I'm now two weeks into working on the electrical systems, and I'm pleased to say the lighting on G Deck is now powered entirely from the batteries, which in turn are being charged by the reactor. With the core electrical system now largely finished, all that remains is the time-consuming task of laying the actual cabling all over the ship. So far there are over 320m of live wiring, and I expect that to easily increase to multiple kilometres by the time the ship is finished.
I also updated the interface panels to sport some fingerprint smudges rather than scratches, which ultimately makes a lot more sense for a brand new ship. The individual breaker displays also now properly calculate the live Amperage for the given Voltage and Draw Wattage. If you disconnect any individual battery links, the remaining ones will pick up the load and their amperage will increase. In the future, if you try pulling too much amperage over an individual link it will take damage and eventually burn out (potentially triggering a fire).
Most of the hardware is still using placeholder meshes, so the job for this coming week (along with laying endless amounts of cabling) is to start modelling everything properly. I'll also then move onto the reactor itself and begin the process of turning it into a real fusion device, requiring the right amounts of fuel and coolant to run.
