The Reaper
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Gravimetric Engine
Zero Point Field's (ZPF) have been explained as being a three dimensional representation of the dimensional objects known as superstrings, believed to be the key building blocks of both matter and energy in our universe. Zero Point Energy is essentially a 'leakage', on the quantum scale, of energy in process of being translated into this reality. Normally, this leakage involves the creation and dissipation of energy such that the result is an almost zero increase of energy. However, it is possible to use the potential of the ZPF as a power source of enormous implications. As Cal Tech physicist Richard Feynman once noted, the energy inherent in the space defined by a single coffee cup- anywhere in the universe- is enough to boil all of the oceans on planet Earth.
There are other implications of the ZPF fields and superstrings, in addition to that of an enormous power source. It has been discovered that inertia - the propensity of an object when at rest to stay at rest, and when in motion to in motion - is a manifestation of that objects electromagnetic interaction with the ZPF. Thus gravity and a lowering of inertia are both capable of being manipulated through the use of controlled electric interaction with the ZPF produced by superstrings.
By manipulating and "bending" these superstrings, advanced ships are able to create distortions in space/time that can be used to push and pull a ship in any given direction. An important byproduct of this means of propulsion is that the effect of inertia is also negated, allowing ships to accelerate, stop and maneuver at velocities that would crush a person using conventional ion propulsion.
Fusion Beam Cannon
This weapon is used in slicing and piercing of ships armor as well as anything else in the path of the beam. The beam is composed of directed neutrons and effects matter on a molecular level. In operation, a fired FBC will appear as a green line across the space between the target and the cannon itself, depending on its intended use. Firing time usually lasts around 5-7 seconds before the cannon itself overheats and automaticly enters a 20 second cooldown period. When fired against a standard imperial sheild unit the Cannon has demonstrated a similiar effect of that of a laser cannon indicating that the FBC is best used against unsheilded targets. Volume vaporized is approximately 50 meters in diameter in contrast to the 8 meter diameter of the beam itself. 1,400,000 Terawatts are needed to operate at full strength.
Ablative Armor Matrix
This layer of armor over the hull and vital areas of the ship is meant to absorb energy from weapon as it is disintegrated. Unlike deuranium/tritanium alloys, this version employs a neutronium/tritanium based protection. Highly experimental, neutronium it is not used in this form by itself, but offers enough that ablative plates do not have to be replaced as often. This is because it includes neutronium reinforcement filaments and is able to enhance energy absorption at a lower dissipation rate. It gives complete ship coverage, and for this reason a ship with this armor does not have windows. Dissipated energy is siphoned from current pathways across the inner hull itself to internal batteries which store the energy radiated off the panels themselves. These batteries are then themselves siphoned off as either exhuast or used to power ships systems. Due to the nature of attacks in the current age these batteries and hull are supseptable to overload during combat which could pose a very deadly threat to such an equiped vessel. Before each battery unit approaches overload an automatic response cuts the current from the ablative hull unit and switches to another battery, if all batteries become overloaded then the ablative matrix itself shuts down rendering the ships hull as basic as any other. One great unsurmountable flaw in said system has been that if these batteries overload to such a great extent they risk explosion from overload severely damaging if not destroying the vessel from inside.
Repulsar Shielding
Similar to the Collision Shield developed by Lando Calrissian, this shield utilizes a series of defense matrixes and repulsars, coupled with ray shielding to form a defensive net around the hull of the vessel. A complex computer/sensor array keeps track of any object bearing a trajectory coming near said vessel and prepares each section of shield for that inevitability that an object would hit.
Directed Microwave Beam
Luanching from the ion cannon that most modern militaries use to disable the target of their aggression, Daemun scientists have developed the next step in EMP technologies. Where previous attempts in this field merely attempted to disable targeted electronics, our MPC will effectively destroy it without effecting living beings or inert materials overtly. High Power Microwave technology builds on a firm foundation provided by the EPM Technology. Unlike electromagnetic pulse, however, it has higher frequency content and is much more penetrating into target systems. HDirected Microwave Beam technology produces burnout and disruption in electronics while not affecting humans. It has low collateral damage potential and may be useful in a variety of non-lethal missions.
