Popo
I'm Sexy and I Know It
Intent: To create a standard hypermatter reactor that can be installed in capital ships and installations. Also, to create a reactor that requires no 'scaling up' to adjust to larger ships or facilities and instead can be linked to other reactors of the same type to create a 'battery' of reactors when needed.
Development Thread: N/A
Manufacturer: Tenloss Corporation
Model: Tenloss L-HARC
Affiliation: Tenloss Corporation, Open Market
Modularity: None outside of linking multiple reactors together to power larger ships or facilities.
Production: Mass
Material: Alusteel, durasteel, and other hypermatter annihilator reactor parts.
Description:
With ships of all sizes and all designs throughout the galaxy, power requirements are a constant focus for ship designers and fleet commanders. With current competition in ship powerplants as it stands today, Popo and Tenloss realized that a new take on current technology was needed in order to compete on the modern market. With most companies pushing for smaller sized reactors with similar or equivalent amounts of production in comparison to larger reactors, Popo took a different path.
Enter the Linked Hypermatter Annihilator Reactor Core. The L-HARC does what no other powerplant does thus far in the galaxy: rigging. The L-HARC is designed to operate as a high powered hypermatter annihilator reactor that, when needed, can link to other L-HARCs in a chain to form a 'battery' of reactors, easily doubling, tripling, quadrupling, etc. the total output of the original reactor through numbers. A lone L-HARC is capable of powering a standard corvette with ease, though for larger, or more specialized, ships a larger number of L-HARCs is required*. For installations, the number needed depends on the size and power requirements of the installation**.
The main benefit of the L-HARC is raw power. As the L-HARC is a hypermatter reactor at most basic, the reactor is more than capable of providing immense amounts of power. However, as the reactor is standardized and designed to function as part of a larger unit outside of small locations and corvettes, the reactor's energy levels are leveled off with a power governor. This prevents the reactor from overgenerating energy and unbalancing the energy fields within each reactor.
Each reactor can be linked to another to form a chain or battery of reactors. Each reactor connected adds that much more power to draw from and, in large enough chains, the reactors can easily power the largest of ships. This is done through connecting ports, vents, and conduits set between each reactor to allow power flow without issue. Connecting or reconnecting one reactor to another is a long and time consuming process most often done in a shipyard or, when in the field, away from danger. Connecting or reconnecting reactors in harm's way is generally inadvisable as excess power fluxuations caused by hostile energy weapons can affect the connections between the two reactors as they're attached, which can - in some cases - cause catostrophic failures of the reactors affected (in laymans terms: real big kaboom). Disconnecting reactors is simple and easy and can be done in a few minutes safely, however. This is to prevent a failing reactor from potentially causing power fluxuations to other reactors and causing catastrophic cascade failures (in laymans terms: chain of real big kabooms).
L-HARCs are fairly resistant to damage and are both rugged and reliable. Installed software and control terminals are tailored to maintain ease of use for both crew and maintenance staff on board while Tenloss Technicians give in depth training to on board engineers in proper care, maintenance, use, and troubleshooting for the reactors.
*Energy requirements are as follows for standard vessels of the listed sizes:
- Corvette - 1
- Frigate - 2
- Cruiser - 4
- Destroyer - 6
- Dedicated Carrier - 8
- Flagship - 10+
- Station - Above Cruiser sizes, subtract 2 reactors.
- Small Installation - 1
- Medium Installation - 2
- Large Installation - 3
- Stronghold/Fortress Installation - 4
- Bastion/Massive Defense Installation - 5
