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It is possible to fit ships with oversized afterburners: 10MN on frigate/destroyer or 100MN on cruiser/battlecruiser. The high fitting requirement and capacitor consumption of the larger afterburner usually makes this difficult to do. If this is being done, the full maximum velocity formula needs to be used to determine the ship's actual max speed.

Generally the resulting maximum velocity is close to normal sized microwarpdrive velocity, but without the signature penalty or the ability to be stopped by a warp scrambler. This makes oversized-afterburner ships extremely difficult to hit, if they can achieve and maintain speed. ~~The drawback is greatly increased ship mass which makes maneuvering harder, in many cases making ships~~ with ~~oversized afterburners take up~~ to ~~30 seconds~~ of ~~flying straight to reach~~ 3~~/4 of their listed full speed.~~

Generally the resulting maximum velocity is close to normal sized microwarpdrive velocity, but without the signature penalty or the ability to be stopped by a warp scrambler. This makes oversized-afterburner ships extremely difficult to hit and damage, if they can achieve and maintain speed; it can also offer advantages in [[ESS]] space, where microwarpdrives cannot be used. Oversized afterburners synergize well with the bonuses to AB use found on some configurations of [[Strategic Cruisers|Tech 3 strategic cruisers]], as well as on the [[Succubus]] and [[Phantasm]]

It is theoretically possible to also fit oversized microwarpdrives onto certain ships, ~~however~~ this is extremely difficult and an extremely rare practice.

The drawback of an oversized AB is greatly increased ship mass, which makes accelerating and turning slower. In many cases, ships with oversized afterburners take up to 30 seconds of straight flight to reach 3/4 of their listed full speed, and a [[Stabber]] with a 100MN afterburner (for example) has a 30-second align time while the AB is running.

It is theoretically possible to also fit oversized microwarpdrives onto certain ships, but this is extremely difficult and an extremely rare practice.

=== Dualprop Fitting ===

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 It is possible to fit ships with oversized afterburners: 10MN on frigate/destroyer or 100MN on cruiser/battlecruiser. The high fitting requirement and capacitor consumption of the larger afterburner usually makes this difficult to do. If this is being done, the full maximum velocity formula needs to be used to determine the ship's actual max speed.
-Generally the resulting maximum velocity is close to normal sized microwarpdrive velocity, but without the signature penalty or the ability to be stopped by a warp scrambler. This makes oversized-afterburner ships extremely difficult to hit, if they can achieve and maintain speed. The drawback is greatly increased ship mass which makes maneuvering harder, in many cases making ships with oversized afterburners take up to 30 seconds of flying straight to reach 3/4 of their listed full speed.
+Generally the resulting maximum velocity is close to normal sized microwarpdrive velocity, but without the signature penalty or the ability to be stopped by a warp scrambler. This makes oversized-afterburner ships extremely difficult to hit and damage, if they can achieve and maintain speed; it can also offer advantages in [[ESS]] space, where microwarpdrives cannot be used. Oversized afterburners synergize well with the bonuses to AB use found on some configurations of [[Strategic Cruisers|Tech 3 strategic cruisers]], as well as on the [[Succubus]] and [[Phantasm]]
-It is theoretically possible to also fit oversized microwarpdrives onto certain ships, however this is extremely difficult and an extremely rare practice.
+The drawback of an oversized AB is greatly increased ship mass, which makes accelerating and turning slower. In many cases, ships with oversized afterburners take up to 30 seconds of straight flight to reach 3/4 of their listed full speed, and a [[Stabber]] with a 100MN afterburner (for example) has a 30-second align time while the AB is running.
+It is theoretically possible to also fit oversized microwarpdrives onto certain ships, but this is extremely difficult and an extremely rare practice.
 === Dualprop Fitting ===