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While charged and un-attuned, the drive core generates drag in hyperspace, which prevents easy or rapid movement within normal-space at sub-light velocities. Without the drive core, ships would be able to accelerate to significant fractions of the speed of light, as turn and change direction rapidly, however this is a trade-off all capsuleers must accept for FTL travel. Some older ship designs included separate drive modules, however as the drive module became strategically important (allowing a rapid retreat) and systems such as the [[MicroWarp Drive]] were developed, they were integrated into the rest of the ship to allow for their defence.

The energy required to simply maintain the drive core is immense, and consumes the vast majority of the energy output of a ship. The remainder, a small fraction of the total output, is used to charge the ships [[capacitor]] and from there consumed by for the other systems on the ship, such as sub-light propulsion, defences, and life support for any crew. Similarly, some of this capacitor energy is used to expand the bubble around the ship when entering warp.