Lumi-Plates

Lumi Plates

is a geneal term for light fixtures in space ships or space stations. It takes the same place as "Light bulb", Fluorescent light". "Lamp"

Lumi Plates come in all sizes from small diodes to kilometer long space born planetary light givers.

The first use of the word comes form the Illumination Plates used in United Earth Colonist arks. These Lumi plates were using radioactive cells and the decay of radioactive materials to create square shaped light elements that were always "on" and had an expected Light giving life of 10-15,000 Years.

These plates were completley encapsuled and could not be openend or taken appar. They were made durable and worked in all environments, settlers could find themselves.

The late Dr. Isah was the chief developer on the second generation. It was a form of cold fusion on chemical basis.

In 2229 anUlt/ Terran company called "Brightness Inc" marketed an Illumination Plate that could be switched off.

Just before Dr.Isah's assasination he introduced the "Lumi Plate" with a Zero Point Energy Cell and freely allowed any company interested the details of the invention.

From that time on until today, these Light elements are called Lumi Plates and have seen very little changes or improvements.

Lumi Plates can be switched on and off and do not need any external energy source, They last between 5 and 50,000 years depending on the manufacturer and model.

Lumi Plate elements are inside normal lamps and light fixtures.(While it is the same tech only the square light plates inside installations, space ships are called Lumi Plates.

For the other things the usual words like "Lamp"are used.