Did somebody order some starship fuel?

[AnubisGuard]

Then get your deuterium right here. Fresh off the assembly line.

Alas, this fine work isn't mine, but I'm reposing it here for somebody on the TrekBBS. It's a custom deuterium storage tank that he created for a final project in a design class.

I especially like the warning label. :lol

There's also a YouTube video of it in action. Original post is here, with more info about the design and construction.

 

[AJK001]

Nice!

 

[MooCriket]

That's awesome:thumbsup

 

[CSMacLaren]

Nicely done! :thumbsup

 

[C0mmand3rC0dy]

I want one!

 

[TV8]

Would look great behind the counter at a gas station!

 

[silverskyes402]

Thats freakin' sweet!!!

 

[darthgordon]

It's pretty cool... although "certified warp engine fuel"?

 

[Funky]

:eek They guy could make some summer cash on this here board.

 

[Reactor drone]

Hmm why would you need magnetic containment for deuterium?It's not like it's antimatter :confused

 

[darthgordon]

You wouldn't. It's stored in liquid slush form. But the rest of that label doesn't make much sense either. It's just for fun.

 

[shuktuki]

i thought the fuel was dilithium ? :confused

 

[kalkamel]

"Wow! Liquid Schwartz!"

 

[AnubisGuard]

Hmm why would you need magnetic containment for deuterium?It's not like it's antimatter :confused

Actually, deuterium is at least mildly toxic. It won't cause an explosion, but ingestion of or exposure to enough of the material causes a lot of nasty side effects.

 

[Treadwell]

Not sure I woulda included those printed-on "bolts" at the corners of the panels, but otherwise extremely cool!

 

[AnubisGuard]

You wouldn't. It's stored in liquid slush form. But the rest of that label doesn't make much sense either. It's just for fun.

Here's what Flux had to say on the issue at the Trek forum:

Originally I did intend for this to house antideuterium a.k.a. antimatter...but the word "deuterium" obviously has few letters and thusly I could make it larger on the canister, which to me just looked better. So try not to look at it from a Trek universe perspective and just from a graphic design/artistic perspective. I might go back and relabel it "Antideuterium" later to please the nitpickers.

....Plus, the deuterium might still require magnetic containment if it's being stored around antimatter...you can never be too careful.