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[[File:Majestic-Class-Interdictor-Witchspace.png|thumb|250px|Majestic Class Interdictor emerges from Witch-space]] | [[File:Majestic-Class-Interdictor-Witchspace.png|thumb|250px|Majestic Class Interdictor emerges from Witch-space]] | ||
[[Capital Ships|Capital ships]] such as the [[Farragut Battle Cruiser]] and [[Majestic Class Interdictor]] also use Frame Shift Drives, but their increased mass results in proportionally larger energy requirements that dwarf the already significant energy consumed by regular ships upon jumping. This increased energy results in capital ships jumping into and exiting from hyperspace in a much more spectacular fashion.<ref>[https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php?p=4088631&viewfull=1#post4088631 Frontier Forums: UAs, Barnacles & More Thread 6 - The Canonn, comment #7791 (Michael Brookes)]</ref> | |||
In the process of jumping, the capital ship essentially tears open a wormhole into hyperspace, allowing elements of witch-space to leak out into our universe as exemplified by the strange particle effects and audio observed during a capital-class jump.<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/EliteDangerous/comments/2yenrs/a_capital_ship_coming_out_of_warp_speed_is/</ref> When a capital ship exits hyperspace, a series of lights can be seen moving against the backdrop of space. Space crackles behind the points of light, darkness writhes and lightning flashes.<ref>[http://elite-dangerous.wikia.com/wiki/Elite_Dangerous:_Premonition Elite Dangerous: Premonition], page 388 | |||
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