Talk:Zeus Xβ powercore

Unfortunately, the Forerunner didn't use matter/antimatter reactors; they instead used pinch fusion reactors, which the Covenant reverse-engineered. They were very efficent - as you recall, that forerunner deadnought's reactor was powerful enough to power all of High Charity on a small fraction of full power output. As it is, there are significant issues of a anti-matter powercore - largely, if you damage it, are you going to have all your anti-matter fuel reacting with the matter that is your ship? There is also an issue of refueling it: one does not simply use a hose to fill it up with anti-matter. Also the issues with storing the anti-matter...simply put, a lot can go wrong, and since this was not a canon Forerunner technology, you could claim it was significantly more primitive technology: though given the rareness of Forerunner tech at all, going for even older second best tech seems like a poor move.

Why yes, Athena, I did steal part of your analysis. Sorry, and thank you.

-Rainbow Dash http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/halo/images/8/8f/Rainbow_Dash.png (Talk) (Contribs) 23:46, May 8, 2013 (UTC)