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Rufus shushed them, and pointed upwards. "This is the main reactor."
He pointed up, and up. The entire room seemed to reach forever towards the ceiling. The reactor was actually a large ball of pulsating power that seemed to hang from the ceiling.
The rest of the Blue Dwarf seemed to be made out of rusted metal, and held in place with worn bolts and blu-tac, but this was the only area that actually looked high-tech. The massive ball of power levitated in place, held afloat by magnetism, and some sort of science.
Large superbly-polished brass metal plates sat at angles around the sphere, they didn't touch it, but occasionally you could see lightning bolts of power transfer to and from the core.
The whole area must have spanned at least 10 decks tall, Seymour tried his hardest but he couldn't see the top.
"One must assume this place is significantly large for a reason?"
Seymour asked.
"Yeah, it expands and contracts depending how much power we use."
Rufus said, matter-of-factly.
Posted June 27th 2007, by David Ball ( Read Post)
Main Reactor
A ship the size of the Blue Dwarf needs an enormous power source. Using it's mighty ram-scoops it can suck up hydrogen particles from space to use as fuel, but these need to be turned into energy. The main reactor is housed in a tall room, and is a large pulsating ball of energy suspended from the ceiling. Polished “drive plates” sit at angles around the reactor core, absorbing the energy from the reactor and channelling it to the rest of the ship.