WARP PROPULSION SYSTEMS

THE  WARP CORE  IS  LOCATED  IN THE  AFT  ENGINEERING  SECTION  AND  SPANS  ALL  FOUR  DECKS  VERTICALLY.  THE MATTER - ANTIMATTER REACTION ASSEMBLY  (M/ARA) IS EMBEDDED WITHIN DECK 3,  WITH THE SURROUNDING SYSTEMS BALCONY ABOVE, ON DECK 2.  THE CORE IS CONSTRUCTED  FROM A CENTRAL TRANSLUCENT ALUMINUM AND DURANIUM  REACTOR WITH  DILITHIUM ARTICULATION FRAME,  FOUR-LOBED  MAGNETIC CONSTRICTION SEGMENT COLUMNS,  AND MATTER AND ANTIMATTER INJECTORS. PLASMA TRANSFER  CONDUITS EXIT  THE CORE ON DECK  3  AND EXTEND LATERALLY  TO THE  NACELLES  AND THE  WARP PLASMA INJECTORS.  THE NACELLES INCORPORATE  AN IN-LINE IMPULSE SYSTEM,  WHICH ACCEPTS MATTER INTAKE AND HEATING WITHIN THE  NACELLES  AND  EXHAUSTS  THE  HEATED  GASES  THROUGH  A   SPACE-TIME DRIVER  ASSEMBLY  IN THE  NACELLE  AFT  CAP. ANTIDEUTERIUM IS STORED IN A SERIES OF STANDARD STARFLEET  ANTIMATTER PODS ON DECK 3, FORWARD OF THE WARP CORE. ALL REGULATION WARP ENGINE CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES APPLY TO ALL DEFIANTCLASS STARSHIPS.

IMPULSE PROPULSION SYSTEMS

THE PRIMARY IMPULSE SYSTEM CONSISTS  OF THREE PAIRS  OF REDUNDANT FUSION REACTORS,  SPACE-TIME DRIVER COILS,  AND VECTORED  EXHAUST DIRECTORS.  THE EXHAUST  PRODUCTS  MAY  BE HELD TEMPORARILY  IN THE IMPULSE NOZZLE COWLING,  TO MINIMIZE THE SHIP'S ION OR EM SIGNATURE, OR THEY CAN BE VENTED  THROUGH ELECTRO POROUS PLATES ALONG THE TRAILING
SURFACE OF THE  COWLING.  THE RCS THRUSTERS ARE ADAPTED  FROM THRUSTER  PACKAGES FROM  GALAXY  AND  AMBASSADOR CLASS  VESSELS.  A TOTAL OF EIGHT THRUSTER  GROUPS ARE INSTALLED;  TWO ARE PLACED  IN THE FORWARD HULL , FOUR IN THE MID-HULL,  AND TWO IN THE AFT COWLING.  DEUTERIUM IS SUPPLIED BY THE PRIMARY TANKAGE ON DECK 2 AND IMMEDIATE-USE TANKS WITHIN THE THRUSTER PACKAGES.

VELOCITY

MAXIMUM IMPULSE SPEED  : 0.92 C (1.0 IS THE SPEED OF LIGHT, OR WARP 1)

MAXIMUM WARP SPEED      : 9.982 FOR 12 HOURS

THE ENGINES HAVE A TENDENCY TO OUTRUN THE INERTIAL DAMPERS DURING EXTREME MANEUVERS, MAKING THE DEFIANT CLASS THE  ONLY  STARSHIP CLASS  IN THE  FEDERATION THAT CAN "PULL-G'S."  IT HAS A TURN RATE OF APPROXIMATELY  180 DEGREES PER SECOND.

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