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Originally posted by R2s lose screw:
<STRONG>What does the hyperdrive "leak" when it ....well "leaks"?</STRONG>
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Most hyperdrives require a fusion generator to propel a ship through space. The hyperdrive is built from a titanium-chromium compound that can withstand the forces needed to push through the space-time fabric of realspace into the hyperspacial continuum. The hyperdrive uses modified gamma radiation to create electromagnetic energy that, when ejected from the hyperdrive, cause the realspace time-space matrix to ripple. The hyperdrive continues to eject electromagnetic energy to push against these ripples, propelling the ship into hyperspace. However, the hyperdrive system can only work in the absense of gravity. This means that a ship must escape from a planet's gravity well before it can jump into hyperspace.
So basicallt the sucker leaks gamma radiation.