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1:28 PM

Would a high density cryogenic refrigerator battery be powerful enough to power a battlesuit/powered armor?

In my setting, humanity has figured out that a high density cryogenic refrigerator battery would be the answer to the power supply problems for fielding powered armors. However, I want to make sure I got the science down right. I know that most powered armors in fiction are powered by micronized nuclear fusion reactors, but I wanted to avoid that for several reasons:

1) Where would you put it in the first place?

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Halfthawed

6:47 PM

Typically battlesuits operate more towards the soft end of the sliding scale of sci-fi, so they don't worry too much about things like that and just handwave it.

Besides, I'm not sure that you need a degree in nuclear engineering to operate a suit powered by a nuclear reactor. There's plenty of crewmen aboard a nuclear submarine who don't have one and that seems to have turned out fine.

I think cold fusion might solve you 'exploding nuclear suit problem'. That, or the reactor's explosion is small enough and the engagement between suits is large enough that the operators don't have to care.

You might want to take a look at Mobile Infantrymen from Starships Troopers (the book, never the movie) for some ideas.

SCPilot

7:01 PM

Thank you! I did read the book, but that was years ago, so I probably need to read it again.

Several alien empires in my setting power their battlesuits with energy crystals that give power on the level of cold fusion but they do need to be recharged from time to time.

I wanted to create logistical issues with my battles.

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