Engineering — Antimatter Containment Tanks

A bank of heavily shielded containment tanks and their braided conduitwork, held behind welded bulkheads and magnetic clamps. The space registers as clinical danger: low, mechanical hums of field generators, strobing warning lights, and a cold metallic tang that makes the stomach tighten. Characters invoke it as a single line of defence — breach here means cascading radiation, ship‑wide evacuation orders, and instant catastrophe. In Sickbay its name tightens the countdown: technicians picture ruptured seals, drifting plasma, and the impossible pressure of proving safety before the next timed pulse.