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U.S.S. Voyager : Astrometrics Lab

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Tuvok introduces this room.

Seven tells you about accessing records.

Seven introduces this room.

The astrometrics lab was formerly the stellar cartography lab which, in 2374, around stardate 51186, Kim and Seven enhanced producing a facility which combined Starfleet and Borg technology [#73 Revulsion]. The new astrometrics lab was inaugurated on stardate 51425.4 [Year of Hell]. It is located on deck 8 section 29 [Equinox].

The modified systems are ten times more accurate than the technology originally fitted to Voyager. The new astrometrics sensors use the stars to navigate by measuring the radiative flux of up to three billion stars simultaneously, and the computer then calculates Voyager's position relative to the centre of the galaxy. When the astrometrics lab was inaugurated, the new system allowed the crew to plot a new course home, cutting five years off the journey home.

The main viewscreen reaches from floor to ceiling and is controlled from the main console that faces it. The imaging database is driven by an advanced holographic generator which obtains its data from Voyager's central computer core. The lab is directly linked to Voyager's sensor arrays so that incoming data instantly updates existing records. Voyager's sensors can detect everything from nebulae to specific minerals on individual planets. The viewscreen can display everything from an overview of the entire galaxy to a specific region of a planet when information on political alliances and alien borders can be displayed as detailed maps. As well as showing complex data and sensor readings as computer graphics, the screen can relay visual data such as log entries and can also be used as a conventional viewscreen to establish face-to-face communication. These displays can be overlaid with charts, labels and grids to show Voyager's most recent course or a projected course, or just internal ship schematics.

Apart from the main console that faces the main viewscreen, there are secondary consoles either side of it which handle functions such as radiative flux measurements, stellar cartography and spectral analysis.

When Voyager established live contact with Project Pathfinder on Earth in 2377, in [#166 Author, Author], face-to-face communication took place here. A central console (located, on entering the lab, on the righthand side of the room) controls the comlink such as receipt of the signal and manipulation to produce the best quality.

astrometrics lab
[#120 Equinox, Part One]