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* Commonly seen alternative to matter/antimatter-based [[warp drive]] in early phases of technological development (SCE Short Story: "Foundations") | * Commonly seen alternative to matter/antimatter-based [[warp drive]] in early phases of technological development (SCE Short Story: "Foundations") | ||
* Fundamental operation essentially identical to M/AM warp drive (SCE Short Story: "Foundations") | * Fundamental operation essentially identical to M/AM warp drive (SCE Short Story: "Foundations") | ||
** | ** Operations are powered via successive streams of ionized gasses with alternating charges directed at extreme velocities through magnetic field manipulation rather than matter/antimatter interactions (ENT Novel: ''Daedalus''; SCE Short Story: "Foundations") | ||
*** Construction simpler, requiring fewer exotic materials and components (SCE Short Story: "Foundations") | *** Successive streams held apart from one another until "the last possible second", at which point they release their full energy in a single burst (ENT Novel: ''Daedalus'') | ||
* Construction simpler, requiring fewer exotic materials and components (SCE Short Story: "Foundations") | |||
** Speed fairly limited without strong external source of energy (SCE Short Story: "Foundations") | |||
** Incredibly sensitive to [[ion storm]]s, which can result in hyperefficiency potentially beyond the capabilities of a vessel's superstructure to support (SCE Short Story: "Foundations") | |||
* Most often used as transitional technology prior to invention and/or development of more traditional methods of FTL propulsion (SCE Short Story: "Foundations") | * Most often used as transitional technology prior to invention and/or development of more traditional methods of FTL propulsion (SCE Short Story: "Foundations") | ||
Revision as of 13:23, 8 July 2024
- "Ion drive" a common shorthand for the FTL engine originally known as the cascading ion drive
Technical
- Commonly seen alternative to matter/antimatter-based warp drive in early phases of technological development (SCE Short Story: "Foundations")
- Fundamental operation essentially identical to M/AM warp drive (SCE Short Story: "Foundations")
- Operations are powered via successive streams of ionized gasses with alternating charges directed at extreme velocities through magnetic field manipulation rather than matter/antimatter interactions (ENT Novel: Daedalus; SCE Short Story: "Foundations")
- Successive streams held apart from one another until "the last possible second", at which point they release their full energy in a single burst (ENT Novel: Daedalus)
- Operations are powered via successive streams of ionized gasses with alternating charges directed at extreme velocities through magnetic field manipulation rather than matter/antimatter interactions (ENT Novel: Daedalus; SCE Short Story: "Foundations")
- Construction simpler, requiring fewer exotic materials and components (SCE Short Story: "Foundations")
- Speed fairly limited without strong external source of energy (SCE Short Story: "Foundations")
- Incredibly sensitive to ion storms, which can result in hyperefficiency potentially beyond the capabilities of a vessel's superstructure to support (SCE Short Story: "Foundations")
- Most often used as transitional technology prior to invention and/or development of more traditional methods of FTL propulsion (SCE Short Story: "Foundations")
History
- October 5, 2140: Loss of the Daedalus, a testbed spaceframe for the Daedalus-class bearing the prototype cascading ion drive as developed by Victor Brodesser (ENT Novel: Daedalus, Daedalus's Children)
- Theoretical projections suggested the engine capable of speeds up to warp 7, but on activation, ion-cascade reaction resulted in inadvertent cross-universal rift (ENT Novel: Daedalus, Daedalus's Children)