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** Focused subspace fields manipulate particles within each rivulet at a quantum level, inverting charge and spin (''TNG Technical Manual'') | ** Focused subspace fields manipulate particles within each rivulet at a quantum level, inverting charge and spin (''TNG Technical Manual'') | ||
* Requires high amounts of power input due to fundamental inefficiency (''TNG Technical Manual'') | * Requires high amounts of power input due to fundamental inefficiency (''TNG Technical Manual'') | ||
** Anitmatter generated at approximately a rate of 1 | ** Anitmatter generated at very low rate (ENT Novel: ''Patterns of Interference''; ''TNG Technical Manual'') | ||
*** 22nd century, best [[Starfleet]] devices generated antimatter at a rate of approximately 1:30 for fuel input (ENT Novel: ''Patterns of Interference'') | |||
*** By 24th century, efficiency improved to a rate of approximately 1:10 (''TNG Technical Manual'') | |||
** Largely used as industrial and military antimatter source due to general lack of natural antimatter sources (''TNG Technical Manual'') | ** Largely used as industrial and military antimatter source due to general lack of natural antimatter sources (''TNG Technical Manual'') | ||
* In [[Federation]], dedicated quantum charge reversal systems held on uninhabited near-primary planetary bodies (ENT Novel: ''Patterns of Interference'') | * In [[Federation]], dedicated quantum charge reversal systems held on uninhabited near-primary planetary bodies (ENT Novel: ''Patterns of Interference'') | ||
Revision as of 20:01, 8 April 2018
- High-energy process by which matter is converted to antimatter (ENT Novel: Patterns of Interference; TNG Technical Manual)
- Matter stream fed into magnetic suspension tokamak (TNG Technical Manual)
- Individual rivulets chilled to 0.001K, held in stasis field, in order to limit molecular vibration (TNG Technical Manual)
- Focused subspace fields manipulate particles within each rivulet at a quantum level, inverting charge and spin (TNG Technical Manual)
- Requires high amounts of power input due to fundamental inefficiency (TNG Technical Manual)
- Anitmatter generated at very low rate (ENT Novel: Patterns of Interference; TNG Technical Manual)
- 22nd century, best Starfleet devices generated antimatter at a rate of approximately 1:30 for fuel input (ENT Novel: Patterns of Interference)
- By 24th century, efficiency improved to a rate of approximately 1:10 (TNG Technical Manual)
- Largely used as industrial and military antimatter source due to general lack of natural antimatter sources (TNG Technical Manual)
- Anitmatter generated at very low rate (ENT Novel: Patterns of Interference; TNG Technical Manual)
- In Federation, dedicated quantum charge reversal systems held on uninhabited near-primary planetary bodies (ENT Novel: Patterns of Interference)
- Power requirements coupled with fundamental danger of large-scale antimatter storage lead most dedicated facilities to be placed on such bodies to exploit solar energy output safely (ENT Novel: Patterns of Interference)
- Large vessels carry smaller quantum charge reversal devices for emergency purposes (TNG Technical Manual)
- Used as necessary to power warp reactor, due to inability in normal circumstances to power warp engines via impulse fusion reactors (TNG Technical Manual)