Editing Joshua Pawlicki's Explanation of How It Works (section)

=='''Complete Parts List Table'''==
<span style="color:#374652">'''''Note: Some standard items'''''</span> <span style="color:#800000">'''in Red'''</span> '''''<span style="color:#374652">not applicable across all models.</span>'''''
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! Device !! Part !! Subpart !! Sub-Subpart !! Description
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|  '''Gravity Drive'''  || || || || (Remember that the gravity drive is actually spread out around the ship in electromagnetic form. This is the hub.)
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| || Central Processing Unit  ||  || || The CPU of the gravity drive performs the calculations of when and how to pulse the electromagnets.
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| ||  || RS SDRAM  || || Radiation-shielded random-access memory. Approximately 1 kilobyte. Stores time/date information.
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| || Pulse Iterator ||  || || The Pulse Iterator constantly shuts the hull electromagnets on and off to save energy.
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| ||   || Pulse Capacitor || || The Pulse Capacitor charges during the off periods to provide enough power for the on periods.
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| || Fiber Optic Cables ||  || || Fiber Optics, faster than the conventional copper wire, are required to run calculations this fast.
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| || Power Input Cables ||  || || The electricity travels to the grav drive from the fusion reactor through this highly-protected wiring.
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| || Output Cables ||  || || The electricity is pumped through the capacitor from the reactor to the hull electromagnets with these.
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! Device !! Part !! Subpart !! Sub-Subpart !! Description
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| '''Fusion Reactor''' ||   ||  || || (The fusion reactor is actually a pretty simple system, and usually has a backup computer control on the bridge.)
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| || Reaction Chamber ||  || || A torus shaped chamber containing the fusion reaction.
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| ||   || Plasma Exit || || Superheated helium is exhausted through this controlled escape mechanism.
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| ||   || EM Layer || || Coating the torus is an enormous electromagnetic coil that is used to provide the gravity.
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| ||   ||  || Wires || Wires run from the EM layer to the main gravity drive to communicate the amount of energy needed
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| || Fuel Injection Manifold ||  ||  || A device that controls the injection of hydrogen into the system.
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| || Convection Chamber ||  ||  || The chamber mounted externally that contains water, is heated by the plasma.
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| ||   || Turbine	 ||  || The turbine which the convection of the water turns. Is connected to the generator.
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| ||   || Generator ||  || The generator which produces the electrical current from the rotational kinetic energy of the turbine.
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| || Fuel Tank  ||  ||  || Tritium and deuterium is stored here bound to oxygen as water.
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| ||   || Interface ||  || You place an H2O pack or major fuel cell here to empty it into the fuel tank.
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| || Electrolysis Chamber  ||  ||  || This chamber, between the injection and the fuel tank, separates the hydrogen isotopes from the oxygen.
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| ||   || Immediate Store ||  || This stores hydrogen isotopes that have been separated before their injection into the reaction chamber
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| ||   || Oxygen Exit ||  || Oxygen is exhausted through this pipe.
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| || Computer Control  ||  ||  || The computer that calculates the power of the electromagnets and amount of fuel to inject.
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! Device !! Part !! Subpart !! Sub-Subpart !! Description
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| '''Thrusters (per Pod)''' ||   ||  ||  || (The pods are relatively simple by nature and use little of the electromagnetic energy that the rest of the boat uses.)
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| || Injection Manifold  ||  ||  || Where the hydrogen is injected into the engine to heat the air moving through it, or burn in rocket mode.
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| || Chassis ||  ||  || The external aerodynamic shape of the engine, in which everything is contained.
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| || Swivelplate and Bearing ||  ||  || The device by which the engine can rotate radially. Some designs prefer a ball-in-socket approach.
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| || Intake ||  ||  || The device that at which air flows in by. Closes off in rocket mode.
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| || Compressor ||  ||  || The central device that forces the air into smaller volume. Cone-shaped. The turbine deploys from this.
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| || Turbine ||  ||  || Collapsible blades which spin rapidly, forcing air into the pod. Fold up at ''Mach .5''.
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| || Combuster ||  ||  || This is the spark system used to cause the hydrogen reaction within the point of compression.
