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=== Vulnerabilities === | === Vulnerabilities === | ||
As entering warp with an improperly formed bubble will invariably destroy the ship form the stresses, all warp drives must be properly stabilized for them to operate safely, however the use of items such as Warp Scramblers, Warp Disruptors and Interdiction Spheres cause instability with the field generated by a warp core, preventing it from being fully formed around a ship, These forms of interdiction can be negated in some cases by the use of Warp Core Stabilizers, which provide extra resources beyond the ships default to stabilizing the bubble. Also sometimes | As entering warp with an improperly formed bubble will invariably destroy the ship form the stresses, all warp drives must be properly stabilized for them to operate safely, however the use of items such as Warp Scramblers, Warp Disruptors and Interdiction Spheres cause instability with the field generated by a warp core, preventing it from being fully formed around a ship, These forms of interdiction can be negated in some cases by the use of Warp Core Stabilizers, which provide extra resources beyond the ships default to stabilizing the bubble. Also sometimes used are Mobile Warp Disruptors - as well as disrupting the ability for a ship inside its field to properly form a hyperspace bubble, these distort hyperspace, causing local hyperspace destination coordinates to be focussed in their location, meaning attempting to warp to somewhere within the area will see you exit warp at the bubble rather than your planned destination. | ||
=== Linked Cores === | === Linked Cores === | ||
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=== MicroWarp Drive === | === MicroWarp Drive === | ||
MicroWarp | MicroWarp Drives are a recent development, and allow the ship to utilize the warp core along with significant structural reinforcement to massively increase the top speed of a ship. This works by expanding a very weak hyperspace field around the ship, while attuning the core thousands of times per second to a point directly in front of the ship, effectively augmenting the ships normal drive systems. However, doing this requires a significant proportion of the capacitor be reserved for the field generation, and the constant attuning of the core results in the ships effective signature radius to increase massively, while weakening armor and shields, making the ship easier to target and hit harder. Similarly, due to the fact this utilizes the warp core, a MicroWarp Drive can be shut down by a Warp Scrambler, as it prevents the core from properly being attuned. | ||
== Maneuvering == | == Maneuvering == | ||