Modification Starship Fusial Afterburner

[Star Wars Legacies]

STARSHIP FUSIAL AFTERBURNER

AFFILIATION
Free use.

MANUFACTURER
Various.

TYPE
Starship performance upgrade.POWER SUPPLY
Starship power-plant.

SENSORS
N/A.

SIZE
Requires modifications to starship engine casings.

COMPOSITION
Various metals, polymers and circuit components.

DESCRIPTION​

Fusial afterburners are a performance upgrade which can be fitted to most starship sublight drives. Designed to augment the thrust of an existing engine, fusial afterburners induce a fusion reaction in a ship's exhaust nozzles, producing a tremendous amount of extra power. Fusial afterburners are not easy components to get hold of, and require visible modifications to a ship's engine casing in order to fit, but in return provide a full 20 MGLT of extra speed in most cases.

Fusial afterburners cannot be run continuously. After being active for 2 posting rounds, they must be shut off for a cool-down period of 3 rounds. Fusial afterburners can be run for a total of 3 rounds if desired, but will burn themselves out in the following round, resulting in total engine failure for 1 round and the afterburner being unusable for the remainder of the thread.

Fusial afterburners can be combined with active thrust de-limiters for a cumulative effect, but running both at once compounds the unreliability brought on by the de-limiter. If both are active at the same time, a major system will fail within 2 rounds, requiring the effected system to be reset, an action that takes up 1 round.

Even without a de-limiter fitted, fusial afterburners are finicky pieces of tech. They are incompatible with many other modifications due to their power draw, including aftermarket hyperdrives and weapon upgrades. Further, while fusial afterburners are excellent in a straightaway, they do effect maneuverability. Any ship with a fusial afterburner fitted drops a full category in terms of maneuverability when the afterburner is active; excellent becomes decent, decent becomes average, average becomes sluggish. Sluggish maneuverability cannot be reduced.

Fusial afterburners can be turned on or off at a pilot's discretion, with maneuverability, reliability and speed returning to normal when they are off. Incompatibility with upgraded weapons and aftermarket hyperdrives remain in either state, however.

LEGALITY​

Restricted. Fusial afterburners are regulated by many governments, and requires special licensing of any vessel fitted with one. Getting hold of this mod in the first place can be tricky anyway, though.

INTENT​

To create a sublight performance upgrade for starships.