The Halcyon Project

[Halcyon]

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4. REACTOR PHILOSOPHY NOTES

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I've taken the liberty of reviewing many of my older refit projects and prototypes that've since been developed in my absence. In particular, I've been combing every archive for whatever material relating to hybridized power generation we might have. Even went the extra mile to speak to one of the Vagrants about how their kind manipulates energy, and whether they actually know anything about these old cells. Granted that was a couple months ago, but I've been mulling over just how best to make this investment more worthwhile.

Using what I could find, I've come up with a prototype design for a two-form solar ionization reactor to pull its power from the cell directly. An enclosed system. Self contained, with all the moving pieces and dangerous components safely tucked away behind several feet of protective, blast-proof materials. The overall weight of something like that is going to increase mass quite exponentially, so I've been looking at lighter, alternative materials to fit the bill and make up the difference.

The benefit to a full rework of the interior is that we could gut a few unused rooms, make up the personnel deficiency with drones and have the space needed to house the design. However, I'd rather stick to the plan of adapting it to the existing housing as best as we possibly can manage. Ideally if this works, we might be able to apply the same design theory to similar circumstances for future projects, or larger scale deployments. The receiver units are also a matter of debate, given the high temperatures they'll need to constantly withstand to minimize loss of intake. The broad spectrum of solar energy that'll pass through will require constant monitoring. Cracks could lead to a similar implosion with my initial prototype ten years prior.

The Ionstream already relies on a similar system to operate, albeit lacking the addition of the aforementioned power cell. Integration into the propulsion should be seamless, provided all of our capacitors are in order.

Though as usual, I'm getting ahead of myself.

While the centrifuge of the Judicator isn't quite enough to produce a real gravitational field, there's enough output to create a magnetic field to handle particle management, and with the right electrical currents applied, we can harmonize alongside the solar receptors to harness more accurate production values and consistent results. A more refined control over the previous system. Though the application in the field of hybridization requires that all possible contingencies be applied. Cooling management will be crucial of all small components involved, given the ridiculously high temperatures they'll be subjected to. It's likely that various spare components will need to be on hand during trial phases.

I'll be looking into material costs for this phase over the coming weeks, including the assistance of ALG in securing salvaged Judicator-Class components. The primary focus remains interior and exterior structural integrity reinforcing and repair.

-From the desk of Navarch Leviathan

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