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Line 1: ==History== ==History== − The driving force behind the initial colonization of the [[Inner Sphere]], the Kearny-Fuchida Drive (also known as K-F Drive) was named after the two professors, [[Thomas Kearny]] and [[Takayoshi Fuchida]] who theorized of the ability to warp space to allow for quick travel over more than two dozen light years. Although the two scientists put forward their theories beginning in [[2018]], their theories were ridiculed for decades. It was only after their deaths that they were vindicated when the [[Deimos Project]] "jumped" the first [[JumpShip]] from Sol's zenith jump point to its nadir jump point in [[2107]].<ref name="TSLp7+">''The Star League'', pp. 7–8: "History - Roots"</ref> A year later, the TAS ''[[Pathfinder (Vessel)|Pathfinder]]'' made the first manned, interstellar "jump" to [[Tau Ceti]], where they confirmed the findings of the slower-than-light [[Magellan Program|Magellan probes]]: Tau Ceti had a habitable planet, later named [[New Earth]].<ref name="TSLp7+"/> + The driving force behind the initial colonization of the [[Inner Sphere]], the Kearny-Fuchida Drive (also known as K-F Drive) was named after the two professors, [[Thomas Kearny]] and [[Takayoshi Fuchida]] who theorized of the ability to warp space to allow for quick travel over more than two dozen light years. Although the two scientists put forward their theories beginning in [[2018]], their theories were ridiculed for decades. It was only after their deaths that they were vindicated when the [[Deimos Project]] "jumped" the first [[JumpShip]] from Sol's zenith jump point to its nadir jump point in [[2107]].<ref name="TSLp7+">''The Star League'', pp. 7-8, "History - Roots"</ref> A year later, the TAS ''[[Pathfinder]]'' made the first manned, interstellar "jump" to [[Tau Ceti]], where they confirmed the findings of the slower-than-light [[Magellan probe]]s: Tau Ceti had a habitable planet, later named [[New Earth]].<ref name="TSLp7+"/> The creation of the Kearny-Fuchida Drive was the only reason that extensive colonization of the Inner Sphere took place. The creation of the Kearny-Fuchida Drive was the only reason that extensive colonization of the Inner Sphere took place. ==Description== ==Description== − A K-F drive is comprised of a meters-thick core made of a titanium-[[germanium]] alloy (wrapped in a liquid helium jacket), controller, initiator, tankage and other associated equipment. The core acts as a capacitor to store the energy needed to burst through space.<ref name=SO_122>''Strategic Operations'', p. 122: "JumpShips"</ref><ref name=SO_123>''Strategic Operations'', p. 123: "Engineering Systems"</ref> + A K-F drive is comprised of a meters-thick core made of a titanium-[[germanium]] alloy (wrapped in a liquid helium jacket), controller, initiator, tankage and other associated equipment. The core acts as a capacitor to store the energy needed to burst through space.<ref name=SO_122>''Strategic Operations'', p. 122, "JumpShips"</ref><ref name=SO_123>''Strategic Operations'', p. 123, "Engineering Systems"</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> + 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 an [[HPG]] for use in scouting new systems and searching for [[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 24:
Line 24: | [[Schuyler]]<br>[[Clipperton]]<br>[[Alarion]] | [[Schuyler]]<br>[[Clipperton]]<br>[[Alarion]] | [[Dharma HyperSpace]]<br>[[Irian Technologies]]<br>[[Ioto Galactic Enterprises]] | [[Dharma HyperSpace]]<br>[[Irian Technologies]]<br>[[Ioto Galactic Enterprises]] − | ''[[Scout (JumpShip class)|Scout]]'' + | ??? − | {{cn}}<ref name=OR122>''Objective Raids'', p. 122: "Produced Irian Technologies Components"</ref> + | {{cn}} |- |- | [[K-F Mark V]] | [[K-F Mark V]] | [[Capella]]<br>[[Chatham]]<br>[[Gibbs]] | [[Capella]]<br>[[Chatham]]<br>[[Gibbs]] | [[Rashpur-Owens Incorporated]]<br>[[Stellar Trek]]<br>[[Ioto Galactic Enterprises]] | [[Rashpur-Owens Incorporated]]<br>[[Stellar Trek]]<br>[[Ioto Galactic Enterprises]] − | ''[[Merchant]]'' + | ??? − | {{cn}}<ref name=OR143>''Objective Raids'', p. 143: "Produced Rashpur-Owens Components"</ref><ref name=OR68>''Objective Raids'', p. 68: "Produced Stellar Trek