Fusion Engine

Fusion Engines or Drives are the main propulsion system of interplanetary and interstellar travel. By creating miniature nuclear fusion explosions within a specialized chamber, vast amounts of energy are expelled behind a ship, propelling it forward at immense velocities. The acceleration is determined by the rate in which reactions happen per second.

History
During the 21st Century, fusion drive experimentation became the forefront of all international space exploration technology research, during what was known as the Second Space Race.

In the 2070s an effective fusion drive model was constructed, requiring a minimum fuel for a massive power output.

At the end of the 21st Century Fusion drive technology was becoming more efficient, allowing for more commercial space travel. However, most space racing corporations and nations were effectively at war often going out of their way to steal or sabotage other's efforts in an increasingly hostile system wide cold war.