HARDWARE CONFIGURATION AND OPERATION

	In the preferred configuration, the starship undergoes rapid 
vaporization from thermal and mechanical shock caused by a deliberate 
release of warp engine reactants. Remote computer system decryption 
algorithms generate one final set of cascade failure commands, and all 
engine safety interlocks are compromised. Matter from the primary 
deuterium tankage and the total supply of antimatter from the storage pods 
on Deck 42 are expelled simultaneously, producing an energy release on the 
order of 10Ã megajoules, roughly equivalent to 1,000 photon torpedoes.

	If the command links to the engine systems are severed, the 
secondary destruct system is automatically selected. Ordnance packages 
are located at key locations around the vehicle, including the antimatter 
storage pods. These are detonated in concert with intentional overloads of 
all fusion reaction chambers. The release yield of the secondary system is 
calculated to be 10» megajoules, roughly equivalent to 500 photon torpedoes. 
The secondary destruct system becomes the primary system for the Saucer 
Module in Separated Flight Mode.  Æ