Components"</ref> + | {{cn}} |- |- | [[K-F Mark VIIa]] | [[K-F Mark VIIa]] | [[Capella]]<br>[[Chatham]]<br>[[Delavan]]<br>[[Tamarind]]<br>[[Alarion]] | [[Capella]]<br>[[Chatham]]<br>[[Delavan]]<br>[[Tamarind]]<br>[[Alarion]] | [[Rashpur-Owens Incorporated]]<br>[[Stellar Trek]]<br>[[Universal Air]]<br>[[Technicron Manufacturing]]<br>[[Ioto Galactic Enterprises]] | [[Rashpur-Owens Incorporated]]<br>[[Stellar Trek]]<br>[[Universal Air]]<br>[[Technicron Manufacturing]]<br>[[Ioto Galactic Enterprises]] − | ''[[Invader]]'' + | ??? − | {{cn}}<ref name=OR143/><ref name=OR68/><ref name=OR92>''Objective Raids'', p. 92, "Produced Universal Air Components"</ref><ref name=OR135>''Objective Raids'', p. 135, "Produced Technicron Manufacturing"</ref> + | {{cn}} |- |- | [[K-F Mark VIII a-1]] | [[K-F Mark VIII a-1]] | [[Chatham]]<br>[[Delavan]]<br>[[Loyalty]] | [[Chatham]]<br>[[Delavan]]<br>[[Loyalty]] | [[Stellar Trek]]<br>[[Universal Air]]<br>[[SelaSys Incorporated]] | [[Stellar Trek]]<br>[[Universal Air]]<br>[[SelaSys Incorporated]] − | ''[[Star Lord]]'' + | ??? − | {{cn}}<ref name=OR92/><ref name=OR131>''Objective Raids'', p. 131, "Produced SalaSys Incorporated"</ref> + | {{cn}} |- |- | [[K-F Mark X]] | [[K-F Mark X]] | [[Capella]]<br>[[Panpour]]<br>[[Alarion]] | [[Capella]]<br>[[Panpour]]<br>[[Alarion]] | [[Rashpur-Owens Incorporated]]<br>[[Challenge Systems]]<br>[[Ioto Galactic Enterprises]] | [[Rashpur-Owens Incorporated]]<br>[[Challenge Systems]]<br>[[Ioto Galactic Enterprises]] − | ''[[Monolith]]'' + | ??? − | {{cn}}<ref name=OR143/><ref name=OR68/> + | {{cn}} |- |- | Unknown | Unknown Line 60:
Line 60: | [[Terra]] | [[Terra]] | [[O'Niel Yards]] | [[O'Niel Yards]] − | ''[[Magellan (JumpShip class)|Magellan]]'' + | ''[[Magellan]]'' | {{cn}} | {{cn}} |- |- − | Unknown + | Unkown | [[Loyalty]] | [[Loyalty]] | [[SelaSys Incorporated]] | [[SelaSys Incorporated]] Line 69:
Line 69: | {{cn}} | {{cn}} |- |- − | [[KF King VI-a]] + | [[KF King VI-a]] | [[New Earth]] | [[New Earth]] | [[Daussault-Shimmon Enterprises]] | [[Daussault-Shimmon Enterprises]] − | ''[[Cameron (WarShip class) | Cameron]]'' + | ??? | {{cn}} | {{cn}} |} |} Line 78:
Line 78: ==References== ==References== <references/> <references/> − ==Bibliography== ==Bibliography== − * ''[[Objective Raids]]'' * ''[[The Star League]]'' * ''[[The Star League]]'' − − [[Category:Technology]] [[Category:Technology]]
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==History== | ==History== | ||
| − | The driving force behind the initial colonization of the [[Inner Sphere]], the Kearny-Fuchida Drive (also known as K-F Drive) was named after the two professors, [[Thomas Kearny]] and [[Takayoshi Fuchida]] who theorized of the ability to warp space to allow for quick travel over more than two dozen light years. Although the two scientists put forward their theories beginning in [[2018]], their theories were ridiculed for decades. It was only after their deaths that they were vindicated when the [[Deimos Project]] "jumped" the first [[JumpShip]] from Sol's zenith jump point to its nadir jump point in [[2107]].<ref name="TSLp7+">''The Star League'', pp. | + | The driving force behind the initial colonization of the [[Inner Sphere]], the Kearny-Fuchida Drive (also known as K-F Drive) was named after the two professors, [[Thomas Kearny]] and [[Takayoshi Fuchida]] who theorized of the ability to warp space to allow for quick travel over more than two dozen light years. Although the two scientists put forward their theories beginning in [[2018]], their theories were ridiculed for decades. It was only after their deaths that they were vindicated when the [[Deimos Project]] "jumped" the first [[JumpShip]] from Sol's zenith jump point to its nadir jump point in [[2107]].<ref name="TSLp7+">''The Star League'', pp. 7-8, "History - Roots"</ref> A year later, the TAS ''[[Pathfinder]]'' made the first manned, interstellar "jump" to [[Tau Ceti]], where they confirmed the findings of the slower-than-light [[Magellan probe]]s: Tau Ceti had a habitable planet, later named [[New Earth]].<ref name="TSLp7+"/> |
The creation of the Kearny-Fuchida Drive was the only reason that extensive colonization of the Inner Sphere took place. | The creation of the Kearny-Fuchida Drive was the only reason that extensive colonization of the Inner Sphere took place. | ||
