A warp unit is a device that creates a warp field.[1]
Data Processing[]
Culture Minds built in the 14th century CE possessed a single internal warp unit. They were used to expand microscopic volumes around a section of information to be manipulated. The volume limit was less than a cubic millimetre.[2]
During the Idiran-Culture War a Mind managed to jury rig its warp unit to envelop itself and use it to reënter real space from hyperspace.[2] When the damaged Mind was recovered and repaired it could not remember the modifications it had made.[3]
Propulsion[]
Warp motors are units purpose-built as reactionless drives that propel objects[4] along the skein.[5] Ships use motors for faster-than-light travel.[6]
Warp propulsion leaves a wake.[7] Warp crash-stops are inherently inaccurate.[8]
Motors become more dangerous to use as they get deeper into a gravity well. Active motors may be damaged by skein shockwaves caused by warp charges.[5]
Units meant for personal use may be known as warp attachments.[9]
Warp propulsion is less advanced than hyperspace propulsion.[10]
References[]
- ↑ Consider Phlebas, chapter 9
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Consider Phlebas, State of play: one
- ↑ Consider Phlebas, Dramatis personae
- ↑ Consider Phlebas, chapter 4
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Consider Phlebas, chapter 11
- ↑ Consider Phlebas, chapter 3
- ↑ Consider Phlebas, chapter 6
- ↑ Surface Detail, chapter 26
- ↑ Consider Phlebas, chapter 2
- ↑ The Player of Games, chapter 2