power core
Central energy source
A power core is the central energy source of a machine, vehicle, or facility—typically in science fiction contexts where spacecraft, robots, or advanced technology require a compact but immense power supply.
The term suggests something removable or damageable: The ship's power core is failing, They extracted the power core before the explosion.
In video games and genre fiction, power cores often serve as plot devices or collectible items that enable or enhance equipment.
- reactorControlled fission apparatus
- arc reactorFictional compact energy device
- energyPower to do work
- energy sourceOrigin of usable power
- nucleusCentral controlling part
critical mass · crystal · glowing · glowing orb · generator · fuel · zero point · pulsing · engine · heart · source · orb · plasma · charged · humming · containment · fusion · radiant
- generation shipscolonists, descendants, life support, cryo chamber, hull
- Mechsmech suit, mech suits, cockpit, pilot seat, actuators
- robot partsarm, grippers, gripper, actuators, actuator
- sci-fi soundslaser, phaser, blaster, zap, whoosh
- spacecraft partsengine, thrusters, antenna array, thruster, fuel tank
- magnetic corestoroid
power corepower drain
Gradual loss of charge
load · heat sink · power vacuum · resistor · dead weight
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