Weight:
192 tonnes
Crawler Base:
20 motorized LRV-DS mesh wheels, 10 per side, 500 hp per stub axle, independent suspension w/10’ vertical play/axle
Max Speed:
½ mph
Max Range:
600 miles
Navigation:
Bendix BNS-6 Gyroscopic inertial navigation system
Station Power:
Westinghouse AP100 nuclear reactor - 100MW
Configuration:
Four decks: #1 Electronics, docking airlocks, sick bay, #2 Sleeping quarters, #3 Support crew and #4 Storage
Accommodations:
Galley, Mess, 4 heads on Deck 1; Berthing for 14 staff with 2 heads, Rec hall on deck 2; 8 support crew bunks, 2 heads on Deck 3
Equipment:
8 ADS Exosuits, 4 BenthiCraft 1500M DSVs, 4 IBM racks of TrueNorth blades w/ 10 – 100 petabyte memory stacks, 14 Science workstations
External sensors:
Passive sonar, active sonar, ultrasonic intercom
Isotope sensors:
(TS SI UMBRA-A)
4 - Cesium-134, Cesium-137, Strontium-90, Iodine-131
Life support:
Water-electrolysis O2 generator, monthly food drops, 1200 MRE Pantry, 50 gph desalinization plant
Scuttle support:
EPod release, 4 - 100 pound C4 canisters on each deck
Sea Station Umbra
[TS SCI UMBRA-Z (NOFORN)]
U.S. Govt. Form ADS 302-A
2.) Sea Station Umbra Science Staff
[TS SCI UMBRA-ZX (NOFORN)]
Name
Rank
Clearance
Duty
Alvarado, Chris J.
Ens.
Umbra-A
FRMS Diver
Bowman, J. David
Civilian
Umbra-ZX
Station Mgr
Castro, Roger G.
Lt. JG
Umbra-Z
TPCI Diver
Ching, Yung L.
Lt. Cmdr
Umbra-ZX
TPCI Translator
Deason, Jill R.
Ens.
Umbra-A
FRMS Scientist
Edwards, Bill M.
Capt.
Umbra-ZX
TPCI Lead
Li, Dan (NMI)
Lt. Cmdr
Umbra-ZX
TPCI Translator
Norris, Leon S.
Ens.
Umbra-A
FRMS Diver
Ortega, Sam A.
Lt.
Umbra-A
FRMS Lead Sci.
Shin, Umi S.
Lt.
Umbra-ZX
TPCI Translator
Turnbull, Ross A.
Ens.
Umbra-A
FRMS Scientist
Williams, Susan R.
Lt. JG
Umbra-Z
TPCI Lead Diver
Visitor
(any)
Umbra
Temp Scientist
Visitor
(any)
Umbra
Temp Scientist
LEGEND
TPCI
Transpacific Cable Intercept
FRMS
Fukushima Radiation Monitoring Station
[TS SCI UMBRA-ZX (NOFORN)]
U.S. Govt. Form SSU 501-SS
3.) Sea Station Umbra Support Crew
[TS SCI UMBRA (NOFORN)]
Name
Rank
Clearance
Duty
Adams, Sue
CPO
Umbra
Maint.
Broyles, Seymour
PO1
Umbra
Maint.
Burton, Chris
PO1
Umbra
QM
Peters, Joe
Ens.
Umbra
Nuke
Quinn, Mary
Ens.
Umbra
Nuke
Russo, Tony
SCPO
Umbra
CQM
Saunders, Bill
Civ
Umbra
Cul. Spec.
Simon, Harry
PO1
Umbra
Maint.
[TS SCI UMBRA (NOFORN)]
U.S. Govt. Form SSU 503-SC
4.) ABOUT THE AUTHOR
ONE MORE THING
If you enjoyed reading Sea Station Umbra (or not) please take a few moments of your time and give me a short review on Amazon.com. Just touch REVIEW below and leave your comment. Simple. Thank you for your review! See my other Matt Cross adventures in the books listed below.
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John Paul Cater, a retired engineer and scientist, has authored many works under the name John P. Cater. Dating back to 1983, the first books he published were non-fiction instructional works on computer speech technology.
These paperback books are listed below:
Electronically Speaking: Computer Speech Generation
HW Sams & Co. Inc, 1983, ISBN 0-672-21947-6
Electronically Hearing: Computer Speech Recognition
HW Sams & Co. Inc, 1984, ISBN 0-672-22173-X
Many years later, after working with the astronauts at Johnson Space Center's Astronaut Office, he changed his preferred genre to fictional astronomy and technology, and began writing hard science fiction in 2004. Published works since then are listed below:
The Endlight Event
Authorhouse, 2004, ISBN 1-4184-9830-0
The Endlight Event: A New Ice Age is Coming...Tomorrow
Daily Swan Publishing, Inc, 2008, ISBN 978-0-9815845-0-8
Endlight Dawning 2012: The Maya Knew
Daily Swan Publishing, Inc, 2012, ISBN 978-0-9829769-5-1
Satellite Lost (Introducing Matthew Cross and the Canyon Glider)
Kindle Direct Publishing, 2015, ISBN 978-1-4951-6146-9
The Endlight Event
Kindle Direct Publishing, 2015, ASIN B00Z5GB67U
RawShock Tales
Kindle Direct Publishing, 2015, ASIN B0120NJ6M2
Pi Day Doomsday (A Matt “Marker” Cross Thriller)
eBook: Kindle Direct Publishing, 2015, ASIN B013Y5DTOG
Paperback: CreateSpace Direct Publishing, 2016, ISBN 978-1533315526
Sea Station Umbra (Matthew Cross at his best!)
eBook: Kindle Direct Publishing, 2016, ASIN B01D3U6AIY
Paperback: CreateSpace Direct Publishing, 2016, ISBN 978-1533243232
He now continues to write in both e-book and paperback formats, supplying his readers with thrilling and entertaining reading experiences.
This book, Sea Station Umbra, is his second venture out of the sci-fi genre into the world of speculative techno-thrillers. Hope you enjoyed it!
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