Tech Review NZ Hermes 980HIF/SE [Hybrid Ion-Fusial Sublight Engine]

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STANDARD FEATURES

• Materials:
  • Impervium reinforced Ersteel SLCA shell with Matrix armor and Trimantium latticework
  • magnetized Infinium E.V.A. lining
  • Tetra-Polycarbonite Lamellar Compound overlay
  • Coldoan Copper wiring
  • Liquid Carbonite w. Quold Runium
• Parts:
  • NZ C.H.A.R.M.01 [Concentrated Hypermatter Active Reactor Module]
    • Ersteel SLCA Reinforced Deflector shielding
    • Energy converter w. Heter-Valve
    • Fuel Converter w. Surgine-series Fuel Accelerant system
    • Induction Coil
    • TLB Power Converter
    • Ion Converter
    • Internal cooling system w. pressurized liquid carbonite and Coolant pump
    • Heat shielding
    • heat sinks
  • Proton Mk I Droid Brain for regulation
  • NZ ISW Datapacks
  • Guidance System

SPECIAL FEATURES

• Multitude of compatible fuel types: Through the use of a multitude of converters, the intelligent guidance system and the internal gravity of the engine due to the induction coil, it is safe to say that the Hermes 980HFSE is equipped to utilize a multitude of standard fuels and diverse reactor types without a hitch.
• Internal gravity: While this should not be mistaken with a gravity field of any sort, through the use of an Induction coil, the engine does maintain a positive gravity flow, allowing for fuel, heat and air to flow as they should at all times and maintaining difference in mass, weight and density to prevent any stoppages, jams or blockages within its systems.
• Variable size: The hermes 980HIF/SE benefits from the C.H.A.R.M. reactor's variable size, allowing the engine to be suitable for anything from landspeeders up to enormous space stations and dreadnoughts.
• Heat dispersion system: Not only does this engine have a highly sophisticated and reliable cooling system, it also has heatshields and heat sinks specifically added and designed to disperse and remove any excess heat at all times, givinbg much greater assurance to prevent overheating even when the engine is stressed to the limit.

STRENGTHS

• Highly efficient engine
• Reliable with low risk of overheating
• Typical N&Z build quality standard
• Sizeable to the needs of any design using the engine's systems
• Compatible with most known reactors and power systems
• Very good power/price ratio

WEAKNESSES

• No external shielding
• Weak against heavy gravity fluctuations
• despite reliability and sophistication, breakdowns of converters may be costly and put the engine out of commission for a while
• not exactly easy to repair, certainly not the 'fix with duct tape' kind of engine
• guidance system can be sliced by professionals

DESCRIPTION

The NZ Hermes 980HIF/SE is the second standard engine built by the N&Z after they have been utilizing the highly efficient, but at this point somewhat antiquated Hermes LFD 760i which at the time of the Hermes 980HIF/SE's first initial preliminary designs and notes, had already passed beyond thirty years of age as a product. While this didn't mean the engine was obsolete or unuseable, it did mean that with the progress of technology and the advancements made by the company itself, the researchers and engineers of the EnSol division alongside N&Z Laboratories were tasked with creating an engine which could combine the reliability of the old Hermes with a much higher degree of functionality and compatibility to other systems beyond the N&Z's own.

To achieve such a design, EnSol relied on tried and tested converters, utilizing a battery of converters ranging from standard fuel converters to Ion and heat converters, even energy converters all coupled to the internal fuel system, aided by the guidance system and the Proton MkI auxiliary droid brain for the sake of making sure that any sort of fuel or energy utilized to create power within the engines would be utilized at the highest possible efficiency. ofcourse, thanks to the fact the engine was meant to be highly compatible with not just any type of fuel, but also any type of primary reactor (besides its own added C.H.A.R.M.) to further increas its adaptability to other systems.

Eventually, when initial testing started, the design was dubbed the Hermes 980, with the suffix HIF/SE to signify that it was a Hybrid Ion-Fusial (hence hybrid) sublight engine. While it promised great efficiency, sophistication and a unilateraly genius design in terms of function and range of its compatibilities, this also meant the engine was complex and rather difficult to repair by the run of the mill mechanics found in the galaxy. Still, eager to further their ambitions to expand not just their ships and vehicle lines, but also their products which could be used as parts bin specials for other companies, the Hermes 980HIF/SE was launched in early 903 ABY, with the expectancy of aiding, if not outright replacing the Hermes 760i in the near future.