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Have you ever wondered what a warp propulsion system actally looks like? Well here is your chance to find out, welcome to the tour through warp propulsion systems. Here you will learn everything that goes on in a standard warp core system. During the tour various images are displayed, to reduce the page load-time these images have been reduced in size. If you would like to examine the pictures a little more closely, save them to disk and enlarge them. | Have you ever wondered what a warp propulsion system actally looks like? Well here is your chance to find out, welcome to the tour through warp propulsion systems. Here you will learn everything that goes on in a standard warp core system. During the tour various images are displayed, to reduce the page load-time these images have been reduced in size. If you would like to examine the pictures a little more closely, save them to disk and enlarge them. | ||
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==Reactant injectors== | ==Reactant injectors== | ||
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The reactant injectors prepare and feed precisely controlled streams of matter and antimatter into the core. The matter reactant injector(MRI) accepts supercold deuterium from the primary deuterium tankage (PDT) and partially preburns it in a continuous gas-fusion process. It then drives the resulting gases through a series of throttleable nozzles into the upper magnetic constriction segment. The MRI consists of a conical structural vessel 5.2 x 6.3 meters, constructed of dispersion-strengthened woznium carbmolydenide. | The reactant injectors prepare and feed precisely controlled streams of matter and antimatter into the core. The matter reactant injector(MRI) accepts supercold deuterium from the primary deuterium tankage (PDT) and partially preburns it in a continuous gas-fusion process. It then drives the resulting gases through a series of throttleable nozzles into the upper magnetic constriction segment. The MRI consists of a conical structural vessel 5.2 x 6.3 meters, constructed of dispersion-strengthened woznium carbmolydenide. | ||
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==Magnetic constriction segments== | ==Magnetic constriction segments== | ||
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The upper and lower magnetic constriction segments (MCS) constitute the central mass of the core. These components work to structurally support the matter/antimatter reaction chamber, provide a pressure vessel to maintain the proper core operating environment, and align the incoming matter and antimatter streams for combining within the matter/antimatter reaction chamber (M/ARC). The upper MCS measures 18 meters in length, the lower unit 12 meters. Both are 2.5 meters in diameter. A typical segment comprises eight sets of tension frame members, a turoidal pressure vessel wall, twelve sets of magnetic constrictor coils, and related power feed and control hardware. | The upper and lower magnetic constriction segments (MCS) constitute the central mass of the core. These components work to structurally support the matter/antimatter reaction chamber, provide a pressure vessel to maintain the proper core operating environment, and align the incoming matter and antimatter streams for combining within the matter/antimatter reaction chamber (M/ARC). The upper MCS measures 18 meters in length, the lower unit 12 meters. Both are 2.5 meters in diameter. A typical segment comprises eight sets of tension frame members, a turoidal pressure vessel wall, twelve sets of magnetic constrictor coils, and related power feed and control hardware. | ||
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==Matter/Antimatter reaction chamber== | ==Matter/Antimatter reaction chamber== | ||
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The (M/ARC) consists of two matched bell-shaped cavities which contain and redirect the primary reaction. The chamber measures 2.3 by 2.5 meters in diameter. it is constructed from twelve layers of hafnium 6 excelion-infused crabonitrium, phase-transition welded under a pressure of 31,000 kilopascals. The three outer layers are armored with acros-senite arkenide for 10x overpressure protection, as are all interface joints to other pressure bearing and energy-carrying parts of the system. | The (M/ARC) consists of two matched bell-shaped cavities which contain and redirect the primary reaction. The chamber measures 2.3 by 2.5 meters in diameter. it is constructed from twelve layers of hafnium 6 excelion-infused crabonitrium, phase-transition welded under a pressure of 31,000 kilopascals. The three outer layers are armored with acros-senite arkenide for 10x overpressure protection, as are all interface joints to other pressure bearing and energy-carrying parts of the system. | ||
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==Dilithium Crystal Reaction== | ==Dilithium Crystal Reaction== | ||
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The key element in the efficient use of M/A reactions is the dilithium crystal. This is the only material know to federation science to be nonreactive with antimatter when subjected to a high frequency electromagnetic (EM) field in the megawatt range, rendering it "porous" to antihydrogen. Dilithium permits the antihydrogen to pass directly through its crystalline structure without actually touching it, owing to the field dynamo effect created in the added iron atoms. | The key element in the efficient use of M/A reactions is the dilithium crystal. This is the only material know to federation science to be nonreactive with antimatter when subjected to a high frequency electromagnetic (EM) field in the megawatt range, rendering it "porous" to antihydrogen. Dilithium permits the antihydrogen to pass directly through its crystalline structure without actually touching it, owing to the field dynamo effect created in the added iron atoms. | ||