==Description== | ==Description== | ||
| − | A K-F drive is comprised of a meters-thick core made of a titanium-[[germanium]] alloy (wrapped in a liquid helium jacket), controller, initiator, tankage and other associated equipment. The core acts as a capacitor to store the energy needed to burst through space.<ref name=SO_122>''Strategic Operations'', p. 122 | + | A K-F drive is comprised of a meters-thick core made of a titanium-[[germanium]] alloy (wrapped in a liquid helium jacket), controller, initiator, tankage and other associated equipment. The core acts as a capacitor to store the energy needed to burst through space.<ref name=SO_122>''Strategic Operations'', p. 122, "JumpShips"</ref><ref name=SO_123>''Strategic Operations'', p. 123, "Engineering Systems"</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 | + | 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 | + | 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 an [[HPG]] for use in scouting new systems and searching for [[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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| [[Schuyler]]<br>[[Clipperton]]<br>[[Alarion]] | | [[Schuyler]]<br>[[Clipperton]]<br>[[Alarion]] | ||
| [[Dharma HyperSpace]]<br>[[Irian Technologies]]<br>[[Ioto Galactic Enterprises]] | | [[Dharma HyperSpace]]<br>[[Irian Technologies]]<br>[[Ioto Galactic Enterprises]] | ||
| − | | | + | | ??? |
| − | | {{cn}} | + | | {{cn}} |
|- | |- | ||
| [[K-F Mark V]] | | [[K-F Mark V]] | ||
| [[Capella]]<br>[[Chatham]]<br>[[Gibbs]] | | [[Capella]]<br>[[Chatham]]<br>[[Gibbs]] | ||
| [[Rashpur-Owens Incorporated]]<br>[[Stellar Trek]]<br>[[Ioto Galactic Enterprises]] | | [[Rashpur-Owens Incorporated]]<br>[[Stellar Trek]]<br>[[Ioto Galactic Enterprises]] | ||
| − | | | + | | ??? |
| − | | {{cn}} | + | | {{cn}} |
|- | |- | ||
| [[K-F Mark VIIa]] | | [[K-F Mark VIIa]] | ||
| [[Capella]]<br>[[Chatham]]<br>[[Delavan]]<br>[[Tamarind]]<br>[[Alarion]] | | [[Capella]]<br>[[Chatham]]<br>[[Delavan]]<br>[[Tamarind]]<br>[[Alarion]] | ||
| [[Rashpur-Owens Incorporated]]<br>[[Stellar Trek]]<br>[[Universal Air]]<br>[[Technicron Manufacturing]]<br>[[Ioto Galactic Enterprises]] | | [[Rashpur-Owens Incorporated]]<br>[[Stellar Trek]]<br>[[Universal Air]]<br>[[Technicron Manufacturing]]<br>[[Ioto Galactic Enterprises]] | ||
| − | | | + | | ??? |
| − | | {{cn}} | + | | {{cn}} |
|- | |- | ||
| [[K-F Mark VIII a-1]] | | [[K-F Mark VIII a-1]] | ||
| [[Chatham]]<br>[[Delavan]]<br>[[Loyalty]] | | [[Chatham]]<br>[[Delavan]]<br>[[Loyalty]] | ||
| [[Stellar Trek]]<br>[[Universal Air]]<br>[[SelaSys Incorporated]] | | [[Stellar Trek]]<br>[[Universal Air]]<br>[[SelaSys Incorporated]] | ||
| − | | | + | | ??? |
| − | | {{cn}} | + | | {{cn}} |
|- | |- | ||
| [[K-F Mark X]] | | [[K-F Mark X]] | ||
| [[Capella]]<br>[[Panpour]]<br>[[Alarion]] | | [[Capella]]<br>[[Panpour]]<br>[[Alarion]] | ||
| [[Rashpur-Owens Incorporated]]<br>[[Challenge Systems]]<br>[[Ioto Galactic Enterprises]] | | [[Rashpur-Owens Incorporated]]<br>[[Challenge Systems]]<br>[[Ioto Galactic Enterprises]] | ||
| − | | | + | | ??? |
| − | | {{cn}} | + | | {{cn}} |
|- | |- | ||
| Unknown | | Unknown | ||
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| [[Terra]] | | [[Terra]] | ||
| [[O'Niel Yards]] | | [[O'Niel Yards]] | ||
| − | | ''[[ | + | | ''[[Magellan]]'' |
| {{cn}} | | {{cn}} | ||
|- | |- | ||
| − | | | + | | Unkown |
| [[Loyalty]] | | [[Loyalty]] | ||
| [[SelaSys Incorporated]] | | [[SelaSys Incorporated]] | ||
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| {{cn}} | | {{cn}} | ||
|- | |- | ||
| − | | [[KF King VI-a]] | + | | [[KF King VI-a]] |
| [[New Earth]] | | [[New Earth]] | ||
| [[Daussault-Shimmon Enterprises]] | | [[Daussault-Shimmon Enterprises]] | ||
| − | | | + | | ??? |
| {{cn}} | | {{cn}} | ||
|} | |} | ||
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==References== | ==References== | ||
<references/> | <references/> | ||
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==Bibliography== | ==Bibliography== | ||
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* ''[[The Star League]]'' | * ''[[The Star League]]'' | ||
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[[Category:Technology]] | [[Category:Technology]] | ||