High Efficiency Plasma Recombustion

The High efficiency plasma recombustion (HEPlaR) is a very high impulse and high thrust Reaction Drive.

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Please refer to the following AAB Library Data articles for further information:

• Starship
  • FTL
  • NAFAL (STL)
• Starship Drives
  • G-Drive
  • HEPlaR
  • J-Drive
  • N-Drive
  • Rocket Drive
  • Z-Drive
• Jump Drive
  • Jump Drive Key Resources
    • Lanthanum
    • Zuchai Crystal
  • Jump Drive Lore
    • Jump Bridge
    • Jump Damper
    • Jump Dimming
    • Jump Drive History
    • Jump Projector
    • Jump Space
    • Misjump

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Description (Specifications)

It consists of an heat exchanger recombustion chamber added to a fusion power plant. Hydrogen is injected into the recombustion chamber and the power generated by the engine heats the hydrogen to a plasma state. The plasma is them released as a high velocity stream of reaction mass, providing thrust. Because the engine is used to heat the plasma, this effectively drains the engine heat, reducing the power output of the engine in proportion to the thrust of the drive.

History & Background (Dossier)

It was first developed at TL–10.

References & Contributors (Sources)

This list of sources was used by the Traveller Wiki Editorial Team and individual contributors to compose this article. Copyrighted material is used under license from Far Future Enterprises or by permission of the author. The page history lists all of the contributions.

• Frank Chadwick, Dave Nilsen. Fire, Fusion, & Steel (Game Designers Workshop, 1994), 69,79.
• Don Perrin. Starships (Imperium Games, 1996), 71.
• Traveller Wiki Editorial Team
• Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology Maksim-Smelchak of the Ministry of Science