
Impulse engine | Memory Alpha | Fandom
An impulse engine or impulse drive was a common propulsion system used on starships used to create impulse power in order to achieve impulse speeds. In Federation starships, the impulse …
Why Star Trek's Impulse Speeds Are Totally Impractical
Jul 17, 2018 · In Star Trek, impulse power is the method of propulsion for sub-light speed travel. It uses the same principles as rocket engines today: Newton’s third law (for every action, there is …
Impulse Engines - Star Trek Online Wiki
Standard [Impulse Engines] are one of three types of Impulse Engines, each with their own particular specialty. Impulse Engines are the baseline starship propulsion system.
Impulse Drive, Therories on how it works? - The Trek BBS
May 11, 2019 · These gravity emitters are the impulse engines which provide the forward and reverse propulsion. Another prominent ship feature is the top spine above the impulse drive.
Impulse Engines - Star Trek : Freedom's Wiki
Jan 17, 2009 · In Federation starships, the impulse drive is essentially an augmented fusion rocket, usually consisting of a fusion reactor, an accelerator-generator, a driver coil assembly …
Impulse Engines - startrekintelligence.com
Impulse engines are the main form of sub-light propulsion on board Federation starships. Impulse drive is mainly used within solar systems or areas of space where warp drive is no available. …
FSD: Starship Operations - Impulse Engines
Impulse engines are used in sub-light speed flight, and to provide a secondary power supply for the ship's onboard systems at all times. Impulse engines should not be confused with …
Impulse Drive: Sub-lightspeed in Star Trek - ThoughtCo
Jul 24, 2018 · Impulse engines, like those depicted to exist on the starship Enterprise, take a slightly different approach to accelerate a spacecraft. Instead of using chemical reactions to …
Impulse power - Memory Alpha
Impulse power was source of power used to operate a ship's impulse engines. The amount of impulse power applied to an engine's output determined the impulse speed, i.e. velocity, at …
Star Fleet Officer's Manual: Part 7, Chap. 3: Impulse Power
So impulse engines are true Newtonian (non-warp) engines. They are powered by sequential fusion reactors that fuse the slush deuterium into helium, and the high-energy exhaust is …