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'''Life support''' systems are the most crucial aboard any [[space]] vehicle. They typically include artificial [[gravity]], [[inertial dampener]]s and [[atmosphere|atmospheric]] controls. Failure of these systems prompts a [[computer]] safeguard to order the evacuation of the [[starship]] in question. ({{VOY|The Haunting of Deck Twelve}}) Aboard some vessels, the imminent failure of the life support system constitutes a [[blue alert]] situation. ({{TNG|Brothers}}) |
'''Life support''' systems are the most crucial aboard any [[space]] vehicle. They typically include artificial [[gravity]], [[inertial dampener]]s and [[atmosphere|atmospheric]] controls. Failure of these systems prompts a [[computer]] safeguard to order the evacuation of the [[starship]] in question. ({{VOY|The Haunting of Deck Twelve}}) Aboard some vessels, the imminent failure of the life support system constitutes a [[blue alert]] situation. ({{TNG|Brothers}}) |
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Revision as of 12:15, 29 August 2010
A graphic of the life support plasma flow system
Life support systems are the most crucial aboard any space vehicle. They typically include artificial gravity, inertial dampeners and atmospheric controls. Failure of these systems prompts a computer safeguard to order the evacuation of the starship in question. (VOY: "The Haunting of Deck Twelve") Aboard some vessels, the imminent failure of the life support system constitutes a blue alert situation. (TNG: "Brothers")
Life support systems and pressure domes can be used to make a class K planet more hospitable for Humans. (TOS: "I, Mudd") A key component in 23rd century life support systems was the mineral topaline. (TOS: "Friday's Child")
In the distress call from a Romulan warbird in 2369 which the USS Enterprise-D received, the status of the Romulan ship was included. Their life support systems were failing. (TNG: "Timescape")
The same year the runabout USS Ganges returned from a routine mission in the Gamma Quadrant to Deep Space 9 because their life support was failing and the oxygen levels had dropped dangerously low. (DS9: "Q-Less")
Major Kira Nerys and Doctor Julian Bashir responded to a priority one distress signal from the Kobliad transport ship Reyab which life support and central power linkage was failing. (DS9: "The Passenger")
Major Kira reported that life support was functioning normal after the station was hit by a gravimetric disruption caused by a nearby subspace rupture. (DS9: "If Wishes Were Horses")
Before its atmospheric dome was added, Internment Camp 371 relied on life support systems in its walls to provide atmosphere. Enabran Tain used the old systems to send a message to Elim Garak in 2373. (DS9: "In Purgatory's Shadow", "By Inferno's Light", "Inquisition")
After leaving Empok Nor, the Cardassians deactivated its life support systems. (DS9: "Empok Nor")
Hirogen body armor has internal life support and it can protect a Hirogen hunter while seeking prey in most hostile environments, including the surface of a collapsed star. (VOY: "Prey")
A Federation Template:ShipClass starship has tricyclic life support systems. (VOY: "Drone")
It appears that even when life support systems are disabled it is still possible to maintain life aboard a starship for a limited period of time using the oxygen that is already in the atmosphere. (ENT: "Exile")