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The Ms-P3505 series Hyperspace Fold Drives are a set of long-range faster-than-light propulsion systems intended primarily for use aboard starships, designed and manufactured by Murasaki Orbital Shipyards. They were first introducted in YE 35.

The Ms-P3505 Hyperspace Fold Drives (HFD) use an internal supply of exotic matter and a set of powerful quantum distortion coils to manipulate the geometry of local space/time, allowing the equipped vessel to essentially pinch off a bubble of normal space (n-space) and direct it through the medium of Hyperspace.

In order to initiate the hyperspace fold process, a starship must be beyond the Hill Sphere of a planet in order to complete dimensional translation sucessfully. Hyperspace drives also have enormous energy requirements, generally requiring a period of charging before each use – the exact time spent charging depends upon the output of a ships power plants, and the maximum range a ship can travel during each individual jump is dependant upon the amount of energy that can be stored within its capacitors or energy banks.

In addition to the basic energy requirements, the time required for a starship to initiate the folding process can also be affected by the processing power of whichever computer a starship utilizes for astrogation. A starship must plot a safe course away from large masses – failure to do so can result in a starship being forcibly pulled back into normal space, physical damage to the ship and the hyperspace drive, or possibly even result in the destruction of the entire starship.

As with the Ms-P3504 Continuum Distortion Drives, a starship can carry other vessels along for the ride through hyperspace so long as all ships can fit together within the maximum n-space field volume that can be generated by the hyperspace drive.

Type: FTL Propulsion System Nomenclature: Ms-P3505 Designers: Murasaki Orbital Shipyards Manufacturer: Murasaki Orbital Shipyards

Maximum Velocity: 262,980c (0.5 LY/Min or 30 LY/Hour)

The Ms-O2-P3505 Compact Hyperspace Fold Drive is the smallest of the Ms-P3505 series. It was developed as a faster-than-light inter-system drive for use by for use by larger space-faring devices and vehicles such as courier drones, long-distance probes and small aerospace craft.

Nomenclature: Ms-O2-P3504 Production: Limited Production - Production Model and Test Model Prototypes Manufacturers Suggested Retail Price: 2,000 KS or equivalent currency

Maximum N-Space Field Volume: 300 m³ Power or Energy Required (Fold/Defold): 1.566 TW or 1,566,000 MW/Seconds (1.566 terajoules) Power Required or Energy Consumption Per Second (Hyperspace Transit): 1.5 GW or 1,500 MW/Seconds (1.5 gigajoules)

Volume: 2 m³ Length: 2 m Width: 2 m Height: 0.5 m Mass: 535 kg

The Ms-T1-P3505 Super-light Hyperspace Fold Drive is the second smallest of the Ms-P3505 series. It was developed as a faster-than-light inter-system drive for use by for use by by mid-sized aerospace craft, fighter craft and shuttles.

Nomenclature: Ms-T1-P3505 Production: Limited Production - Production Model and Test Model Prototypes Manufacturers Suggested Retail Price: 8,000 KS or equivalent currency

Maximum N-Space Field Volume: 2,250 m³ Power or Energy Required (Fold/Defold): 11.745 TW or 11,745,000 MW/Seconds (11.745 terajoules) Power Required or Energy Consumption Per Second (Hyperspace Transit): 11.25 GW or 11,250 MW/Seconds (11.25 gigajoules)

Volume: 15 m³ Length: 3.5 m Width: 3.5 m Height: 1.22 m Mass: 4.012 metric tonnes

The Ms-L1-P3505 Ultra-light Hyperspace Fold Drive is the third design of the Ms-P3505 series. It was developed as a faster-than-light inter-system drive for use by for use by large aerospace craft, and smaller varieties of interstellar freighters and starships.

