Quantum charge reversal

• 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)
• 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)