Forecylinder

A spaceship's Forecylinder is an integral part of a Warp Drive, responsible for generating a large positive spacetime distortion in the front of the ship. It is mounted at the front end of the Driving Beam on which it rotates. As its name suggests, it is cylindrical in shape to channel light plasma such that it generates a "wider" spacetime distortion. Due to plentiful amounts of matter that are available within the forecylinder, it does not need to be as big to generate a substantial distortion, unlike the Warp Ring.

Trivia

 * Reverie's Forecylinder is located over 5 feet below the main console.
 * The origin of the name is simple: "Fore" for being near the front of the ship (and the warp drive assembly), and cylinder for its cylindrical shape.\
 * The Forecylinder requires about 10% of generated light plasma. The Warp Ring takes the other 90%.