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**this section heavily draws on the EPG entry in Prime Base. I've found over three gaming sections that this is an excellent way to harass a player team**

Omnicron Base is completely self-contained in its power requirements. Primary power is supplied by one of three fusion reactors located within the Power Annex. Each level of the Base has emergency batteries with enough capacity for 96-hours of normal operations.

But the Project planners and the designers of the Base could not rely on the continuation of normal conditions. Contingency plans and designs of the necessary equipment had to be planned for.

Like its sister, Prime Base, Omnicron Base is a totally artificial environment and is absolute dependent upon its internal power. Any loss or disruption of power can cripple or even end the mission of the Base and place its personnel in jeopardy due to sudden loss of its heating, cooling, lights and water.

Still, electro-magnetic pulse, disconnections from the main grid and other possible hazards may reasonably occur during or following a nuclear war. There are areas and functions of the Base that must be kept operating. The emergency power grid is designed to fill that need.

The Emergency Power Grid (EPG) closely resembles the main power grid in that it serves all of the areas of the Base. But it differs in two ways. The first of these is in the area of back-ups, fail-safes and fuses. The main grid has only two sets of each. The EPG is a tertiary system having an additional three sets of each and two automatic switching system that shunts power to a working area when one of the subsystems blows.

The other difference is in the power supplied. The main grid sends power wherever and whenever it is requested. Switch on a lamp or plug in a power tool and the main grid makes it run. The EPG supplies power only to those functions and areas designated emergency areas.

The system comes into operations in two ways. If the main grid is interrupted then the EPG automatically comes on line. Or the EPG can be switched on in place of the main grid (this may be done in order to effect repairs or perform maintenance on the main grid.)

There are several modes in which the EPG operates. Which mode to be used usually depended on the area of the Base and its function:

Automatic: In this mode the EPG supplies power, usually in the form of lighting, to a specific area. Power is constantly available to designated services.

Conditional: Some areas of Sigma are on the grid, but power is supplied only when someone was in the area. This is usually effected through the heat sensitive switches located in many areas of the Base (See the Base Lighting section for details.)

Command: Finally, any area of the Base can be linked to the EPG so as to perform in a normal manner, in other words, as if it is on the main grid. This can only be done from the Power Control Center of the Power Annex, through the controls located there. Once done, however, the area so designated would continue to function normally until someone returned to the Control Center and returned the area to standard functioning.