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| || Nozzle ||  ||  || This is the exit point of the engine, and ejects severely pressurized air and rocket fuel.
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! Device !! Part !! Subpart !! Sub-Subpart !! Description
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| '''Hull''' ||   ||  ||  || (The hull is made of superstrength alloys and superdense plastics, typically, and can withstand most radiation.)
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| || Heat Sinks ||  ||  || These are efficiently designed storage places for heat.
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| ||   || Heat Pumping ||  || These pipes can contain unused superheated helium, which then transfers heat into the heat sink.
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| ||   || Coolant Pumping ||  || Coolant (liquid or gas) can be pumped through the heat sinks, vaporized, and then used for propulsion.
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| || EM Radiation Shields  ||  ||  || Lead and other radioactivity-blocking materials make up several layers of hull.
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| || Airlocks ||  ||  || Everyone needs a way in and out.
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| || <span style="color:#800000"> '''Cargo Ramp Door '''</span>  ||  ||  || Some designs come with a ramp that extends or lowers so that cargo can be easily moved into the boat.
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| || <span style="color:#800000"> '''Cargo Elevator''' </span> ||  ||  || As an alternative to the ramp door, a platform can be lowered on wires or pneumatic pumps.
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| || <span style="color:#800000"> '''Shuttle Launch Bay''' </span> ||  ||  || Just another door alternative to get a shuttle out of the boat.
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| || <span style="color:#800000"> '''Bomb Bay Doors''' </span> ||  ||  || Popular with dropping cargo or craft without landing.
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| || Windows  ||  ||  || Specially finished polarized plastics that allow light to pass through but not other EM radiation.
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| ||   || Tints ||  || Another window outside the normal window. Light-blocking gas can be injected into the space between.
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! Device !! Part !! Subpart !! Sub-Subpart !! Description
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| '''Atmospheric''' ||   ||  ||  || (The atmosphere is recycled by algae used to produce oxygen. However, this has several mechanical parts as well.)
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| || Algae Tanks ||  ||  || Containment tanks for the algae and the water through which the oxygen is filtered.
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| || Input Ventilation	Shaft ||  ||  || Introduces the contaminated air into the tank and mixes it into the water.
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| || Ventilation Network  ||  ||  || Runs throughout the ship. Powered by gravitational bellows. 
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| || Filtration Network  ||  ||  || A series of filters drains water from the top of the tank without taking in algae.
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| || Evaporation Shaft  ||  ||  || The water is then heated and evaporated into gases again.
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| || Output Ventilation Shaft  ||  ||  || The water vapor and oxygen is pumped back out into the ship.
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! Device !! Part !! Subpart !! Sub-Subpart !! Description
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| '''Waste Management''' ||   ||  ||  || (The compaction of waste is one of the simplest systems on the ship.)
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| || Centrifuge ||  ||  || The waste is centrifuged here. Water is pushed through a semi-permeable wall to the evaporator shell.
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| ||   || Evaporator Shell ||  || The outer wall is heated by the superheated helium from the fusion reactor, causing evaporation.
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| ||   || Exhaust Shaft ||  || The water is they recycled through this shaft and added back into stores.
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| ||   || Transfer Shaft ||  || This drops the somewhat dehydrated waste into the compacting chamber.
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| || Compactor ||  ||  || This chamber subjects the waste to extreme heat, fusing it in compacted form.
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| ||   || EM Shell ||  || The electromagnet surrounding the compactor that causes the gravitational compression of waste.
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| || Storage Cell ||  ||  || The compacted waste is then stored here, dropped from the Compactor in.
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! Device !! Part !! Subpart !! Sub-Subpart !! Description
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| '''Communications''' ||  ||  ||  || (Used for sensors and navigation as well.)
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| || Main Computer ||  ||  || Located on the bridge, does all navigation calculations.
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| || Pilot's Controls ||  ||  || Interface that the pilot uses to electronically control the ship.
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| || Receiving Devices ||  ||  || The entire ship is as described in the book, a huge antenna used to find and intercept EM signals.
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| || External Sensors ||  ||  || On larger ships that are harder to design as an antenna, external interceptors of EM signals are used.
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| || Scanners ||  ||  || Scanners must be externally mounted so that the hull's EM shielding doesn't block the signal.	
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