Introduction
This book intented to offer technical data and specifications and explainations of technologies and hyprid technologies (where magic and technology meet) but will refrain from entering into any pure mana disscussion of techniques as Mana and Magico contain there own separate guide.
2 Engine Technologies
2.1 Ether Engine (Ether Drive)
Originally devopled by the truer races as a mass power source capable of powering entire cities, and large land masses… one of the great ship builders perfected the technology by designing a more efficient shape that better transferred energy allowing it to be later bred into warship and starship technology.
Of course with the technology came hand to hand with Direct Transfer energy conduits that allowed the individual device to specifiy how much energy it needed with the use of smart generator technology allowed the generator and the individual devices to handle power management instead of devices on the way managing power.
Since such massiave energy could be sent it allowed guns to do a energy transfer converting direct transfer energy directly into ionized heat rays and hyper accelerated particles allowing almost instant distruction of an enemy warship.
The Ether engine is actually a simple device and there is known two effective ways to build one which use the same concept, of mana particles at different magical concertations set to a different frequency (positive, negative) this interface of charged mana particles naturaly emmulates energy this energy can then be used to send a charge across the mana charged particles, causing a deeper reaction, the higher the level of the charge the more energy that is produced.
Christopher Hero as in his employment with Lorekia Corporation (Lore’rekia’uh Corp’aration) as one of there Master designers, discovered that some natural forming gases contained these very same various charged particles.. and thus founded a way for a non magical race to create ether engines.
Note that hero simply (lied) and told them the gases formed a reaction when mixed together which was far from the truth but close enough..
The benefits of ether technology Is that is enviormentally safe checmicals, non hazardous to humans (truers) and other alien races.. The only known long term exposure sideeffects would be temporary increased mental activaty and perhaps obtainment of physic abilities which will go away natually with a mild head ache.
Eventally replaced by ethos.
2.2 Ethos engine (Ethos Drive) [Note separate from ethos technology]
Ethos Engines are the most advanced drive techologies allowing almost unthinkable ship designs and weapon configurations.
The technology is surrounded by by a heavy connection with mana / magico in which a massive 2.0 ku magical wave is placed In the center of the drive, equivalent to a small sun but straight mana energy in which the devices is surrounded by heavy shielding direct contact with the wave would be instantanous death…
The device places this small sun of mana into a roating movement allowing it to simulate a suns natural process of mana creation (see mana factory) thus giving the drive access to unlimited power.
Unlike ether if the contaiment fails the ship and almost any ship with any reasonable vinsity will be destroyed instantly and may cause black holes or worst case senario rips in time itself
(See time rifts) which may last centuries or longer if not properly trated.
2.3 Plasma Drive
Usually almost every space enabled race eventally finds itself developing a Plasma Reactor / Drive.. How far the technology goes is really up to each race.
The implementation is usually messy and filled with failed attempts..
The technology works by seperating plasma into simplier gasses and refeeding it in a clockwise or counterclock wise fahsion.
The gasses remerge and generate a iometric field which generates more plasma which can be fed off and bled off.. get the mixture wrong and boom..
2.4 Pulse
Uses a array of pushers and pullers, pulls in sub atmotic particles, shoots out particles and uses this to propel itself.. simply but not very fast, does allow for some odd movements though.
2.5 IOn Mass Drive
A Ionized Mass driver engine requires a more rocket like appearance and limits design usually this is a common engine system later replaced by Plasma or pulse based on the specific speices.
2.6 Isometric Transport Gateway (ITG)
Siimlar to a mass driver in some ways it’s a connected set of hexodigagonal rings accelerating objects to beyond normal speeds and eventally slowing them down again.. this is used to quickly travel between large spaces of unicivilized space, usualsally there is a manned station at the enterance and exit and sometimes during longer routes one in the middle.
Note these rings do not need to follow a straight path they can turn and operate much like freeway turnpipes.. usually they remain straight or the closest path to the location to prevent wastage, sometimes you see paths going forward and back and up and down as required.
The enterance to the manned station istigates acceptance of the request to enter the ITG he pulses the exit and middle person to ensure there is no obstructions, he then istigates a shield around the rings to ensure foreign objects cannot enter during the transfer.. the exit also powers up a shield at his end to prevent anyone from entering during the procedure.
The ITG is a very safe way of travel but there is conern over enemy fleets using it to gain a quick foothold on allied terriotry even making it to the homeworld.. each manned station is capable of disabling the device to prevent usage as a counter to enemies using the device against its makers.
2.7 IOS MAnos Drive
Used by the Elvonians (Similar to fantasy descriptions of elfs) According to them its like a Ion Mass Driver but a million times better because they made it…
While there Ios Manos Drive appears to be faster its mearly because there mass driver technology is more advanced then there neighboors eventally they will hit that limit and there neighbors will catch up..
2.8 Trinuclar Molecular Drive
According to the Golopians it harvests triangles in there raw form causing the universe to superaccelrate allowing them to pass through time.. and eventally get to the location sometime in the future.
The Golopians are also mad and generally exist within a drugged out state slipping within reality and there own self delusions…
So there word is probably not worth much on this technical matter.
2.9 GYOmastric Drive
Well the non technical explational found by a Earthern Space Captain was “It uses magnets” and so far that is about all that is known…
The less technical explaination it uses giant spining spherical magnets 3 per column that spin wildly and that is about all human comprehension understands..
2.10 Bylecular drive
This drive technology seperates the ships into millions of small atoms and hyper accelerates them to another location, unknown power source used to cause this transformation and then spontanous movements but Hero thinks it has something to do with runes and a bunch of things that shouldn’t work.. working..
Hero connects such drives with him getting a bad headache.. occasional getting into arguments with users of Bylecular Drives explaining to them why they shouldn’t work..
2.11 Gasometric drive
Fossel fuel powered drive.
2.12 Bytocular Drive
Biological drive technology requires bio matter to fuel drives, the bio matter drives is not very picky and takes human flesh, meat etc and various other body parts. As long as it has some living or near living cells to live on.
2.13 mysotopian Drive
(aka isotope reactor) Nuclear reactor powered vessel, generally requies many layers of radiation protection.
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