Post by kingbowser22 on Jan 22, 2012 11:47:36 GMT -5
The technical data of the GN Drives are regarded by Celestial Being as one of their most important and valuable secrets. In order to prevent exploitation, most of its data was kept within Veda at its highest security level and is impossible to directly steal. Regardless, the Corner Family somehow obtained the data needed to build imitation drives that are functionally identical to the actual GN Drives. However, even with the data found, they were unable to fully reconstruct the original solar furnace due to the fact that the TD Blanket module used in the reactor core is a essential component of self perpetual energy generation, and the technical data on the module is not known to Veda, but only by a handful of Celestial Being engineers.
GN Drive Taus (or pseudo solar furnaces) are imitations of real GN Drives and while they are able to perform the same functions as real GN Drives, they are incapable of semi-perpetual energy generation or storage because they lack TD Blankets, a component relevant to GN particle generation and utilization. The GN particle energies that derive from such drives disperse orange-reddish hues. The earlier Tau Drives that appeared in A.D. 2307 produced GN Particles that are optimized for beam weaponry but produced a toxic form of the particles when exposed to high concentrations of it in beam weapons, such as the cases of Louise Halevy and Lasse Aeon; by 2312, the conventional Tau Drives then no longer used the harmful beam optimization configuration used earlier.
GN Drive Taus possess weaknesses that will always make them inferior to their genuine counterparts. Firstly, its particle output rate is less than a GN Drive's, meaning that one-on-one, the performance of a Tau Drive will not be able to keep up with a true GN Drive. Another handicap of the Tau Drives is that they require a special starter machine to charge and "activate" the Drives. The only known exceptions to this are the Gundam Thrones, who possess their own miniature start-up machines. It is unclear at this point whether these miniature start-up mechanisms were ever adapted in future Tau machines post 2308. However, the biggest weakness of the GN Drive Tau is that these drives depend on electrical power to continuously generate GN particles and is not self-sufficient without recharging, meaning that Tau Drives will have a limited operational time compared to true GN Drives. Because of these shortcomings, any machines powered by these drives will always have limitations against true GN Drives.
By 2312, the Tau Drives used by the Earth Sphere Federation have been upgraded and improved as such their output performance can rival a 3rd Generation Gundam's GN Drive. However, because the original GN Drives have received further upgrades since then as well, the Tau Drives of 2312 still lag behind the Original GN Drives of the same period in performance. Prior to the latest (2314) Tau Drive mobile suit models, Tau mobile suits like the Ahead are equipped with sub batteries to help supply electrical Driving force ((things other than beam weaponry, armor and thrusters)). The latest Tau mobile suits are not equipped with a sub-battery due to the increased output of the latest Tau Drives.
Currently
Currently only the Dark Allianice has acess to the GN Drive Tau (and mobile suits in general) and only a few members of the Imperium have memories concerining such devices
GN Drive Taus (or pseudo solar furnaces) are imitations of real GN Drives and while they are able to perform the same functions as real GN Drives, they are incapable of semi-perpetual energy generation or storage because they lack TD Blankets, a component relevant to GN particle generation and utilization. The GN particle energies that derive from such drives disperse orange-reddish hues. The earlier Tau Drives that appeared in A.D. 2307 produced GN Particles that are optimized for beam weaponry but produced a toxic form of the particles when exposed to high concentrations of it in beam weapons, such as the cases of Louise Halevy and Lasse Aeon; by 2312, the conventional Tau Drives then no longer used the harmful beam optimization configuration used earlier.
GN Drive Taus possess weaknesses that will always make them inferior to their genuine counterparts. Firstly, its particle output rate is less than a GN Drive's, meaning that one-on-one, the performance of a Tau Drive will not be able to keep up with a true GN Drive. Another handicap of the Tau Drives is that they require a special starter machine to charge and "activate" the Drives. The only known exceptions to this are the Gundam Thrones, who possess their own miniature start-up machines. It is unclear at this point whether these miniature start-up mechanisms were ever adapted in future Tau machines post 2308. However, the biggest weakness of the GN Drive Tau is that these drives depend on electrical power to continuously generate GN particles and is not self-sufficient without recharging, meaning that Tau Drives will have a limited operational time compared to true GN Drives. Because of these shortcomings, any machines powered by these drives will always have limitations against true GN Drives.
By 2312, the Tau Drives used by the Earth Sphere Federation have been upgraded and improved as such their output performance can rival a 3rd Generation Gundam's GN Drive. However, because the original GN Drives have received further upgrades since then as well, the Tau Drives of 2312 still lag behind the Original GN Drives of the same period in performance. Prior to the latest (2314) Tau Drive mobile suit models, Tau mobile suits like the Ahead are equipped with sub batteries to help supply electrical Driving force ((things other than beam weaponry, armor and thrusters)). The latest Tau mobile suits are not equipped with a sub-battery due to the increased output of the latest Tau Drives.
Currently
Currently only the Dark Allianice has acess to the GN Drive Tau (and mobile suits in general) and only a few members of the Imperium have memories concerining such devices