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'''Lithium-Fusion Battery''' technology is used to allow [[WarShips]] (and a few [[JumpShips]]) to conduct two "jumps" through hyperspace in rapid succession.
 
  
 
== Description ==
 
== Description ==
Introduced in [[2531]] by the [[Terran Hegemony]], a lithium-fusion battery can be installed on [[JumpShip]]s and [[WarShip]]s to provide one additional charge for their [[Kearny-Fuchida drive]]. It serves as an extension of the drive's energy storage and allows for a second jump without having to recharge the drive first. However, activating the K-F drive several times in rapid succession may damage or destroy vital components. In general practice, the K-F drive is never activated more frequently than every 36 to 48 hours.<ref>''Living Legends'', p. 62</ref> The battery can be charged (and quick-charged) in much the same way as the K-F drive. The increased range of an L-F equipped ship allowed a variety of new tactics, including longer range raids and the ability to quickly evade ambushes.<ref name="TOp323">''Tactical Operations'', p. 323, "Lithium-Fusion Battery"</ref>
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Introduced in [[2531]] by the [[Terran Hegemony]]. A '''Lithium-Fusion Battery''' can be installed on [[JumpShip]]s and [[WarShip]]s to provide one additional charge for their [[Kearny-Fuchida Drive]]. It serves as an extension of the drive's energy storage and allows for a second jump without having to recharge the drive first. The battery can be charged (and quick-charged) in much the same way as the K-F drive. The increased range of a L-F equipped ship allowed a variety of new tactics including longer range raids and the ability to quickly evade ambushes.<ref name="TOp323">''Tactical Operations'', p. 323, "Lithium-Fusion Battery"</ref>
  
As of [[3056]], lithium-fusion batteries were almost exclusively used on WarShips. Very few regular JumpShips, none of them civilian-owned, were known to carry the expensive system (and then usually as a refit). These refits were rare, however, as the L-F battery was usually built into the ship's hull.<ref name="TOp323"/><ref>''BattleSpace'', p.43</ref>
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Lithium-Fusion Batteries are used almost exclusively on [[WarShip]]s. Only very few regular JumpShips, none of them a civilian-owned ship, are known to carry the expensive system (and then usually as a refit.) These refits are rare however as the L-F Battery is usually built into the ship's hull.<ref name="TOp323"/>
  
The L-F battery's only weakness is the amount of time it takes to recharge, typically as long as charging the K-F Drive itself.<ref name="TOp323"/>
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The L-F Battery's only weakness is the amount of time it takes to recharge, typically charging the battery takes as long as charging the K-F Drive itself.<ref name="TOp323"/>
  
 
== Models ==
 
== Models ==
The lithium-fusion battery systems are manufactured on the following planets:
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The Lithium-Fusion Battery systems are manufactured on the following planets:
  
 
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! Used by
 
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! References
 
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| [[Atreus (FWL)|Atreus]]
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| [[Illium Shipyards]]
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| [[Eagle (WarShip class)|''Eagle'']]
 
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| [[Galax]]
 
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| [[Federated-Boeing Interstellar]]
 
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| [[New Samarkand]]
 
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| [[DeHuego & Freshet WarShip Design]]
 
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| ''[[Yamato (Individual Yamato-class WarShip)|Yamato]]''
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== Game Rules ==
 
== Game Rules ==
A lithium-fusion battery weighs 1% of the JumpShip or WarShip's total mass. It is considered a part of the ship's main body.<ref name="TOp323"/>
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A Lithium-Fusion Battery weighs 1% of the JumpShip/WarShip's total mass. It is considered a part of the ship's main body.<ref name="TOp323"/>
 
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== Bibliography ==
 
== Bibliography ==
* ''[[BattleSpace]]''
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* ''[[BattleSpace]]'' Rulebook
 
* ''[[Tactical Operations]]''
 
* ''[[Tactical Operations]]''
 
* ''[[Technical Readout: 2750]]''
 
* ''[[Technical Readout: 2750]]''
 
  
 
[[Category:Technology|Lithium-Fusion Battery]]
 
[[Category:Technology|Lithium-Fusion Battery]]

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