Zack
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Negative Energy Recoil Drive: The NSS Alliance lacked the uber-sensor capabilities of such ships as the Kitsune or the Sakura. To change this a suggestion was made to fit the Alliance with a pair of the controversial Negative Energy Recoil Drives. With space at a premium inside of the ship, it was decided that the Alliance's Eteria series ion engine drives, which were rarely used, could be safely replaced by NERDs which would also be able to provide a quality level of STL drive power in all conditions. Because of production issues the recoil drives are unable to be produced in large quantities by NAM currently and it is unlikely that such modifications will be found in other DD4s.
The negative energy recoil drives use the entire space originally intended for the ion drive systems. They retain the same access points via recessed removable panels in the walls of the deck as well as in the ceiling and floors of the adjacent decks. All panels are grey and marked with ‘CAUTION DO NOT REMOVE' in a special bright yellow ink. The ink will automatically shift between yellow and grey depending on the ambient heat on the back of the panel. The panel itself is also lined with an expanding smart metal which enlarges enough to lock the panel in place when sufficient heat is against the back of the pannel. This warns off and physically prevents the crew from opening the panels when the drive systems are running. Because they do not use conventional exhaust armored panels have been installed over the exhaust ports for the ion drives.
The negative energy recoil drives use the entire space originally intended for the ion drive systems. They retain the same access points via recessed removable panels in the walls of the deck as well as in the ceiling and floors of the adjacent decks. All panels are grey and marked with ‘CAUTION DO NOT REMOVE' in a special bright yellow ink. The ink will automatically shift between yellow and grey depending on the ambient heat on the back of the panel. The panel itself is also lined with an expanding smart metal which enlarges enough to lock the panel in place when sufficient heat is against the back of the pannel. This warns off and physically prevents the crew from opening the panels when the drive systems are running. Because they do not use conventional exhaust armored panels have been installed over the exhaust ports for the ion drives.
Propulsion:- The negative energy recoil drive projects negative mass particles ‘forward'. It uses the unique properties of negative mass particles to pull the ship in the direction the particles are projected. Because negative mass particles do not normally interact with traditional mass the exhaust can be channeled through the ship without any ill effects. The unique properties of the negative mass particle (tachyon) allow for the huge mass of the DD4 to be accelerated quickly with a small number of negative mass particles.
- By precisely controlling the flow of tachyons with tachyon filtering equipment data can be sent back in time several moments. This creates a time loop logic computer system out of the drive's emissions. By combining this system with ship's sensor data, a real time image of the exterior can be generated, negating the lag time of returning sensor actions. Specifically the computer attempts to predict where an object is and the sensors attempt to confirm this. The correct prediction is then sent backwards in time to the ship.
The process involves manipulating tachyons with considerable inertia. Each manipulation generates considerable heat. Heat output and computer size limits the precognitive abilities of the system, giving it at maximum only a few seconds of lead time with increasing inaccuracy as time before the event occurs increases.
The primitive time loop logic processor of the negative energy recoil drive is networked with the DD4s D.E.I.M.O.S. combat computer suite. A special software patch is required to ensure a seamless integration between the conventional FTL processing of the DEIMOS and the TLL processing of the NERD.
Other Capabilities:- The negative energy recoil drives installed on the NSS Alliance technically do retain the capabilities to perform all of the other tasks that the drive was originally designed for including FTL shearing weaponry, FTL shearing shields, Sensors, Artificial Gravity, and communications. Because the DD4 already can perform these functions as well as if not better than the negative energy recoil drive, software to run these features was not included in the patch applied to the DEIMOS. Currently no plans are made for adding the capacity to use these features to the drives installed on the Alliance.