Matt the Radar Tech
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FIRST ORDER HYBRID-HYPERDRIVE
OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION
- Intent: To submit a specialist hybrid-hyperdrive unit for the First Order, which uses similar elements of Chiss technology
- Image Source: pinterest.com
- Canon Link: Chiss Technology, hyperdrive
- Restricted Missions: N/A
- Primary Source: Original tech
- Manufacturer: The First Order
- Affiliation: The First Order
- Market Status: Closed (First Order military use only)
- Model: HHD-A
- Modularity: No; larger military class ships must install standard backup hyperdrives
- Production: Semi-Unique (unique First Order Vessels only)
- Material: Duranium-chromium composite, ostrine plating, condensed-matter composite insulation, numerous hyperdrive components
- Speed Classification: x1
- Size: Variable
- Weight: Variable
- Hyperdrive Components (but not limited to):
- Hyperdrive regulator
- Alluvial damper
- Carbonite insert
- Flux capacitor connector
- Fulstar plate
- Gravitic sensor
- Hexophilenine
- Horizontal booster
- Hyperdrive activator
- Hyperdrive actuation diode
- Hyperdrive actuator
- Hyperdrive field guide
- Hyperdrive inhibitor
- Hyperdrive motivator
- Hyperdrive regulator
- Hyperspace alternating sequencing module
- Hyperspace core
- Hyperspace shunt
- Ion exciter
- Mauvine nullifier
- Null quantum field generator
- Paralight system
- Paralight tracker
- Power coil
- Power flux connector
- Repulsor-compensator
- Shunting circuitry
- Transfer circuit
- Transpacitor
SPECIAL FEATURES
- Hybrid components based on advanced Chiss systems have vastly improved on First Order hyperdrive standards, including navicomputer systems operation and integration
- Highly adaptable in size and weight, allowing for installation in all sized First Order military craft
- Emergency ejection systems in case of hyperdrive meltdown
- Self-contained and integrated HIMS assembly allows for system-range microjump capabilities in interdiction effects
- Boasts anti-tampering safeguards and ECM/ECCM sensor jamming
- The Hybrid-Hyperdrive (and navicomputer) is engineered for precision, which allows ships to make highly accurate microjumps during combat as tactical maneuvers
- Integrated HIMS components allow for hyperdrive activation buffer, and allow system-range microjump use under interdiction/gravity well effects
- Advanced navicomputer systems allows for safety bypass-algorithm based microjump calculations when under interdiction/gravity well effects
- An emergency system is in place that monitors hyperdrive status, and when meltdown occurs, allows for ejection of the volatile unit for ship safety
- Limited hyperspace travel range, requiring more frequent jumps and refueling across larger distances, due to being specialized as a precision unit
- Speed classification is locked at x1 for all craft the hyperdrive is installed on, regardless of smaller size and comparative faster drives
- Excessive use of microjumps in succession will result in hyperdrive meltdown, which will require ejection of the entire unit to avoid ship destruction
- Once hybrid-hyperdrive is ejected, applicable ships must rely on standard hyperdrive backups (if any) that have no in-built microjump capabilities
- Navicomputer safety bypass-algorithm remains mathematically based, and doesn't utilize real-time navicomputer settings for microjumps, which increase risk of use
- High fuel usage due to advanced systems and setup, requiring more frequent jump increments
The First Order Hybrid-Hyperdrive (A) is a newly created technology that boasts elements based on Chiss technology, which seek to match the highly precise and efficient operation of the species' own hyperdrives. As such, the hybrid-hyperdrive is able to utilize more advanced methods of microjumps than most (if not all) other drives, however requires a higher frequency in jump increments to compensate on typical sector-to-sector travel. This can result in slower arrival to emergency response. During combat, where the rigors and stress might make using such systems very difficult, the hybrid tech has attained a level of mechanical ease in which to ensure precision with any jump or calculation made - even while under heavy duress.
The hybrid drive has an incredibly fast class rating, as well as adaptability in size and weight variability, which allows for it to be installed on basically any First Order military vessel. Yet, there remains a real possibility for overheating with excessive microjumping, which can cause hybrid drive meltdown. Like the Chiss, the hybrid drive has ejection and monitoring systems to limit the potential for damage to the vessel. If this occurs, any ship that ejects the hybrid drive must rely on whatever standard backup hyperdrive is installed - if any. When a unit is ejected, it will explode in a spectacularly dangerous manner, and can seriously damage nearby ships within the immediate radius if they haven't vacated that area.
The greatest improvement to the hybrid-hyperdrive is the integrated HIMS buffer, which allows for the hybrid drive to maximize the components capacity to maintain short bursts of hyperspace under interdiction effects. This results in specially executed microjumps, to a maximum of system-range, that utilize an artificially calculated projection sequence for a jump by way of advanced safety bypass-algorithm under gravity well effects. However, the forced microjump is very violent and shunts the hybrid drive into hyperspace, which dramatically increases the risk of meltdown with each use beyond one-to-two gravity well affected activations. Also, to avoid a completely blind microjump, the systems include a bypass-algorithm that creates a path based on data from the area around the vessel, before it formulates an accurate estimate of distance and time for reversion. The risk of this method is obvious, as the navicomputer does not utilize real-time data, and the longer and/or more complex the microjump, the higher the potential for disastrous results.
The hybrid-hyperdrive also has systems and components that help protect it from ECM/ECCM methods and anti-jamming/electronic warfare means.
In summary, the hybrid-hyperdrive allows for increased short-range utility, and now includes a method to bypass gravity well limitations, but also runs the risk of damage and even meltdown to the unit if strained to excessively. The improvements to base First Order tech, under the careful craftsmanship of Chiss engineers, has allowed for a drastic improvement on unit use and application. Still, like with all technology, it is not without risks.
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