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What's Powering The Ship's Capacitor

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JC Mieyli
Hedion University
Amarr Empire
#21 - 2017-06-17 06:29:01 UTC
omg you know nothing about science
its powered by dark matter
and tachyons
Blade Darth
Room for Improvement
Good Sax
#22 - 2017-06-17 07:01:42 UTC
It's powered by the power of friendship.

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Kitsune Rei
Tastes Like Purple
#23 - 2017-06-17 11:15:20 UTC
Vortexo VonBrenner wrote:
The different races have developed different ways to power their spacecraft. For example; The Amarr use a Berillium Sphere whereas the Minmatar use a completely different method.




Funniest thing I've seen so far today. Well done!
Marcus Binchiette
Federal Vanguard
#24 - 2017-06-17 14:32:15 UTC  |  Edited by: Marcus Binchiette
The capacitor is itself a particular type of battery which can store and release energy rapidly and this makes it useful for powering devices which require a high peak energy delivery requirement. In most real world applications the capacitor is powered by some other kind of energy source. Usually having a steady and long term energy delivery profile. This could litterally be anything.

In the current world capactors can be charged using generators, chemical combustion engines, and fuel cells. However, considering the massive energy required for warp drives, railguns, laser beams, and shields, we can assume that we are dealing with energy delivery requirements which are far in excess of modern chemical technology, and probably also in excess of modern nucklear reactors. We are dealing with some kind of futuristic engine which can tap into the vast ammounts of energy avaliable in matter and/or anti-matter (or some other undiscovered energy source), harness it, and deliver it for storage within the capacitor ready for immediate use.

One thing can be certain... Considering the function which this device performs, we could safely call it an engine of some sort. Futhermore, considering the lack of elaboration on what kind of "capacitor" is required to store such vast ammounts of energy, I'd be inclined to expect the same level of elaboration with regard to the engine which powers it.
StarterrorPrime
Black Rose Fleet Strategics
#25 - 2017-06-17 20:02:17 UTC  |  Edited by: StarterrorPrime
Marcus Binchiette wrote:
The capacitor is itself a particular type of battery which can store and release energy rapidly and this makes it useful for powering devices which require a high peak energy delivery requirement. In most real world applications the capacitor is powered by some other kind of energy source. Usually having a steady and long term energy delivery profile. This could litterally be anything.

In the current world capactors can be charged using generators, chemical combustion engines, and fuel cells. However, considering the massive energy required for warp drives, railguns, laser beams, and shields, we can assume that we are dealing with energy delivery requirements which are far in excess of modern chemical technology, and probably also in excess of modern nucklear reactors. We are dealing with some kind of futuristic engine which can tap into the vast ammounts of energy avaliable in matter and/or anti-matter (or some other undiscovered energy source), harness it, and deliver it for storage within the capacitor ready for immediate use.

One thing can be certain... Considering the function which this device performs, we could safely call it an engine of some sort. Futhermore, considering the lack of elaboration on what kind of "capacitor" is required to store such vast ammounts of energy, I'd be inclined to expect the same level of elaboration with regard to the engine which powers it.


Granted though, hypothetically one can trigger a fusion reaction and if provided the proper containment, it would be stable for an extended period of time even if it was a tiny one. Considering the size of ypur average titan, they could be powered by a miniature sun for all i would know.
EZ Windy
Science and Trade Institute
Caldari State
#26 - 2017-06-17 21:48:29 UTC  |  Edited by: EZ Windy
Wow, when I started this thread I had no idea it would generate so many good ideas. No mater how we look at it, we do seem to agree that some type of external source (hidden or other) is required to power the capacitor be it batteries, a nuclear reactor or other (Dark Energy? maybe) .

Nonetheless, the basic premise for this posting was to question the limitless power available to the ship's capacitor and maybe introduce a feature that would increase the game's dynamics (limited ship power/fuel). So keep posting the ideas and maybe the DEV will like one and implement some cool new ship feature.

Cheers and think you for being respectful o7
Mara Pahrdi
The Order of Anoyia
#27 - 2017-06-17 22:30:12 UTC
Friction. It's the Fedos crawling all over the ship, that reload the capacitor. The more you have...

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