Accumulators: A concept for GURPS Spaceships

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Originally Posted by Ulzgoroth

A superconducting induction ring is neither a capacitor nor a battery, but it stores energy.

I am not familiar with that technology. Does the device have to be part of a circuit or can it be left by itself? If it has to be part of a circuit, it is a capacitor. If it can be removed from the charging circuit and stored, it is a battery.

The function does not change even when the technology does.