The beam is formed not from the typical cannon barrel, but instead from an antenna tip with conical dish. With this type of beam emmission we are capable of changing the size of the beam from the merest of a degree to a complete wide brim angle. While widebrim angles make for weaker beam dispersal, as does small degree angle increse effectiveness of the beam, this dispersal disregards most forms of protection that dont already protect against other forms of heat radiaton, as these forms of protection (as well as fewer forms of radiation sheilding, non-ray sheilding) are already designed to prevent the effects of solar rays of a similar nature. Todays warships are ill-prepared for such a weapon, as their current level of defense against microwave radiation, is again, formed against the solar and interstellar variety, which is immensly less powerfull than the directed verions created by the beam, effectively nullifying any protection these systems would have offered to their ships.
The ablative armor matrix of future ships will be adjusted to the frequancy on which this beam operates in order to not adverslay effect Daemun vessels cought in its area of effect, the frequancy modification will be made to that of the exact beam as to not overload ablative matrixs with natural microwave radiation.
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Ship Type: Ship Disrupter
Crew: 1,000
Troops: 200
Cargo Capacity: 1,000 metric tons
Hull: 1,152 RU
Shields: 2,240 SBD
Length: 700 meters
Speed: 25 MGLT/Class B Hyperdrive
Weapons:
4 Tractor Beam Projectors
10 DMB's (Arm Mounted)
Special:
Gravimetric Engine
Ablative Armor Matrix
Directed Microwave Beam
Repulsar Shielding
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Gravimetric Engine
Zero Point Field's (ZPF) have been explained as being a three dimensional representation of the dimensional objects known as superstrings, believed to be the key building blocks of both matter and energy in our universe. Zero Point Energy is essentially a 'leakage', on the quantum scale, of energy in process of being translated into this reality. Normally, this leakage involves the creation and dissipation of energy such that the result is an almost zero increase of energy. However, it is possible to use the potential of the ZPF as a power source of enormous implications. As Cal Tech physicist Richard Feynman once noted, the energy inherent in the space defined by a single coffee cup- anywhere in the universe- is enough to boil all of the oceans on planet Earth.
There are other implications of the ZPF fields and superstrings, in addition to that of an enormous power source. It has been discovered that inertia - the propensity of an object when at rest to stay at rest, and when in motion to in motion - is a manifestation of that objects electromagnetic interaction with the ZPF. Thus gravity and a lowering of inertia are both capable of being manipulated through the use of controlled electric interaction with the ZPF produced by superstrings.
By manipulating and "bending" these superstrings, advanced ships are able to create distortions in space/time that can be used to push and pull a ship in any given direction. An important byproduct of this means of propulsion is that the effect of inertia is also negated, allowing ships to accelerate, stop and maneuver at velocities that would crush a person using conventional ion propulsion.
Fusion Beam Cannon
This weapon is used in slicing and piercing of ships armor as well as anything else in the path of the beam. The beam is composed of directed neutrons and effects matter on a molecular level. In operation, a fired FBC will appear as a green line across the space between the target and the cannon itself, depending on its intended use. Firing time usually lasts around 5-7 seconds before the cannon itself overheats and automaticly enters a 20 second cooldown period. When fired against a standard imperial sheild unit the Cannon has demonstrated a similiar effect of that of a laser cannon indicating that the FBC is best used against unsheilded targets. Volume vaporized is approximately 50 meters in diameter in contrast to the 8 meter diameter of the beam itself. 1,400,000 Terawatts are needed to operate at full strength.
