Commonwealth Core Tech #1-(SFA)
Commonwealth Core Tech #1Solar Fusion Array - (SFA)
The SFA system , is bascially an orbiting energy generator, which absorbs raw energy from selected stars, but with a difference.
This form of energy collection is nothing new or revolutionary, but the method of delivering it to its intended recipients is.
Utilizing the recent breakthroughs by Commonwealth scientists on a quantum level, the array converts the raw solar energy into a refined energy beam which can then be transmitted over vast distances anywhere, virtually realtime, via the revolutionary QETS* (Quantum Entanglement Transmission System). The array is simply a modified version of this system.
Effectively a form of ``quantum teleportation'' which takes a nanosecond - ( one billionth of one second) - and which will soon become the de facto communication relay system, for the Commonwealth and its worlds.
Once the feed is established, it remains stable and open in order to keep the flow of energy constant , to avoid any power fluctuations the feed is closely monitered by the array itself, (which is completely automatic, and simply controlled remotely by the intended recipients). Although the power needed to perform this no small feat of Quantum mechanics (?) is huge, the system simply draws the power it needs itself from the solar body it orbits, as well as powering the QETS* system itself.
Should more power be required, many array's can be placed and activated.
The SFA system itself , collects the raw power from the solar body it orbits then directs the energy to the desired location. Where it is then received , converted and directed to its intended use.
This to all intents and purposes makes this system an energy transporter, which thanks to the tremendous and constant power output is possible of powering whole fleets, and cities remotely. This means cities powered by this versatile system, will not need huge unsightly power stations to be created on location ,making space exploration and colonnisation far easier and quicker. Alternatively any ship or vessel powered via this array would not need onboard power generators , just a reciever to collect and process the transmitted energy supply.
The benefits of this system are obvious, without the need of large, bulky power generators installed, space can be saved and put to more constructive uses.
This does mean however, any old ships or vessels intending to utilise this system will have to undergo extensive refitting and rewiring to accomodate this new method of power distribution.
Newer Commonwealth ships and vessels, however, will have this system incorporated as standard. (with perhaps smaller back-up generators in case of emergency).
The system is reliable, clean, and as long as there are stars, completely inexhaustible.
The entire array itself is spherical in shape and has a circumference about 105m across.
** Need a decent 'Sattelite pic'
Comments
#6 8:37pm 14/06/05
[quote]Well, your Commonwealth is comprised of two governments whose structure is described as tenous at best.[/quote]
I disagree.
[quote]and your Corporation...[/quote]
There is nothing unstable about my Corporation. VC has been around longer than most groups here at TRF, and the same goes for its own extensive R&D programs.
[quote]Governments without stability in leadership cannot properly manage the resources needed to run an extensive R&D program, which would be required to make the leap from hyperpsace to quantum shifting.[/quote]
There is no unstable leadership. VC has been well established for , well years, and the same for its many R&D programs.
I don't see it as a jump at all, more of a natural evolution, the same as the Commonwealth in general.
Also, with the size and profits that VC makes, I've always felt its more than reasonable to suggest it could fund complex R&D projetcs.
#5 8:24pm 14/06/05
Well, your Commonwealth is comprised of two governments whose structure is described as tenous at best, and your Corporation. Governments without stability in leadership cannot properly manage the resources needed to run an extensive R&D program, which would be required to make the leap from hyperpsace to quantum shifting.
#4 8:10pm 14/06/05
I'd disgaree with that , personally.
...but then I guess I would, wouldn't I?...heh
...on perhaps a more relevant note, nowhere in that R&D does it say anything about Vinda-Corp.
#3 8:01pm 14/06/05
I don't really know about Vinda Corp suddenly going all quantum.
BDE is, so far, the only group at that level of technology. While it's theoretically possible you could get up there, with your resources, it will need some damn fine explaining, ecspecially since research is a small part of what you do (commerce and politics) wheras the evelotion and bettermen of the Damuen people is the primary aim of their society.
#2 7:55pm 14/06/05
There is no beam of energy.
Well, not at least in the way you're thinking. Its transported on a Quantum level, so there is no beam 'to cross'
#1 7:16pm 14/06/05
And what happens if someone accidentally drives their ship through this concentrated beam of energy...?
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