Dilithium crystal converter assembly
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A dilithium crystal converter assembly (also known as the dilithium circuit or simply converter assembly) was an engineering component aboard Constitution-class starships, in use from the mid-2260s.
Dilithium (or lithium) crystals installed in the converter assembly served as a critical component of the warp drive and as a power source. A damaged converter assembly, or drained crystals, could prevent a starship from something as small as being unable to create a by-pass circuit, to something as complicated as maintaining orbit or engaging the warp drive. Dilithium in-use, and the assembly itself, could be damaged from a sustained exertion of the ship's power.