Ablative Armor Matrix
This layer of armor over the hull and vital areas of the ship is meant to absorb energy from weapon as it is disintegrated. Unlike deuranium/tritanium alloys, this version employs a neutronium/tritanium based protection. Highly experimental, neutronium it is not used in this form by itself, but offers enough that ablative plates do not have to be replaced as often. This is because it includes neutronium reinforcement filaments and is able to enhance energy absorption at a lower dissipation rate. It gives complete ship coverage, and for this reason a ship with this armor does not have windows. Dissipated energy is siphoned from current pathways across the inner hull itself to internal batteries which store the energy radiated off the panels themselves. These batteries are then themselves siphoned off as either exhuast or used to power ships systems. Due to the nature of attacks in the current age these batteries and hull are supseptable to overload during combat which could pose a very deadly threat to such an equiped vessel. Before each battery unit approaches overload an automatic response cuts the current from the ablative hull unit and switches to another battery, if all batteries become overloaded then the ablative matrix itself shuts down rendering the ships hull as basic as any other. One great unsurmountable flaw in said system has been that if these batteries overload to such a great extent they risk explosion from overload severely damaging if not destroying the vessel from inside.
Repulsar Shielding
Similar to the Collision Shield developed by Lando Calrissian, this shield utilizes a series of defense matrixes and repulsars, coupled with ray shielding to form a defensive net around the hull of the vessel. A complex computer/sensor array keeps track of any object bearing a trajectory coming near said vessel and prepares each section of shield for that inevitability that an object would hit.
Directed Microwave Beam
Luanching from the ion cannon that most modern militaries use to disable the target of their aggression, Daemun scientists have developed the next step in EMP technologies. Where previous attempts in this field merely attempted to disable targeted electronics, our MPC will effectively destroy it without effecting living beings or inert materials overtly. High Power Microwave technology builds on a firm foundation provided by the EPM Technology. Unlike electromagnetic pulse, however, it has higher frequency content and is much more penetrating into target systems. HDirected Microwave Beam technology produces burnout and disruption in electronics while not affecting humans. It has low collateral damage potential and may be useful in a variety of non-lethal missions.
The beam is formed not from the typical cannon barrel, but instead from an antenna tip with conical dish. With this type of beam emmission we are capable of changing the size of the beam from the merest of a degree to a complete wide brim angle. While widebrim angles make for weaker beam dispersal, as does small degree angle increse effectiveness of the beam, this dispersal disregards most forms of protection that dont already protect against other forms of heat radiaton, as these forms of protection (as well as fewer forms of radiation sheilding, non-ray sheilding) are already designed to prevent the effects of solar rays of a similar nature. Todays warships are ill-prepared for such a weapon, as their current level of defense against microwave radiation, is again, formed against the solar and interstellar variety, which is immensly less powerfull than the directed verions created by the beam, effectively nullifying any protection these systems would have offered to their ships.
The ablative armor matrix of future ships will be adjusted to the frequancy on which this beam operates in order to not adverslay effect Daemun vessels cought in its area of effect, the frequancy modification will be made to that of the exact beam as to not overload ablative matrixs with natural microwave radiation.
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Ship Type: Ship Disrupter
Crew: 1,000
Troops: 200
Cargo Capacity: 1,000 metric tons
Hull: 1,152 RU
Shields: 2,240 SBD
Length: 700 meters
Speed: 25 MGLT/Class B Hyperdrive
Weapons:
4 Tractor Beam Projectors
10 DMB's (Arm Mounted)
Special:
Gravimetric Engine
Ablative Armor Matrix
Directed Microwave Beam
Repulsar Shielding
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Comments
#5 4:06pm 05/11/03
APPROVED.
#4 8:33am 05/11/03
Either our R&Ds are just plain awesome... or Beff is getting lazy.
I know which way I wanna bet. ;)
#3 8:32am 05/11/03
And so has this...
APPROVED
#2 8:30am 05/11/03
Check out the DBM R&D thread, lol. Its already approved...
#1 8:22am 05/11/03
How powerful are the ten DBMs, relative to turbolasers? i.e., how many turbolasers are they equivilent to (roughly)?