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Power Generation in Star Trek
Federation Batteries and Fusion Power
Antimatter Engines
Quantum Singularities
Borg, Life Support, and Civilian Requirements
Federation Batteries and Fusion Power
The whole of the evidence suggests that the Federation produced
gigajoule-capacity batteries roughly the size of a C cell in the 23rd
century, and shrank these to the size of a fingertip by the 24th
century.
This approaches closely the power-per-unit-volume of
deuterium-deuterium fusion, explaining why rechargable batteries are in
use when coin-sized fusion reactors are available.
Antimatter Engines
Borg, Life Support, and Civilian Requirements
Life support power requirements - very low in real life - are treated
as if they are significant drains on starships' power.
Nowhere is this more pronounced - or justifiable - than the Borg. A
Borg regeneration alcove draws 30 megawatts. Amplify this by a full
planet of 30 billion Borg, and it is easy to justify a Borg planet
requiring an exawatt simply for the maintainence and replacement of its
civilian population.
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