| ...TYPE: Thermodynamic Neutron Supercharger Reactor | |
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POWER GENERATION PROCESS: Each power plant has three tanks filled with neutron slush. If the antiproton turret is needed, or if the ship's power must be supplemented, the neutrons are injected into the plant itself and supercharged so that the inverse beta decay of the neutron is accelerated. A neutron usually decays into a proton, electron, and an antineutrino via a mediating boson. Gluons are mediating bosons, but since gluons are their own antiparticles, it causes the neutron to decay into the opposite of what it normally would, in this case a positron, a neutrino, and an antiproton. The positrons are sent by EPS conduit to the M/ARA, where they are mixed with antideuterons to form antimatter for the ship's warp engines. The neutrinos are backwashed into space (Though some ships are capable of cloaking this backwash), leaving just pure antiprotons. These antiprotons are either sent to the antiproton turret for offensive use, or are converted into the various specific forms of energy required for the system in need. OUTPUT: These powerplants are not used unless they are the last source of power on the ship or there is an Alert situation. During Alert situations, all four powerplants are brought to hot standby, each one producing approximately six terawatts of power. LIFETIME: Each powerplant's components and systems are rated at a sixteen year life expectancy, half that if they are constantly used. Starfleet tankers can refuel the neutron tanks. PRIMARY PURPOSE: Antiproton turret powerplant Assuming one does not want a antiproton cannon, these can be used for the above purpose of power generation, as a high-energy replacement for impulse fusion reactors..hell, even to add antiprotons to a heavy graviton plasma shot. |
