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The original series was a bit fuzzy on just what role the matter-antimatter engines (and dilithium crystals) played in making warp drive possible. From the Next
by rootbear 6y ago
The original series was a bit fuzzy on just what role the matter-antimatter engines (and dilithium crystals) played in making warp drive possible. From the Next Generation era onward, the idea was basically that a matter-antimatter engine was the only practical way to generate the enormous power required to generate the warp field needed to go FTL via warp drive.
- SAI_Peregrinus 6y agoExcept for the Romulans using some sort of captured/artificial singularities (white holes?) for their power generation IIRC.
- shadowgovt 6y agoUndersized black holes. Maintained and dragged along with the ship by manipulating the gravitational frame of reference in the engine core. In TNG, they don't practically behave much differently from the warp core, but some of the video game spin-offs had fun with the idea, having destroyed Romulan warbirds collapse into their own engine core, which then evaporated because it was unstable outside of the confines of the gravitational field.
- sdenton4 6y agoIt's a nice way to prevent enemies from salvaging your ships. Seems appropriate for the Romulans!