Changes: PXK pergium reactor

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Sabotaged PXK reactor with replacement circulating pump

A PXK pergium reactor was a nuclear energy source used in the 23rd century. In 2267, it was used in the Janus VI pergium mining colony to power all of the life support systems there.

In that year, the silicon-based lifeform known as a "Horta" stole the circulating pump from the Janus VI reactor, an action which would cause the reactor to go supercritical. Captain Kirk asked Scotty if they had any replacement parts onboard the Enterprise, but Scotty responded that the reactor had been out-of-date for roughly 30 years, forcing him to construct a makeshift replacement pump.

Eventually, Spock was able to make contact with the Horta via mind meld, and the Horta agreed to return the circulating pump. (TOS: "The Devil in the Dark")

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 [[File:PXK_reactor.jpg|thumb|Sabotaged PXK reactor with replacement circulating pump]]
-The '''PXK pergium reactor''' was a [[pergium]]-powered [[nuclear reactor]] that were commonly used during the [[2210s]].  By the [[2240s]], though, they were becoming basically outdated.
+A '''PXK pergium reactor''' was a nuclear energy source used in the [[23rd century]]. In [[2267]], it was used in the [[Janus VI]] [[Janus VI colony|pergium mining colony]] to power all of the [[life support]] systems there.
+In that year, the [[silicon-based lifeform]] known as a "[[Horta]]" stole the [[circulating pump]] from the Janus VI reactor, an action which would cause the reactor to go supercritical. [[Captain]] [[James T. Kirk|Kirk]] asked [[Scotty]] if they had any replacement parts onboard the [[USS Enterprise (NCC-1701)|''Enterprise'']], but Scotty responded that the reactor had been out-of-date for roughly 30 years, forcing him to construct a makeshift replacement pump.
-Despite this, the subterranean [[Janus VI colony]] continued to use it to power its [[life support]] systems.  Though the reactor was outdated and antiquated, it never gave any trouble until stardate 3196 in [[2267]], when the [[mother Horta]] stole the reactor's main [[circulating pump]], the one absolutely vital piece of machinery in the reactor, in an effort to force the colonists off the [[planet]].  Without the pump, the reactor would go supercritical in ten hours and irradiate half of [[Janus VI]].
-{{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701}} chief engineer [[Montgomery Scott]] was able to cobble together a temporary replacement that lasted long enough for [[Captain]] [[James T. Kirk]] to make contact with the [[Horta]] and recover the missing part. ({{TOS|The Devil in the Dark}})
+Eventually, [[Spock]] was able to make contact with the Horta via [[mind meld]], and the Horta agreed to return the circulating pump. ({{TOS|The Devil in the Dark}})
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