Plasma injector
A plasma injector is a component of a starship's warp drive system, which propels drive plasma into the warp coils. They are found at the end of the power transfer conduits. One of these devices is fitted in each nacelle, and has the task of sending a precisely aimed plasma flow through the centre of the warp coils.
Because of the relatively low accuracy with which the plasma flow is usually controlled by a power transfer conduit, the plasma injector system must often be designed to re-condition the fuel flow in order to dampen down turbulence and so ensure a smooth flow through the warp coils. In many Star Fleet designs, most especially those systems with the highest raw power output, the plasma flow from the power transfer conduit is split into two parts and sent through swirl dampers before being recombined during the injection process. Long experience has found that this method reduces the size of the required hardware to a reasonable minimum.
