The Story Continues...

   From here Candy’s story merges with and is intertwined with a much larger story slowly taking shape online across multiple websites. We continue her story on the Galactic Enterprise’s website (www.galacticenterprise.com/The-Galactic-Enterprise-Log-Book-Page12.html)
   The Galactic Enterprise (www.galacticenterprise.com) is a spacecraft 1500 feet long and is made up of four sections. The Command Section, Habitat and/or Work Section, the Communication Section, and the Engineering Section.
   The Command Section is 280 feet long, and 240 feet in diameter at its widest point. It can launch two viper class attack craft at a time. The Command Section holds three Viper class attack craft in each of its two flight decks. This is the command and control section of the ship. The observation deck, landing bays, and main bridge are all in this section of the ship. Much of the ship's water and oxygen are located on the bottom of the Command Section. The Command Section can be detached from the rest of the ship in an emergency.
   The Habitat Section of the ship is a torus 380 feet long and 340 feet in diameter on average with a circumference of 1068.14 and a toroidal opening of more than 40 feet that makes up the central core. There are four levels to this section. Each torus is 80 feet wide and 340 feet in diameter with over 28 levels to the core. This section of the Galactic Enterprise houses the sleeping quarters, laboratories, classrooms, the medical section, the main dining area called the Galactic Kitchen, and other eateries, various entertainment, and other recreational areas. The ship's chapel which is also available online and aeroponics along with the main life-support system are located in this section of the ship. The ship's computer core is also in this section of the ship.
   This section of the ship rotates creating various degrees of gravity with zero gravity at the core. The maximum rotational or angular velocity for generally accepted human comfort levels is 2 rpm creating .46% of the earth's normal gravity in the outer rings. Normally, we rotate at 1.7 rpm which creates .33% of the earth's normal gravity. We could rotate at 2.94 rpm to create the earth's normal gravity.
   The first level is closest to the Command Section and holds the observatories, stellar cartography, and other related fields’ laboratories in the outer ring, and the medical center is in the inner ring. Level 2 has a mini-shopping mall in the outer rings with extra high ceilings and staff sleeping quarters in the inner ring. Level 3 is all sleeping quarters. Level 4 holds classrooms and the life sciences laboratories.
   The Communication Section is 140 feet long and 380 feet at its widest point. It houses two separate communication systems and serves as an alternate command center in case of an emergency. The Communications Section houses not only various communication systems but also controls all the ship's sensors. The sensors will detect any object larger than a golf ball more than 100,000 miles from the ship.
   Below that is the Engineering Section. It is 640 feet long and about 40 feet in diameter. Despite its great size, the Galactic Enterprise runs on a low-voltage system. It is powered by 3 systems: a photovoltaic system with large arrays powering one of ten solar power plants, a small thorium reactor, and an anti-matter reactor. Primary power comes from the anti-matter reactor with the thorium reactor as the backup. When close enough to a light source we use our solar panels as our primary source of power.
   Our main engine is an anti-matter propulsion system. The secondary engine is an advanced ion propulsion system as are the maneuvering thrusters.