Emperor Jack Edwards
**NOTE: most technologies displayed here are not in use by the Black Empire currently, but will be in the near future, and as such are being posted now to prevent me from having to retype this entire thread**
Primary Blademasterian technologies (excluding weapons technologies)
Multi-Hull Defensive Composite (standard armor):
The MHDC is an advanced armor type that is composed of a series of layers. The outermost layer is a sort of flexible thin layer of armor skin. Below it is a massive series of woven armor strands, which provide the primary defense, and are the most flexible portion of the armor. Below the layer of weave, is a double layer of mirror plating, which is generally followed by a second layer of weave. Below this is standard, generally centimeter thick armor plating, which is usually layered 4 centimeters thick. If more protection is required (and it nearly always is) this series of armor can be repeated. One “layer� of a complete MHDC is 10 centimeters thick.
Point-Defense Grids:
The standard Blademasterian Point-Defense grids are targeted by an Artificial Intelligence program, and consist of batteries of missiles, rail guns, lasers, and particle cannons tied together to intercept incoming projectiles.
FtLi:
Blademasterian Faster than Light inhibitor fields are standard on every super capital ship, with some mounted on capital ships. The FtLi can block nearly all types of wormhole travel, most kinds of point-to-point spatial folding and “jump� travel, and shifting and other methods of moving between dimensions. The FtLi fields have a standard radius of 700,000 kilometers, with the Kepler’s field extensible to well in excess of 1,200,000 kilometers.
Anti-Gravity Well Generators:
Somewhat the opposite of gravity well generators, these are designed to slow down incoming projectiles, and were originally designed to keep Shivan nanites away from a Blademasterian hull.
Artificial Quantum Singularities:
Quantum/Gravitic reactor is the primary power plant utilized by the Black Empire. This system uses a complex series of graviton beams to mimic the destructive power of a black hole on a local scale, creating an artificial quantum singularity.
This self-sustaining reactor system destroys all matter introduced into the singularity, creating a 100% energy release. Efficiency of a given ship to exploit this energy release varies. Process begins with a series of high-energy fusion reactors, which are used to manipulate zero-point energy to mimic gravity and create the singularity. Once the singularity is formed, any and all matter introduced into the reactor is destroyed, creating a massive energy release. As any form of matter can be used as fuel for the singularity, this form of reactor has a near infinite run time - so long as there is matter to be used as fuel, the Quantum/Gravitic reactor will continue to produce power. In addition, a key byproduct of this form of reaction is antimatter, which can be used both as a weapon or a secondary power source. Once the singularity is shut down all form of mass compression will cease and, with the exception of one final burst of antimatter, energy production stops almost instantaneously. (Modified from B5tech.com)
E.G.A.Drive (Gravimetric Drive):
Ships powered by EGA Drives accelerate and maneuver to a far greater degree than most ships and the key to this superior performance is their ability to manipulate, on a macro as opposed to quantum level, the special characteristics of the Zero Point Field (ZPF, also known as a Lorentz Field). ZPF have been explained as being a three dimensional representation of the dimensional objects known as superstrings, believed to be the key building blocks of both matter and energy in our universe. Zero Point Energy is essentially a 'leakage', on the quantum scale, of energy in process of being translated into this reality. Normally, this leakage involves the creation and dissipation of energy such that the result is an almost zero increase of energy. However, it is possible to use the potential of the ZPF as a power source of enormous implications. As Cal Tech physicist Richard Feynman once noted, the energy inherent in the space defined by a single coffee cup- anywhere in the universe- is enough to boil all of the oceans on planet Earth. There are other implications of the ZPF fields and superstrings, in addition to that of an enormous power source. It has been discovered that inertia - the propensity of an object when at rest to stay at rest, and when in motion to in motion - is a manifestation of that objects electromagnetic interaction with the ZPF. Thus gravity and a lowering of inertia are both capable of being manipulated through the use of controlled electric interaction with the ZPF produced by superstrings. By manipulating and "bending" these superstrings, advanced ships are able to create distortions in space/time that can be used to push and pull a ship in any given direction. An important byproduct of this means of propulsion is that the effect of inertia is also negated, allowing ships to accelerate, stop and maneuver at velocities that would crush a person using conventional propulsion. (Modified from B5tech.com)
Plasma Drives:
Essentially, plasma engines, fire a stream of very hot gas in the form of charged particles, containing an equal number of positive ions and electrons. Plasma engines can produce a great deal of thrust, quickly and with great stability. (Excerpt from B5tech.com)
Artificial Sentience Program:
The A.S. programs are fully sentient “brains� running on neuron-based computing systems. An A.S. is capable of a broad range of emotions, and capable of multitasking to an immensely greater extent than that of any other Artificial Intelligence. The Artificial Sentience programs are mounted aboard nearly every ship.
Kepler-Folock Hyper-Long Range Spatial Folding Drive:
The K-F HLoRan Spatial Folding Drive is the core FtL system in any Blademasterian vessel. The Drive allows a vessel to make jumps of up to two million light-years, given enough power. The drive is 1532 meters in length, thus prohibiting its installation on smaller craft. Armstrong Kepler developed the K-F drive, with the funding of Andrelli Folock. The K-F drive functions by folding the space-time continuum so that the point of origin and the point to be traveled to are nearly on top of each other. The drive then shoves the craft across the gap, and the STC is left unaffected.
Weapons technologies:
KLR-368 Plasma Wave Generator: The KLR-368 is a massive weapon mounted on the nose of a vessel. The KLR-368 vents plasma from fusion reactors, and contains it with magnetic fields just above the hull, thus giving the nose section a shimmering appearance while the weapon is charging. Once the plasma’s mass reaches the point where the fields cannot contain it anymore, it is released in a massive wave of destruction.
Particle Cannons: The Standard Blademasterian particle cannon works by bonding protons and neutrons, and firing them in a hyper-excited stream at an enemy vessel. This generally creates the equivalent of small nuclear explosions across the enemy’s hull where the weapon impacts, and can cause massive damage.
Note:
All Blademasterian technologies are shielded from Electromagnetic Pulses, Radiation, and various forms of electronic warfare.
