Fission Storage Cell |
A battery or other personal power supply is necessary to run shields and energy weapons.
There are three types of portable, rechargeable battery currently available,
the chemical (maximum charge 2500 power units), fission (maximum charge 50,000
power units) and fusion (maximum charge 100,000 power units). Multiple devices
(i.e., a shield, an inhibitor and an energy weapon, for example) can all
be run off the same battery. Most batteries weigh about one kilo. Energy cubes are disposable, non-rechargeable energy storage units. Equipment cannot run directly off an energy cube, but cubes can be used to recharge a battery when its reserves are starting to get low. Energy cubes initiate a catalytic reaction in a battery that will cause any given battery type to recharge about 1/3 of its total storage capacity. |