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[[File:Autumn Arrival.png|thumb|250px|Rear view of {{UNSCShip|Pillar of Autumn}}, showing the thrust nozzles of its fusion engines.]] | [[File:Autumn Arrival.png|thumb|250px|Rear view of {{UNSCShip|Pillar of Autumn}}, showing the thrust nozzles of its fusion engines.]] | ||
The primary component of a fusion drive is an [[Wikipedia: | The primary component of a fusion drive is an [[Wikipedia: Magnetic confinement fusion| magnetic confinement]] [[fusion reactor]] or a series of such reactors. The reactors on UNSC warships fuse [[Deuterium]] and [[Helium|Helium-3]] atoms{{Ref/Reuse|hwf}} to generate a stable and abundant supply of superheated [[plasma]] within a magnetic containment field.{{Ref/Reuse|maw}} The plasma is channeled into a series of exhaust manifolds, which vector it out of the ship's engine nozzles along with added water or hydrogen reaction mass to provide propulsion for the ship.{{Ref/Reuse|hwf}} The drive system utilizes inertial-electrostatic containment and higher-order manifolds to mitigate fusion backblast,<ref>[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/forums/db05ce78845f4120b062c50816008e5d/topics/reality-of-halo-plasma/401b13b9-f097-45f3-a0a3-227d8f7d130a/posts '''Halo Waypoint:''' ''Reality of Halo: Plasma'']</ref> while magnetic fields and thrust-vectoring plates are used to improve maneuverability.{{Ref/Reuse|hwf}} | ||
The main components of the fusion drive are typically located in a ship's [[engineering]].{{Ref/Reuse|maw}} The number of fusion engines varies between ship classes. [[UNSC frigate]]s are typically equipped with two primary reactors<ref>'''Halo 2''', campaign level ''[[Delta Halo]]'' (''"Both engine cores have spun to zero."'')</ref> and at least another two secondary reactors,<ref name="fs275">'''Halo: First Strike''', ''page 275''</ref> while {{Class|Halcyon|light cruiser}}s are powered by an array of three fusion reactors.<ref>[http://halo.xbox.com/Content/assets/en-us/ONI/577839090903298928/DDR-A340024-1115-08-27-52.pdf '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Data Drop 5'']</ref> Larger ships, such as the mobile hospital {{UNSCShip|Hopeful}}, could possess as many as six reactors.<ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''page 97''</ref> The number of engine exhausts also varies greatly; ships usually have two or more primary adjacent exhaust nozzles, and a series of smaller, secondary ones. | The main components of the fusion drive are typically located in a ship's [[engineering]].{{Ref/Reuse|maw}} The number of fusion engines varies between ship classes. [[UNSC frigate]]s are typically equipped with two primary reactors<ref>'''Halo 2''', campaign level ''[[Delta Halo]]'' (''"Both engine cores have spun to zero."'')</ref> and at least another two secondary reactors,<ref name="fs275">'''Halo: First Strike''', ''page 275''</ref> while {{Class|Halcyon|light cruiser}}s are powered by an array of three fusion reactors.<ref>[http://halo.xbox.com/Content/assets/en-us/ONI/577839090903298928/DDR-A340024-1115-08-27-52.pdf '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Data Drop 5'']</ref> Larger ships, such as the mobile hospital {{UNSCShip|Hopeful}}, could possess as many as six reactors.<ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''page 97''</ref> The number of engine exhausts also varies greatly; ships usually have two or more primary adjacent exhaust nozzles, and a series of smaller, secondary ones. |