[Spaceships] Perpetual Motion?

[Flyndaran]

Originally Posted by Fred Brackin

It's a little better than that. SOTA antimatter storage is a "Penning
Trap" which I believe holds about 100,000 anti-protons.

That is much better than I thought. Good gravy, the amount of energy expended to create that many. I wonder how much energy storage takes and how long they've managed to contain that many for.

[Fred Brackin]

Originally Posted by Flyndaran

That is much better than I thought. Good gravy, the amount of energy expended to create that many. I wonder how much energy storage takes and how long they've managed to contain that many for.

http://socrates.berkeley.edu/~fajans...cenamiento.htm

...is am start and blessedly simple.

[Flyndaran]

Originally Posted by Fred Brackin

http://socrates.berkeley.edu/~fajans...cenamiento.htm

...is am start and blessedly simple.

That does mention how it's not feasible to store much antimatter using that technique.
Even its suggested method for storing neutral anti-particles works for mere seconds. Amazing of course, in the grand scheme of things, but not useful for gaming.

[scc]

Originally Posted by Ulzgoroth

Nothing else in 4e uses power rated in kW either, does it?

To my knoweldge only Magic ,insert crazy smiley here>