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====== Power ======
Electric power storage and generation is important to advanced civilisations.

 
=====Power storage=====

Typical power cell sizes range from Tiny (T)(A button- or coin-sized) to Very Large (VL)(A toolbox-sized battery). Their capacity varies by technology.

^size^Price^wt^Base energy^Note^
|Tiny (T).|0.25|0.01|1 |A button- or coin-sized battery for watches, mini-flashlights, hearing aids, laser sights, tiny bugs, etc.|
|Extra-Small (XS)|0.50|0.05|5|A battery used in such portable consumer electronics as audio recorders, CD/MP3 players, digital cameras, and night-vision goggles. Similar to a AA battery. 
|Small (S)|1|0.15|15| A standard battery for flashlights, portable radios, or cellular phones. Similar to a D-cell or C-cell battery|
|Medium (M)|5|1|100| A common power source for lanterns or squad-level radios. More expensive rechargeable models are used in laptops, video cameras, and the like.|
|Large (L)|10|5|500|A lunchbox-sized battery.  rechargeables are found in small vehicles (such as ATVs, motorcycles, and snowmobiles), base-camp radios, and the like.|
|Very Large (VL)|20|25|2500| A toolbox-sized battery found in cars, trucks, golf carts, etc. It can power radios or other heavy duty electronics for extended periods. A bank of these is often used for external power.|


Base energy*the tech multiplier is the total energy in watt hours.


Tech multiplier:
^Technology^ Energy^Availability^Recharge^Notes^
|Lead Acid|0.4|Mechanized age|yes|Most common technology for uses where mass does not matter. Cannot be smaller than Medium size|
|Zinc-carbon|0.4|Mechanized age|no|No longer commonly used|
|Zinc-air |4|Nuclear age|no|Most common non rechargeable battery in use. Requires air to function.|
|Nickel-cadmium |0.3|Nuclear age|yes|Still in fairly common use in older applications, used in places where lead acid was too large|
|Lithium-carbon monofluoride|7|Late Nuclear age|no|toxic, military use only|
|Lithium cobalt oxide  |2|Early information age|yes|The most commonly used rechargeable cell in new electronics.|
|Lithium nickel cobalt aluminium oxides|2.2|Information age|yes|Available as experimental, *5 cost|
|Lithium Thionyl Chloride|3.6|Microtech age|yes|Not available, but possible to do in a laboratory, but most likely few cycles only in such case. Obsolete in Federation.|
|Micro fuel cell|7|Late Microtech age|yes|Not available, commonly used in cheap gadgets in the Federation.|
|Early Superconductor loops|14|Robotic age|Yes|Not available,Most civilian everyday gear in Federation.|
|Strained bond|28|Robotic age|No|Not available,Obsolete military use in the Federation, highly volatile.|
|Superconductor loops|28|Late Robotic age|Yes|Not available,Most Most survival/military/high end electronics gear in Federation. Was about 4 times the price of Early Superconductor loops.|
|Late Superconductor loops|56|Exotic matter age|Yes|Not available, Very advanced gear in Federation. Was about 20 times the price of Early Superconductor loops.|
|Early Matter Phase shift|150|Late Exotic matter age|Yes|Not available, Was possible to do in laboratories in the Federation.|
|Matter Phase shift|2 000?|Age of Miracles|Yes|Not available, Theoretical development of the Early Matter Phase shift, the upper limits according to the theory.|
|Matter Destruction|60 000?|Age of Miracles|No|Not available, Theoretically possible in the Federation, but not known to have been made. Quite large minimum size likely|
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