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{{Infobox_Technology|title1=Caplan Thruster|image1=[[File:CaplanThruster.jpg]]|caption1=Artist's rendition of a Caplan Thruster around a sunlike star.|concept_creation_date=*[[Earth]]: 2018 CE |
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*[[Edana]]: 71433 CE|major_producers=[[Last Free Systems]]|circumference=Very large|function_summary=A massive thruster using stellar material to push a solar system in a certain direction at high speeds. Low acceleration speed.}} |
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The Caplan Thruster is a type of stellar engine first theorized by Dr. Matthew E. Caplan in the year 2019 on [[Earth]]. The first working prototype was created in the Meral System as a test for the viability of the [[Project Alazar]] plan. |
The Caplan Thruster is a type of stellar engine first theorized by Dr. Matthew E. Caplan in the year 2019 on [[Earth]]. The first working prototype was created in the Meral System as a test for the viability of the [[Project Alazar]] plan. |
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== Design == |
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Expected to get farther than this before I turned off the computerXD |
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The Caplan Thruster utilizes a dyson swarm focusing a large fraction of a star's light onto one area of a star, massively heating it and throwing material into space. This material is then collected by a magnetic ramjet, confining it in a small area. The helium in the mix is fused into oxygen and fired out of the system at at least 1% lightspeed. The hydrogen is dumped back into the star. |
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This type of stellar engine has a high rate of acceleration compared to other stellar engines such as the Shkadov Thruster, and can therefore hypothetically reverse a sunlike star's orbit around a normal spiral galaxy in less than a million years, or eject the star from the galaxy in the same amount of time. |
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Revision as of 22:10, March 6, 2021
The Caplan Thruster is a type of stellar engine first theorized by Dr. Matthew E. Caplan in the year 2019 on Earth. The first working prototype was created in the Meral System as a test for the viability of the Project Alazar plan.
Design
The Caplan Thruster utilizes a dyson swarm focusing a large fraction of a star's light onto one area of a star, massively heating it and throwing material into space. This material is then collected by a magnetic ramjet, confining it in a small area. The helium in the mix is fused into oxygen and fired out of the system at at least 1% lightspeed. The hydrogen is dumped back into the star.
This type of stellar engine has a high rate of acceleration compared to other stellar engines such as the Shkadov Thruster, and can therefore hypothetically reverse a sunlike star's orbit around a normal spiral galaxy in less than a million years, or eject the star from the galaxy in the same amount of time.
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