Antimatter Propulsion
Antimatter Propulsion — Terra Invicta technology. Engineers innovate methods of directing the violent energy of antimatter reactions into spaceflight.
About Antimatter Propulsion
Antimatter Propulsion is a Terra Invicta technology in SpaceScience with a research cost of 100,000.
Engineers innovate methods of directing the violent energy of antimatter reactions into spaceflight.
Now that we are able to generate antimatter on an industrial scale, we can at last investigate how to convert the incredible energies generated by matter/antimatter collision to high-speed space travel. Containment, rather than propulsion itself, has been the most pressing issue to address, for even the smallest unintended meeting between opposing particles could rip a ship apart. On both fronts, electromagnetic fields are once again our closest ally here, both containing and directing these destructive forces wherever we see fit. A further complication is that proton-antiproton collisions also generate gamma rays - deadly radiation, in other words. However, our prior breakthroughs in atomic manipulation enable us to create ultra-lightweight nano-materials to act as radiation shielding, both throughout the ship and within its crews' clothing. All of this means employing a near-preposterous degree of health and safety measures in addition to bleeding-edge technology, but the destination very much justifies the arduous journey - we will have the capability to travel, and harness, the distant stars like never before.