Hansen
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OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION
- Intent: Create the primary sub-light propulsion technology that features prominently in Norr terrestrial and exoatmospheric vehicles; fundamentally, it has a similar outward function to repulsor technology, although it operates under fundamentally different principles with different strengths and weaknesses.
- Image Source: N/A.
- Canon Link: N/A.
- Permissions: N/A.
- Primary Source: Antimatter reactor, solar ionization reactor, tensor field, tensor field generator, Vacuum energy.
- Designed: 810-885 ABY.
- Manufactured: 890 ABY-Onward.
- Manufacturer: Numerous public and private companies.
- Affiliation: Grutter Norr Ryk.
- Market Status: Closed Market.
- Grutter Norr Ryk.
- Citizens.
- Grutter Norr Ryk.
- Model: Torsion Drive.
- Modularity: Yes (Can be scaled).
- Production: Mass Production.
- Material: Durasteel, Polymer, Titanium, Vacuum Energy.
- Anti-gravity propulsion.
- Fuel Fell.
- Resilience.
- Vacuum Energy collectors.
- Resilience: The Torsion Drive is a resilient and adaptable sub-light propulsion technology and can be scaled up to starships and down to speeder-bike-sized terrestrial vehicles; it is also immune to the effects of repulsor jammers due to the nature of its functionality.
- Vacuum Energy: Torsion Drives use Vacuum Energy as a power source; the marvellous thing about vacuum energy is that it permeates all existence; as such, the drives are not limited by fuel consumption and effectively have indefinite endurance subject to the collector hardware functioning normally, permitting warships and vehicles propelled by the technology to exercise a significant degree of operational independence akin to a modern-day nuclear-powered attack submarine.
- Cherenkov Radiation: Operating drives aren't precisely covert or stealthy; unlike repulsor drives, the tensor drive thrusts highly charged particles through a medium such as space or the atmosphere, giving the drive exhaust a tell-tale and distinctive blue glow.
- Explosive: If the vacuum energy fuel cell is breached, it will begin a cascading chain reaction that results in a spectacular explosion of equal magnitude to the capacity of the fuel cell. For most terrestrial vehicles, this translates to a fiery release of plasma ranging from 3000 to 5000 degrees Celsius in temperature; anything within the explosion radius is at risk of being incinerated instantly.
- Uncompetitive top speeds: When used in the application of terrestrial vehicles, the designs are often limited by the size and volume of contact panels and the constituent powerplant itself; this results in top speeds within the atmospheric environment under the effect of a gravity well that is pretty frankly beneath contemporary standard.
The Torsion Drive is an exotic example of sub-light propulsion technology employed ubiquitously by the Norr on their terrestrial vehicles and starships; the drives convert the ambient vacuum energy present in all regions of space to generate thrust absent the effects of inertia, mitigating its effects, particularly on their fighter-craft from having to be equipped with inertia dampeners. When used in terrestrial vehicles, the torsion drive generally functions by floating on what appear to be cushions of blue energy punctured with blue-silvery filaments that trail along the surface. Fundamentally, it's a form of anti-gravity propulsion and has the distinct advantage of being near-silent in terrestrial vehicle applications of the technology. The critical disadvantage compared to traditional repulsors is that the Torsion Drive is significantly limited by the number and size of contact panels in terrestrial vehicles equipped with this technology. Generally speaking, mass-produced vehicles utilising this propulsion technology have top speeds between 60 and 140 kilometres per hour, putting their top speeds well below that of the 74-Z speeder bike and TX-130 tank, for example, which have top speeds of 500 and 320 kilometres per hour respectively. The benefit? The Torsion Drive is unaffected by repulsor jammers.