Nomenclature: Ms-L1-P3505 Production: Limited Production - Production Model and Test Model Prototypes Manufacturers Suggested Retail Price: 16,000 KS or equivalent currency

Maximum N-Space Field Volume: 22,500 m³ Power or Energy Required (Fold/Defold): 117.45 TW or 117,450,000 MW/Seconds (117.45 terajoules) Power Required or Energy Consumption Per Second (Hyperspace Transit): 112.5 GW or 112,500 MW/Seconds (112.5 gigajoules)

Volume: 150 m³ Length: 7 m Width: 3.06 m Height: 1.22 m Mass: 40.12 metric tonnes

The Ms-L2-P3504 Light Continuum Distortion Drive is the fifth version of the Ms-P3504 series. It was developed as a faster-than-light insystem drive for use by small to medium-sized interstellar freighters and starships.

Nomenclature: Ms-L2-P3504 Production: Limited Production - Production Model and Test Model Prototypes Manufacturers Suggested Retail Price: 30,000 KS or equivalent currency

Maximum N-Space Field Volume: 150,000 m³ Power Required: 20 GW

Volume: 1,500 m³ Length: 29.84 m Diameter: 8 m Mass: 425 metric tonnes

The Ms-L3-P3504 Standard Continuum Distortion Drive is the sixth incarnation of the Ms-P3504 series of distortion drive technology. It was developed as a faster-than-light insystem drive for use by medium-sized interstellar freighters and starships massing in the low hundreds of kilotonnes.

Nomenclature: Ms-L3-P3504 Production: Limited Production - Production Model and Test Model Prototypes Manufacturers Suggested Retail Price: 60,000 KS or equivalent currency

Maximum N-Space Field Volume: 1,500,000 m³ Power Required: 200 GW

Volume: 15,000 m³ Length: 74.6 m Diameter: 16 m Mass: 4.25 kilotonnes

The Ms-L4-P3504 Heavy Continuum Distortion Drive is the seventh incarnation of the Ms-P3504 series of distortion drive technology. It was developed as a faster-than-light insystem drive for use by large interstellar freighters and starships massing several hundred kilotonnes.

Nomenclature: Ms-L4-P3504 Production: Limited Production - Production Model and Test Model Prototypes Manufacturers Suggested Retail Price: 150,000 KS or equivalent currency

Maximum N-Space Field Volume: 15,000,000 m³ Power Required: 2 TW

Volume: 150,000 m³ Length: 186.51 m Diameter: 32 m Mass: 42.5 kilotonnes

The Ms-L5-P3504 Ultra-Heavy Continuum Distortion Drive is the eighth version of the Ms-P3504 series of distortion drive technology. It was developed as a faster-than-light insystem drive for use by super-heavy freighters and starships massing over a megatonne.

Nomenclature: Ms-L5-P3504 Production: Limited Production - Production Model and Test Model Prototypes Manufacturers Suggested Retail Price: 240,000 KS or equivalent currency

Maximum N-Space Field Volume: 150,000,000 m³ Power Required: 20 TW

Volume: 1,500,000 m³ Length: 466.27 m Diameter: 64 m Mass: 425 kilotonnes

The Ms-L6-P3504 Super-Heavy Continuum Distortion Drive is the ninth version of the Ms-P3504 series of distortion drive technology. It was developed as a faster-than-light insystem drive for use by multi-kilometer length stations, starships, mobile industrial mining platforms and freighters massing in the multi-megatonne range.

Nomenclature: Ms-L6-P3504 Production: Limited Production - Production Model and Test Model Prototypes Manufacturers Suggested Retail Price: 360,000 KS or equivalent currency

Maximum N-Space Field Volume: 1,500,000,000 m³ Power Required: 200 TW

Volume: 15,000,000 m³ Length: 518.08 m Diameter: 192 m Mass: 4.25 megatonnes

The Ms-H1-P3504 Starbase Continuum Distortion Drive is the tenth and final version of the Ms-P3504 series of distortion drive technology. It was developed as a faster-than-light insystem drive for use by massive mobile space installations and fortresses in the multi-kilometer size range.

Nomenclature: Ms-L6-P3504 Production: Limited Production - Production Model and Test Model Prototypes Manufacturers Suggested Retail Price: 540,000 KS or equivalent currency

Maximum N-Space Field Volume: 15,000,000,000 m³ Power Required: 2 PW

Volume: 150,000,000 m³ Length: 728.55 m Diameter: 512 m Mass: 42.5 megatonnes