow for repairs. This button will illuminate red when Solanim detects onboard flooding in multiple rooms.
Bridge lightswitch: located in the middle right of the screen represented as a yellow electrical signal, when pressed it turns the bridges lights on/off

Fire alarm: located in the lower middle of the screen, activates when a fire is detected onboard the ship
Flood alarm. Located in the lower middle of the screen, activates when flooding is detected onboard the ship
Meltdown alarm:Located in the lower middle of the screen, activates when the reactor begins to overheat and melt down

Fire alarm toggle: a red button located below the alarm text, when activated it disables the fire alarm activation
Flood alarm toggle: a blue button located below the alarm text, when activated it disables the flood alarm activation
Meltdown alarm toggle, a yellow button located below the alarm text, when activated it disables the meltdown alarm activation

A.I voice toggle: located at the bottom of the screen, when activated it disables Solanims speech


AFT FACING SCREEN
Primary engine toggle: a blue engine icon located at the top of the screen, when pressed it enables/disables the primary engine
Primary pumps toggle: a blue pump icon located at the top of the screen, when pressed it enables/disables the primary ballast pumps
Auxiliary engine toggle: a red engine icon located below the primary engine icon, when pressed it enables/disables the auxiliary engine
Auxiliary pumps toggle: a red pump icon located below the primary pump icon, when pressed it enables/disables the auxiliary pumps

Primary engine indicator light: the topmost blue light located in the middle left of the screen, displays the engines current status
Primary pumps indicator light: the bottommost blue light located in the middle left of the screen, displays the current status of the primary ballast pumps
Auxiliary engine indicator light: the topmost red light located in the middle right of the screen, displays the engines current status
Auxiliary pumps indicator light: the bottommost red light located in the middle right of the screen, displays the pumps current status

Primary engine condition: blue text located at the bottom of the screen, displays the current condition of the engine
Primary pumps condition: blue text located at the bottom of the screen, displays the current condition of the pumps
Auxiliary engine condition: red text located at the bottom of the screen, displays the current condition of the engine
Auxiliary pumps condition: red text located at the bottom of the screen, displays the current condition of the pumps



AFT:

Discharge coils capacitor charge meter: located at the top of the window, displays the current charge of the coils supercapacitor
Discharge coils charging toggle: a button located below the charge meter, toggles the capacitors charging, switches to green when letting power through and red when cutting feed
Altimeter aft: located below the discharge coil charge meter and charging toggle, displays the submarines current depth.


End of bridge chapter


ENGINE ROOM

SCREEN
Embedded status monitor: located at the top of the screen, acts as a standard status monitor
Fuel gauge: located below the status monitor, displays the current amount of fissile fuel remaining in the reactor
Light switch: located in the middle left of the screen, when pressed switches the lights in the engine room on/off
Primary engine condition: blue text located in the lower middle of the screen, displays the current condition of the primary engine
Auxiliary engine condition: red text located in the lower middle of the screen, displays the current condition of the auxiliary engine

ENGINE
Engine torque meter: yellow text displaying the current amount of torque the primary engine is producing
Engine velocity meter: blue text displaying the current speed of the ship

AUX ENGINE COMPARTMENT
Engine power adapter: battery located at the top of the room designed to help prevent sudden drains of power from the primary engine



FABRICATOR:

Fabricator backup battery: designed to keep the fabricator running in the event of emergency, toggled by pressing the red gear on the central screen of the deconstructor, the indicator lights to the side will switch between red and green for on/off

Deconstructor autostorage: after deconstruction items are automatically stored in the storage cabinets located within the cargo hold.



GUNNERY:

Sonar monitor: a small screen located in the middle of the room, displays the ships sonar for long range enemy detection

Depth charge button: located on the top of the depth charge loader, pressing launches the depth charge

Capacitor charge meters: located on each capacitor, displays the current charge of its capacitor

Foward heavy turret mount: the leftmost periscope and loader, serves as an empty turret hardpoint for future installation



ENGINEERING:
BRIG
Brig camera monitor: Located at the far left of the room behind the reactor: displays a view inside of the brig
Brig door switch: a horizontal switch located below the brig camera monitor, when pressed open/closes the brig door

