Convective Core

Convective Cores were sophisticated versions of a warp core. They had a highly ornate EPS connected to it, all simultaneously working to keep it going.

Order of Operations
A list for an in a nutshell way to how Convective Core operates would explained as this:
 * Warp Plasma is conducted through the core and is turned into a Matter/Antimatter reaction byproduct
 * It is sent into the Convection tank
 * (In the Tank) The warp plasma is broken down into sub-molecular pockets
 * Subatomic Replenishers in the Convection tank are activated, collecting the sub-molecular pockets of warp plasma and cleansing them
 * After the the Subatomic replenishment process ends, the warp plasma is distributed


 * (Outside) The replenished warp plasma is sent throughout the ship again
 * REPEAT

Creation
The basic process and design for the Convective core was theoretical and then hypothetical over a course of a few years, until subsequently the basic actions needed to make a stable prototype for this core came clear.

Convective cores [as of the 2480s] needed a EPS 7.4% larger then those on standard starships, as this allowed for more breathing air and a partially lesser margin of error for such a complex device. They also caused 1-2 additional consoles to be added into a ships Main Engineering thoroughly based on the supervision, reconfiguration, updates, diagnostics et cetera.

Greed
In the following months after it's commission as an official device in the Federation, rumors and greed arose over it's possession. In January of 2483, a Klingon Bird-of-prey found a significant piece of the Convective cores essence. Although 2 months later when "integrated" into their ship, primitive utilization of the core lead to a severe matter/antimatter leak (53 ppm/cm3) which subsequently lead to the ship exploding. In late 2483 a Ferengi ship intercepted one of 2 Federation ships with the core. Capturing the ship and ordering it's engineers to reveal all essential information of the core. Although the Ferengi were instantaneously disabled after they left with their "new found knowledge" which was totally amateur descriptions of the core.