Docked Battery

Docked Battery refers to a large power generator that was docked on or inside a larger ship to provide power. This type of power generation technology was replaced by Auxiliary Power systems in 2316.
== Description ==
Docked Batteries used a variety of methods to bypass the diminishing return on power generation by transferring power from the docked entity to the mothership; however, these technologies were outlawed in September 2316 by the Schine organization due to its harmful effects on the fabric of reality. 
== Details ==
Prior to September 2316, there were three major forms of docked batteries:
Traditional Docked Batteries: were made entirely out of power reactors. A well designed docked battery had an almost identical power efficiency as a modern same size Auxiliary Power system, but at about 1/3rd the density; so, they were often stuffed with additional systems that could also be inherited by the mothership as well such as extra power capacity or thrust, or, in some cases given shields to make them more resilient to damage
Zero-Point Batteries: Similar to the Zero-Point Shield Injectors that were also banned. These were complex systems that violated the laws of conservation of energy and matter through the use of power supply beams. This strange scientific discovery was often referred to as the Atra Power Exploit. A single well designed zero-point battery could power a massive ship with a much smaller powersource than should have been possible. 
Bloatware Batteries: Many engineers misunderstood the principles of docked power based on lack of publicly published information on the matter. As such, bloatware batteries were basically Traditional Docked Batteries with unnecessary power supply beams aimed at the mothership which made them about 60% less efficient than they should have been.
More modern implementations of docked batteries continued to exist until the beginning of 2018 in the form of self powered turrets where turret basses were used as a docked power supply for the weapon system that is docked to it, but a mothership could no longer be powered by a docked entity under any confirmed circumstance. Power 2.0 made this technology obsolete as well.
== Usage ==
Many factions used docked batteries to augment their larger ship's power generation. Thryn Monarchy, Trident Industries and Terran Gossamer Technocracy were the largest known users of docked batteries within their ships, but by the time they were banned, they were in use by the vast majority of factions.
The September 2316 ban rendered Traditional and Zero-Point batteries useless on all ships, and all ships utilising docked batteries were strongly encouraged to replace them with the new Auxiliary Reactors as quickly as possible.
Category:Technology