Super-Jump Drive
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During the Jihad, the Word of Blake reportedly demonstrated an amazing ability to deploy troops to all corners of the Inner sphere in a fraction of the expected time even when using a command circuit of lithium-fusion equipped Jumpships. Allegedly, this feat entailed the use of a so-called “super-jump” technique that may in fact have been partly developed by Interconnectedness Unlimited years earlier.
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Word of Blake super-jump drive
The Word of Blake’s “super-jump” technology simply requires a pre-existing K-f drive and a Lithium-Fusion Battery to function, and adds to this mix a few components of inconsequential weight and bulk that override certain safety protocols and such within the jump drive systems. When engaged, the jumping vessel initiates a normal K-f jump sequence with the charge stored in the drive core and then—nanoseconds later—begins a second jump sequence that magnifies the jump by several orders of magnitude, effectively creating a “jump within a jump.” An incoming super-jumper has an unmistakable emergence wave. What first appears as a massive burst of thermal radiation dissolves into a group of smaller signals, creating the impression of a massive Jumpship or Warship coming in with an escort group in tight formation. Even more remarkable is the range of the Word of Blake super-jumps, which appears to be effectively unlimited.
The technique is dangerous, dramatically increasing the chance of a misjump. More devastating, however, is the fact that the very act of jumping automatically destroys the jumping vessel’s K-f drive and its lithium-fusion batteries. a vessel that executes a Word of Blake super-jump is therefore making a one-way trip unless it can get to a friendly space dock where its drive and battery can be replaced. [1]
Interconnectedness Unlimited super-jump drive
IU’s own alleged super-jump technology supposedly explored the same approach the Word of Blake may be using in the Jihad, but retained numerous safety measures and cut-offs that deliberately reduced the range of their super-jumps and made it much more likely for vessels to survive the trip with cores and batteries intact. Unfortunately, it remains unclear how successful the project ultimately was, as IU never produced a super-jump capable vessel for sale, or unveiled the techniques and technology it might have employed.
Interconnectedness Unlimited’s super-jump technology worked in the same fashion as the Word of Blake variation, but had a maximum jump radius of 120 light-years, and doubled the requisite time to plot a jump. Though its inbound jump signature would match that of a Word of Blake jump, the IU super-jump system was far less likely to cause K-f or battery damage. IU’s super-jump technology makes extensive changes to the K-f drive that result in a 2 percent increase in the drive’s total weight. It also multiplies the K-F drive’s total cost by a factor of 10, rendering super-jump capable drives prohibitively expensive. [1]