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* The Device enables vessels to enter jumpspace and leapspace without the need for fuel. It provides "subspace energy" to the ship, which is channeled to the drives via a component called the "quantum singularity". This "subspace energy" draws on the mathematical substrate of the universe. | * The Device enables vessels to enter jumpspace and leapspace without the need for fuel. It provides "subspace energy" to the ship, which is channeled to the drives via a component called the "quantum singularity". This "subspace energy" draws on the mathematical substrate of the universe. | ||
** The Device opens portals into both jumpspace and leapspace, allowing vessels to travel as far as 30 parsecs per jump. Ships may initiate a jump or a leap that would carry them further than 30 parsecs, but their vessel will exit jump at the limit of the Device's range. | ** The Device opens portals into both jumpspace and leapspace, allowing vessels to travel as far as 30 parsecs per jump. Ships may initiate a jump or a leap that would carry them further than 30 parsecs, but their vessel will exit jump at the limit of the Device's range. | ||
| + | *** On at least one occasion, the courses and destinations of [[Empire of Thrax|Thrax]] vessels have been determined by analysing minute fluctuations in the ambient energy fields. | ||
** The Device also serves as a jump inhibitor, precipitating vessels out of jumpspace or leapspace within a light year of the [[Centrum (world)|Centrum]] system. Ships wishing to travel to the golden sphere-world must do so using [[NAFAL]] drives. | ** The Device also serves as a jump inhibitor, precipitating vessels out of jumpspace or leapspace within a light year of the [[Centrum (world)|Centrum]] system. Ships wishing to travel to the golden sphere-world must do so using [[NAFAL]] drives. | ||
Revision as of 10:52, 29 October 2017
The Centrum Device is a mysterious, incredibly powerful artifact that powers the civilisations of Lon Beon and the Empire of Thrax.
Description / Specifications
The Centrum Device is fictional, a central element of the Lon Beon stories popular within the Distant Fringe.
The Device is the golden sphere-world of Centrum. It orbits a brown dwarf and draws power directly from the systems' stars. The Device provides "subspace energy" to a broad region.
Abilities
The Centrum Device has a maximum range of 100 light years (30 parsecs).
- The Device enables vessels to enter jumpspace and leapspace without the need for fuel. It provides "subspace energy" to the ship, which is channeled to the drives via a component called the "quantum singularity". This "subspace energy" draws on the mathematical substrate of the universe.
- The Device opens portals into both jumpspace and leapspace, allowing vessels to travel as far as 30 parsecs per jump. Ships may initiate a jump or a leap that would carry them further than 30 parsecs, but their vessel will exit jump at the limit of the Device's range.
- On at least one occasion, the courses and destinations of Thrax vessels have been determined by analysing minute fluctuations in the ambient energy fields.
- The Device also serves as a jump inhibitor, precipitating vessels out of jumpspace or leapspace within a light year of the Centrum system. Ships wishing to travel to the golden sphere-world must do so using NAFAL drives.
- The Device opens portals into both jumpspace and leapspace, allowing vessels to travel as far as 30 parsecs per jump. Ships may initiate a jump or a leap that would carry them further than 30 parsecs, but their vessel will exit jump at the limit of the Device's range.
The Device has occasionally served, depending on the needs of the story being told, as an ansible.
History & Background / Dossier
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- Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master Scout Emeritus Adie Alegoric Stewart of the IISS
- Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology Maksim-Smelchak of the Ministry of Science