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Main Skeletal Structure The central framing skeleton to which all station structures are bonded is a series of separate assemblies comprising the core segments, ring segments, and pylons. Each framing skeleton is an open network of shaped girders making up a tension and compression grid with an average run between geometric interpenetrations of 7.25 meters. Overall this grid is four times lighter in mass than the intergumtary hull plating upon it, leading Starfleet engineers to believe that the skeleton acts more as an assembly template than a key load-transmitting mass. In fact, vibrational an controlled-shock analysis indicates that the joined hull bears most of the stress. |
