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Lithium Fusion Battery Mark II

A piece of technology that is rarely if ever seen by those outside of an construction or maintenance crew the Lithium Fusion Battery revolutionized travel between the stars allowing for vessels to make two jumps, one after the last, without having to recharge the KF energy cells.  This made military forces more mobile and travel across nations far faster.

The original Star League pioneered the technology and when the Exodus Fleet left many of the vessels taken by the SLDF had the technology leading to the Clan's deploying it on nearly all their new WarShip classes.  However the technology has gone unchanged for centuries until now.

In development by the NAIS since the late 3060s the Lithium Fusion Battery Mk II is a new step in interstellar travel.  The new system allows the vessel it is attached to to store enough energy to make three jumps in a row before recharging.  First deployed on the FSS Black Prince, the Federated Suns new Mercury-class Heavy Battleship, in 3093 the system weighs twice as much as a normal Lithium Fusion Battery system all but ruling it out from use on many older classes and almost all JumpShips.  The system also needs additional monitoring and NAIS studies suggest that extensive use may cause KF Drive damage however no-one is entirely sure.

Construction Stats:
Weight: 2% of total vessel mass