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====== Open Cycle Aether Reactor ====== | ====== Open Cycle Aether Reactor ====== | ||
- | *unapproved and such | ||
- | Conceved by the Baal-Hamon design cluster of the [[faction: | + | Conceved by the Baal-Hamon design cluster of the [[faction:uso: |
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===== About ===== | ===== About ===== | ||
- | The Open Cycle Aether Reactor configuration is very similar to conventional aether reactors. The device opens a small passage to the [[: | + | The Open Cycle Aether Reactor configuration is very similar to conventional aether reactors. The device opens a small passage to the [[technology:aether]], drawing out an immense amount of energy. The open cycle reactor designs store this energy in a compressed ball of matter inside of a large containment ring. The intense heat and electromagnetic energy put out by the storage mass in the center in turn powers the containment ring. Energy can then be directed out of the containment area to provide propulsion or to be used as a weapon system. |
The Open-Cycle name comes from the reactor being directly exposed to space, compared to closed-cycle reactors that are entirely self-contained inside of containers / ships / structures. | The Open-Cycle name comes from the reactor being directly exposed to space, compared to closed-cycle reactors that are entirely self-contained inside of containers / ships / structures. | ||
- | The design itself comes from the [[faction: | + | The design itself comes from the [[faction:uso: |
===== Design ===== | ===== Design ===== | ||
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=== Control Ring === | === Control Ring === | ||
- | The Control Ring contains the electronics, | + | The Control Ring contains the electronics, |
This control ring is usually connected to a starship or starbase through powerful electrostatic and gravitic fields. | This control ring is usually connected to a starship or starbase through powerful electrostatic and gravitic fields. | ||
=== Reactor Core === | === Reactor Core === | ||
- | Contained inside of the control ring is the reactor core, a dense ball of mass compressed together tightly by the electrical and gravitational fields created by the control ring. This ball of mass spins rapidly in the direction opposite of the control ring, and is usually superheated and putting out a powerful magnetic field. As the Control Ring siphons off power from the reactor core its magnetic field weakens, it gets cooler, and the spinning slows. The core can then be juiced up again by the control ring opening up a path to the [[:aether]] inside of the core itself, the resulting energy release being absorbed into the material of the core itself. | + | Contained inside of the control ring is the reactor core, a dense ball of mass compressed together tightly by the electrical and gravitational fields created by the control ring. This ball of mass spins rapidly in the direction opposite of the control ring, and is usually superheated and putting out a powerful magnetic field. As the Control Ring siphons off power from the reactor core its magnetic field weakens, it gets cooler, and the spinning slows. The core can then be juiced up again by the control ring opening up a path to the [[technology:aether]] inside of the core itself, the resulting energy release being absorbed into the material of the core itself. |
=== Other Stuff === | === Other Stuff === | ||
The reactor design is configured so that other parts can be positioned around the control ring. The core ring's shields can be configured to release some of the material of the reactor core in a specified direction to be used by other systems floating in space near by. The design uses powerful shields to keep attached components at the proper distance from the reactor. | The reactor design is configured so that other parts can be positioned around the control ring. The core ring's shields can be configured to release some of the material of the reactor core in a specified direction to be used by other systems floating in space near by. The design uses powerful shields to keep attached components at the proper distance from the reactor. |