Gravikinetic Core

The gravikinetic core is an augmentation used to allow beings to move at relativistic and FTL speeds.

Description
The design of the gravikinetic core often takes the form of a small cube or sphere with a negative mass generator in the centre and a control module surrounding it.

History
The gravikinetic core was used extensively in the millennia leading up to the First End, as a way to allow beings to move at the speed of thought without being restricted by previous hardware limitations. The design was conceived by a group of scientists studying new ways to miniaturize reactionless drives in order to bypass the speed limits imposed by the then lacking development of physical hardware for bodies. Advancements resulting from Void research allowed the design to bear fruit, enabling the first such small drives to be manufactured.

The new cores quickly became a vital part of manufacturing new bodies for minds to be downloaded into, ushering a paradigm change back towards physical existence for a slight majority of beings, no longer restricted as they are by the speed of their hardware. Until well after the First End, the gravikinetic core was the principal movement augmentation for the bodies of many beings. With the implementation of the Archetype System shortly after the First Aeon War, however, the core has fallen out of widespread use, instead falling to the sidelines as a curiosity and historical artifact.

Mechanism
The gravikinetic core is quite simple in its design; it is comprised of a negative mass generator paired with a control module. The negative mass generator uses a rudimentary Protean Husk structure to create the necessary amount of exotic energy for localised spatial warping. The control module manipulates the location of the exotic energy produced, allowing both the movement of a body and its extremities to be supported by the gravikinetic core. The gravikinetic core allows for almost instant acceleration/deceleration (to relativistic and FTL speeds) and freedom of movement without concern for inertia nor mass due to its mechanism of action.