ISAH Engines

ISAH Engines

Until the latest generation of ISAH drives, the Mark 51 Series (around 5010) became standard, ISAH engines had to be used in dual configurations (2, 4, 6, 8 etc) this was due to the utmost importance of Super symmetry and the co relation of Super exotic particle interaction (between they symmetry partners) As the very first ISAH engines weren't as safe the ones designed later, ISAH engines were mounted as "Pods". The Pod design was and is kept as it frees interior space and the pods could be easily serviced and replaced. The HALD explorers especially use this feature as they are equipped to replace entire pods whil; under way and far from space docks or ports. However the new 51 Series (all sizes) have very little in common with the first ISAH Pods.They are utterly reliable (Within their expected service cycles) Not a single report is known where a 51 Series needed so much as micro calibration or any sort of maintenance. The new ISAH engines can be used in any configuration (1,2,3 etc) and can of course be mounted inside ships. The benefit of mounting them inside is that the vital drive of a ship can be protected by additional armor. More and more Union ship designs, both civilian and military now trending towards the ducted or inside Engines option. (With the notable exception of HALDS Explorers) The new Engines incoroprate ISAH tech, Attikan tech and the design solutions of a thouusand species and millions of engineers and scientists. There is a debate over the official terminology and all possible terms have been used since the creation of ISAH engines: ISAH PODS, ISAH Drive, ISAH Engines, ISAH Units. The fleet officially calls them Quasi Space Slipstream Drive Units Type : ISAH. At least that is what they are called in the supply lines of logistics. Union fleet engineers call them ISAH Pods regardless of location and configuration and the general public uses each possible term with no particular prefrence noticable. It is concieveable that the area of ISAH engines is slowly fading, as new drive technology becomes available. Such as the Gravtion Singularity Pusher with Hyper Space Tap (first used in the USS Tigershark) or the Leyline Psi Drive (Leedei/Saresii/ DeNoir development) The whispered new SII Galaxy Drive based on Hyperspace drilling, allowing to travel from Galaxy to Galaxy in mere days is probalbly still many decades if not centuries away.