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Fusion reactors generate extreme heat which must be removed in order for them to remain active without overheating. The Autumn's overhauled reactors were an especially severe case of this. Usually, the excess heat was conducted to a chemical agent which would then vent into space. However, the ''Autumn''{{'}}s upgraded specifications also included an upgraded cooling system, which featured a "laser-induced optical slurry of ions chilled to near-absolute zero", which was far more efficient than the typical method and removed the reliance on expendable chemical temperature-control substances. In essence, the amount of excess heat removed by the new system increased as the reactors' output did. This self-regulating and self-cooling power plant was critical in combat since it virtually eliminated a commander's concerns about overheating and slagging a ship's engines.{{Ref/Reuse|for274}} | Fusion reactors generate extreme heat which must be removed in order for them to remain active without overheating. The Autumn's overhauled reactors were an especially severe case of this. Usually, the excess heat was conducted to a chemical agent which would then vent into space. However, the ''Autumn''{{'}}s upgraded specifications also included an upgraded cooling system, which featured a "laser-induced optical slurry of ions chilled to near-absolute zero", which was far more efficient than the typical method and removed the reliance on expendable chemical temperature-control substances. In essence, the amount of excess heat removed by the new system increased as the reactors' output did. This self-regulating and self-cooling power plant was critical in combat since it virtually eliminated a commander's concerns about overheating and slagging a ship's engines.{{Ref/Reuse|for274}} | ||
''Pillar of Autumn's'' reactors were able to be [[Fusion drive#Use as improvised weapons|overloaded by explosives]], either grenades or rockets, destroying the vulnerable vent cores. Once these were destroyed, the reactors began to go critical, resulting in temperatures of over 100,000,000 degrees and a thermonuclear explosion large enough to tear apart a Halo installation.<ref>'''[[Halo: Combat Evolved]]''', campaign level ''[[The Maw (Level)|The Maw]]''</ref> This explosion was later revealed to be similar in nature to a [[supernova]] and resulted in the creation of a new element on [[Alpha Shard|a surviving shard]] of the installation.{{Ref/Reuse|Nightfall}} | ''Pillar of Autumn's'' reactors were able to be [[Fusion drive#Use as improvised weapons|overloaded by explosives]], either grenades or rockets, destroying the vulnerable vent cores. Once these were destroyed, the reactors began to go critical, resulting in temperatures of over 100,000,000 degrees and a thermonuclear explosion large enough to tear apart a Halo installation.<ref>'''[[Halo: Combat Evolved]]''', campaign level ''[[The Maw (Level)|The Maw]]''</ref> This explosion was later revealed to be similar in nature to a [[supernova]] and resulted in the creation of [[Element 120.V|a new element]] on [[Alpha Shard|a surviving shard]] of the installation.{{Ref/Reuse|Nightfall}} | ||
===Armament=== | ===Armament=== | ||