To the Avgi, a reliable supply of fuel and reaction mass aboard their starships is critical. Even before inventing the hyperdrive, Magnetic Scoops gave their starships superior endurance and performance, allowing them to travel the gulf between the stars at speeds that would have otherwise been impossible. Now, even with faster-than-light travel available, ramscoops are just as critical as before, allowing the Avgi to ply the hyperlanes between the many systems where no fuel depots have been built.
A powerful bank of lasers ionizes the interstellar medium around ships equipped with these ramscoops, allowing a Magnetic Scoop to collect extra material on top of the naturally charged solar wind. This results in a more predictable supply of fuel, even around stars with solar winds poor in deuterium. Of course, the power the lasers require can be quite considerable, as is the heat produced from compressing the incident plasma.
| Category: | Systems |
|---|---|
| Price: | 720,000 |
| Mass: | 9 tons |
| Energy: | 0 + 0.00/s, drawing 72.00/s |
| Outfit Space: | 9 |
| Ramscoop: | 6 (2.45) |