Vad står EPS för?

Jag tror att det står för Elektro-plasmasystemet

The electro-plasma system (EPS for short, or more specifically the electro-plasma distribution network, as engineers like to call it) is the primary form of energy distribution on starships.

The technology is based on storing energy in a highly energetic plasma, "electro-plasma," and distributing it throughout the ship via plasma conduits, called EPS conduits. The system of conduits is also referred to as the plasma grid. EPS conduits usually start at a matter-antimatter reaction assembly, also called the warp core, where matter is converted to energy, and extend to all areas of a ship. Plasma conduit power levels are regulated by plasma coolant ducts, and monitored by plasma conversion sensors.

Här finns mer information om de kanalerna

Och här är en bild av ett sekundärt plasmasystem

Detta är E lectro P lasma S ystem (även känt som Electroplasma System ), en serie av ledningar som reser runt skeppet och ger laddad plasmakraft till vitala system.

Ett sekundärt elsystem tillhandahåller även elektrisk energi, även om väldigt få system använder denna i stor utsträckning föråldrade teknik.

TNGs tekniska manual definierar det på så sätt;

MAJOR UTILITIES NETWORKS
Power transmission for onboard systems is accomplished by a network of microwave power transmission waveguides known as the electro plasma system (EPS). Major power supplies derive microwave power from the warp propulsion power conduits and the main impulse engines. Additional feeds draw power from the saucer module impulse engines as well as a number of auxiliary fusion generators. A secondary power distribution system provides electrical power for specialized requirements.

Och det nämns i flera avsnitt, om än aldrig med sitt fulla namn:

NOG: No! I have to listen at precisely eighty two decibels because that's the volume Worf listens at! Of course, if I could've simply told him why I needed two metres of electro-plasma conduit from the Defiant, he probably would've just given it to me and things would be a lot quieter around here! DS9 : In the Cards

och

DATA: The primary plasma system does not indicate a power drain from any of the transporters.

LAFORGE: Then whoever used the transporter must have bypassed the primary feeds.

DATA: Tracking power from secondary systems. No surges to any of the transporters indicated. TNG : The Mind's Eye

elsystem. eps-ledning betyder att elnätet löper genom plaströret vitt ovanför marken för att stoppa UV-skador och orange grunder.