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[[File:Lithium-Fusion Battery.jpg|190px|thumb|Lithium-Fusion Battery]]
'''Lithium-Fusion Battery''' technology is used to allow [[WarShips]] (and a few [[JumpShips]]) to conduct two "jumps" through hyperspace in rapid succession.

== Description ==
Introduced in [[2531]] by the [[Terran Hegemony]], a lithium-fusion battery can be installed on [[JumpShip]]s and [[WarShip]]s to provide one additional charge for their [[Kearny-Fuchida drive]]. It serves as an extension of the drive's energy storage and allows for a second jump without having to recharge the drive first. However, activating the K-F drive several times in rapid succession may damage or destroy vital components. In general practice, the K-F drive is never activated more frequently than every 36 to 48 hours.<ref>''Living Legends'', p. 62</ref> The battery can be charged (and quick-charged) in much the same way as the K-F drive. The increased range of an L-F equipped ship allowed a variety of new tactics, including longer range raids and the ability to quickly evade ambushes.<ref name="TOp323">''Tactical Operations'', p. 323: "Lithium-Fusion Battery"</ref>

As of [[3056]], lithium-fusion batteries were almost exclusively used on WarShips. Very few regular JumpShips, none of them civilian-owned, were known to carry the expensive system (and then usually as a refit). These refits were rare, however, as the L-F battery was usually built into the ship's hull.<ref name="TOp323"/><ref>''BattleSpace'', p. 43</ref>

The L-F battery's only weakness is the amount of time it takes to recharge, typically as long as charging the K-F Drive itself.<ref name="TOp323"/>

== Models ==
The lithium-fusion battery systems are manufactured on the following planets:

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! Brand
! Planet
! Company
! Used by
! References
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| ???
| [[Altair]]
| [[Kurita Combine Munitions Corporation]]
| ''[[Chimeisho]]''
| {{cn}}
|-
| ???
| [[Ionus]]
| [[Illium Naval Engineering]]
| [[Eagle (WarShip class)|''Eagle'']]
| {{cn}}
|-
| ???
| [[Galax]]
| [[Federated-Boeing Interstellar]]
| ''[[Fox (WarShip class)|Fox]]''
| {{cn}}
|-
| ???
| [[Tamarind]]
| [[Technicron Manufacturing]]
| ''[[Impavido]]''
| {{cn}}
|-
| ???
| [[Dieron]]
| [[Terada]]
| ''[[Inazuma]]''
| {{cn}}
|-
| ???
| [[Togura]]
| [[Stellar Trek]]
| ''[[Kirishima]]''
| {{cn}}
|-
| ???
| [[Dieron]]
| [[Terada]]
| ''[[Kyushu (WarShip class)|Kyushu]]''
| {{cn}}
|-
| ???
| [[Terra]]
| [[Titan Yards]]
| ''[[Suffren]]''
| {{cn}}
|-
| ???
| [[Dieron]]
| [[Terada]]
| ''[[Tatsumaki]]''
| {{cn}}
|-
| ??? 
| [[Ionus]]
| [[Illium Naval Engineering]]
| ''[[Thera]]''
| {{cn}}
|-
| ???
| [[Ionus]]
| [[Illium Naval Engineering]]
| ''[[Zechetinu]]''
| {{cn}}
|}

== Rules ==
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== Game Rules ==
A lithium-fusion battery weighs 1% of the JumpShip or WarShip's total mass. It is considered a part of the ship's main body.<ref name="TOp323"/>
</div>

==References==
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==Bibliography==
* ''[[BattleSpace]]''
* ''[[Tactical Operations]]''
* ''[[Technical Readout: 2750]]''

[[Category:Technology|Lithium-Fusion Battery]]