CATASTROPHIC EMERGENCY PROCEDURES

	As with the warp propulsion system, the IPS may sustain various 
degrees of damage requiring repair or deliberate release of the damaged 
hardware. Standard procedures for dealing with major vehicle damage apply 
to IPS destruction and include but are not limited to: safing any systems that 
could pose further damage to the ship, assessing IPS damage and collateral 
damage to ship structures and systems, and sealing off hull breaches and 
other interior areas which are no longer habitable.

	Deuterium and fusion-enhancement antimatter reactants are 
automatically valved off at points upstream from the affected systems, 
according to computer and crew damage control assessments. Where 
feasible, crews will enter affected areas in standard extravehicular work 
garments (SEWG) to assure that damaged systems are rendered totally inert, 
and perform repairs on related systems as necessary. Irreparably damaged 
IPS components, starting with the thrust vents and moving inboard to the 
drive coils and reaction chambers, can be taken off-line and released if their 
continued retention adversely affects the integrity of the rest of the starship.  
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