Technology -- Tarkas

From SOTS

Tarka ship schematics and weapon systems fall within standard parameters. Their ships are built by the builder's caste, which has many clans spread over many continents and worlds. The Tarkasian Warp Drive, however, is a unique technological achievement; no other species has mastered this technique of faster-than-light travel, and the secrets of the Tarkasian warp engine are jealously guarded.

The basic principle at work in the Tarkasian faster-than-light system appears to be the generation of a warp "field"—an envelope of force, which surrounds the body of a Tarkasian ship. While within this envelope, the ship is essentially a non-event in space-time, having very limited interaction with the standard four dimensions of the Continuum. Once the warp engine of a Tarkasian ship is fired, the normal physical laws governing mass, energy and acceleration no longer apply to that ship. Accordingly, a Tarkasian vessel can achieve superluminal speeds and travel at these speeds for any distance, its range limited only by the available fuel for thrust and by the available power for the generation of the warp envelope.

Tarka drive tech inspires the greatest variety of reactions among the other races; Humans and Liir find them terribly unsubtle, while Hivers find them fearsomely fast.

"Here they come. Brace yourself," would be the only universal reaction.

Tarka-only Technologies

Tarka-only Technologies can be found listed in Category:Gameplay -- Tarkas.