REACTOR MONITOR
Fuel gauge: green text located at the top of the screen, displays the current amount of fissile fuel left remaining in the reactor
Temp meter: red text located in the upper middle of the screen, displays the current reactor temperature
Power meter: purple text located in the lower middle of the screen, displays the current power output of the reactor
Load meter: yellow text located at the bottom of the screen, displays the current system load of the ship


Reactor fission rate safety system: red electrical symbol located at the upper right of the screen, when pressed gives Solanim override of the reactors fission rate system and keeps the fision rate in the green
Reactor shutdown: located in the middle right of the screen, when pressed activates a complete shutdown of the reactor

BATTERY ARRAY
Battery charge meter: blue text located at the top of the battery array screen that displays the current charge of the collective array
Battery array toggle: blue electrical icon located at the right of the screen, when pressed activates the array and begins outputting its charge into the system



MEDICAL BAY:

Medical supplies cabinet: located at the left of the room, a highly compact storage compartment designed to hold a large amount of medical supplies and deliver supplies directly to the medical fabricator as needed

AUTODOC
Autodoc syringe loader: located to the right of the cabinets, supplies loaded syringes to the autodoc mass injector
Autodoc firing button: a large red medical cross button located on the top screen of the loader, when pressed fires the loaded payload from the autodoc mass injector
Autodoc syringe storage: compartment below the screen , contains a red container, place your desired syringes inside of the container and place it back into the loader (WARNING:do not dispose of this container, this is the only container compatable with the autodoc)
Autodoc mass injector: located above the hospital bed, capible of firing a massive quantity of syringes into the patient at once

MEDICAL FABRICATOR:
Research terminal: located to the left of the medical fabricator, capible of decompiling genetic material and creating custom genes with the assistance of Solanim
Medical fabricator: custom nightshade medical fabricator wired into the structure of the ship, has automatic supplies conveyor linked to the medical storage and toxins cabinet
Toxins cabinet: located to the lower left below the medical fabricator, climate controlled storage designed for holding toxins and hazardous biological material



ELECTRICAL:

Systems fusebox switchboard: located in the middle of the room above the power conduit, allows for direct manual control of the ships systems letting you enable/disable specific systems

Discharge coils capacitor: located to the far right of the room above the mass bilge pump, stores power for the external discharge coils

Main cabin mass bilge pump: located at the bottom right of the room, designed for long term durability and hard wired into the ships electrical grid, designed to activate during emergencies

Junction boxes: located at the top of the room, connects all the ships systems, a unique draw out design utilizing crystalline diodes for energy adaption and transfer



DIVING:

Battery charger: located to the far left of the room near the door, a hollow compartment embedded into the wall designed for 8 batteries to be plugged in and charged at once

Diving supplies cabinets: located below the primary diving cabinet. Smaller cabinets designed to hold additional supplies

Oxygen regeneration system toggle: located at the far bottom left of the diving suit shelf, toggles the systems oxygen regenerators on/off

Relays: 4 relays located below the diving shelf that power various systems in the stern



AIRLOCK:

Docking hatch airlock: due to size the nightshades airlock and docking hatch have been fused into a 2 in 1 system. Functions as a standard airlock when undocked but is forced open when docked like a standard docking hatch

Airlock buttons: interior airlock button is displayed by a red airlock icon on the screen to the left in the airlock, when outside or docked a holographic button is projected above the airlock, there is also a smaller button wired to the docking hatch itself



OXYGEN GENERATOR:

Ballast tank water indicator light: a blue light bar located to the left of the generator by the door, indicates when the water level is above the door by flashing blue




BALLAST TANK A:

Secure storage: located by the oxygen generator door, a series of 9 secure compartments for additional storage (WARNING: storing materials such as pure sodium or potassium is not recommended)

Auxiliary ballast pumps: located to the left of the primary pumps, two small pumps that can pump in and out a smaller amount of water compared to the main pumps



BALLAST TANK B:

Crate racks: located at the top of the ballast tank, several racks designed for extra crate storage

Auxiliary ballast pumps:located to the left of the primary pumps, two small pumps that can pump in and out a smaller amount of water compared to the main pumps



That is the end of the users manual, we hope here at mako marine research and manufacturing that this was informative and will help you with operating your ship, happy sailing!

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