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Line 9: Replacement cores cannot be transported as typical cargo transiting through hyperspace. There are two ways to deliver a core to a different star system. The first is the more common, when the appropriate transport assets are available: once constructed or removed from the previous hull, the core is attached to a complete drive and installed within a lightweight transport shell. Another JumpShip would then temporarily attach itself in order to provide the necessary charge and to program the jump through hyperspace. After the charging 'Ship has removed itself to a safe distance, the shell would jump to the target location. The second method would have the titanium-germanium core ground into gravel-sized particles and (usually) chemically treated to reduce the interference with a functional K-F drive. It would then be reprocessed in a zero-gravity facility and recast into a new core, a process requiring many months.<ref name=SO_130>''Strategic Operations'', p. 130: "Repairing Stranded JumpShips"</ref> Replacement cores cannot be transported as typical cargo transiting through hyperspace. There are two ways to deliver a core to a different star system. The first is the more common, when the appropriate transport assets are available: once constructed or removed from the previous hull, the core is attached to a complete drive and installed within a lightweight transport shell. Another JumpShip would then temporarily attach itself in order to provide the necessary charge and to program the jump through hyperspace. After the charging 'Ship has removed itself to a safe distance, the shell would jump to the target location. The second method would have the titanium-germanium core ground into gravel-sized particles and (usually) chemically treated to reduce the interference with a functional K-F drive. It would then be reprocessed in a zero-gravity facility and recast into a new core, a process requiring many months.<ref name=SO_130>''Strategic Operations'', p. 130: "Repairing Stranded JumpShips"</ref> − The science behind the KF drive was lost in the course of the [[Succession Wars]] (except by [[ComStar]], who concealed their continued knowledge). While new drives can still be made, this is done by simply repeating the known design, without variation. This also means that new JumpShip designs cannot be created except by trial and error, a process that would be so ludicrously expensive in the case of even one failure that the closest anyone has come is making modest changes to non-jump-related systems, such as changing armament and external accoutrements. ComStar had secretly produced a few new designs, most notably the ''[[Magellan (JumpShip class)|Magellan]]''-class explorer, equipped with a [[hyperpulse generator]] for use in scouting new systems and searching for [[Aleksandr Kerensky]]'s fleet. Following the discovery of the [[Helm Memory Core]], this science has begun to recover, and new designs have begun to be produced. The [[Clans]] retained more of this information, fielding several unique designs and even maintaining a [[WarShip]] fleet, though how much they know is a closely guarded secret. + The science behind the KF drive was lost in the course of the [[Succession Wars]] (except by [[ComStar]], who concealed their continued knowledge). While new drives can still be made, this is done by simply repeating the known design, without variation. This also means that new JumpShip designs cannot be created except by trial and error, a process that would be so ludicrously expensive in the case of even one failure that the closest anyone has come is making modest changes to non-jump-related systems, such as changing armament and external accoutrements. ComStar had secretly produced a few new designs, most notably the ''[[Magellan]]''-class explorer, equipped with a [[hyperpulse generator]] for use in scouting new systems and searching for [[Aleksandr Kerensky]]'s fleet. Following the discovery of the [[Helm Memory Core]], this science has begun to recover, and new designs have begun to be produced. The [[Clans]] retained more of this information, fielding several unique designs and even maintaining a [[WarShip]] fleet, though how much they know is a closely guarded secret. == Models == == Models == Line 60:
Line 60: | [[Terra]] | [[Terra]] | [[O'Niel Yards]] | [[O'Niel Yards]] − | ''[[Magellan (JumpShip class)|Magellan]]'' + | ''[[Magellan]]'' | {{cn}} | {{cn}} |- |-
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Replacement cores cannot be transported as typical cargo transiting through hyperspace. There are two ways to deliver a core to a different star system. The first is the more common, when the appropriate transport assets are available: once constructed or removed from the previous hull, the core is attached to a complete drive and installed within a lightweight transport shell. Another JumpShip would then temporarily attach itself in order to provide the necessary charge and to program the jump through hyperspace. After the charging 'Ship has removed itself to a safe distance, the shell would jump to the target location. The second method would have the titanium-germanium core ground into gravel-sized particles and (usually) chemically treated to reduce the interference with a functional K-F drive. It would then be reprocessed in a zero-gravity facility and recast into a new core, a process requiring many months.<ref name=SO_130>''Strategic Operations'', p. 130: "Repairing Stranded JumpShips"</ref> | Replacement cores cannot be transported as typical cargo transiting through hyperspace. There are two ways to deliver a core to a different star system. The first is the more common, when the appropriate transport assets are available: once constructed or removed from the previous hull, the core is attached to a complete drive and installed within a lightweight transport shell. Another JumpShip would then temporarily attach itself in order to provide the necessary charge and to program the jump through hyperspace. After the charging 'Ship has removed itself to a safe distance, the shell would jump to the target location. The second method would have the titanium-germanium core ground into gravel-sized particles and (usually) chemically treated to reduce the interference with a functional K-F drive. It would then be reprocessed in a zero-gravity facility and recast into a new core, a process requiring many months.<ref name=SO_130>''Strategic Operations'', p. 130: "Repairing Stranded JumpShips"</ref> | ||
| − | The science behind the KF drive was lost in the course of the [[Succession Wars]] (except by [[ComStar]], who concealed their continued knowledge). While new drives can still be made, this is done by simply repeating the known design, without variation. This also means that new JumpShip designs cannot be created except by trial and error, a process that would be so ludicrously expensive in the case of even one failure that the closest anyone has come is making modest changes to non-jump-related systems, such as changing armament and external accoutrements. ComStar had secretly produced a few new designs, most notably the ''[[ | + | The science behind the KF drive was lost in the course of the [[Succession Wars]] (except by [[ComStar]], who concealed their continued knowledge). While new drives can still be made, this is done by simply repeating the known design, without variation. This also means that new JumpShip designs cannot be created except by trial and error, a process that would be so ludicrously expensive in the case of even one failure that the closest anyone has come is making modest changes to non-jump-related systems, such as changing armament and external accoutrements. ComStar had secretly produced a few new designs, most notably the ''[[Magellan]]''-class explorer, equipped with a [[hyperpulse generator]] for use in scouting new systems and searching for [[Aleksandr Kerensky]]'s fleet. Following the discovery of the [[Helm Memory Core]], this science has begun to recover, and new designs have begun to be produced. The [[Clans]] retained more of this information, fielding several unique designs and even maintaining a [[WarShip]] fleet, though how much they know is a closely guarded secret. |
== Models == | == Models == | ||
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| [[Terra]] | | [[Terra]] | ||
| [[O'Niel Yards]] | | [[O'Niel Yards]] | ||
| − | | ''[[ | + | | ''[[Magellan]]'' |
| {{cn}} | | {{cn}} | ||
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