Bussard ramjet theme
A spaceship propulsion technology the idea of which is to use electromagnetic fields to collect hydrogen from space and fuel a fusion process.
Examples
The Enterprise-D crew discharged vast amounts of hydrogen from the ship's Bussard collectors in a last ditched attempt to escape from a Tykan's Rift in tng4x17 "Night Terrors".
2 total · 2 minor
| Story | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| ds91x06 | minor | O'Brien described how a "ramscoop" could be used to capture stellar gases and convert them into usable fuel. |
| tng4x17 | minor | One gathers that the Tykan's Rift aliens were in a spacecraft of this kind seeing as they ejected hydrogen gas through their Bussard collectors. |