Higgs-Nathan Reactor

The Higgs-Nathan reactor is a device that combines matter and antimatter to produce high-energy plasma. This can then be directly captured and converted into electrical energy at a high rate, this producing a sizeable amount of energy. If used aboard a starship, the plasma from the reactor can also be channeled into the engines.

Usage

Due to design limitations, the Higgs-Nathan design has no practical application. In any known circumstance, other, more conventional power sources are prefered.

The proposed function of the design was for deep space vessels; antimatter has the highest energy density of any substance possible, so a Higgs-Nathan reactor could, in principle, provide power for a considerable duration. The design is also much more compact comparatively, but this has traditionally never been a particularly large problem.

Service

Only one full-scale Higgs-Nathan reactor was ever put into service.