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this small device supplied the basic power needed to fire a pod racer's engine. Depending on the size and configuration of the racing engines used, a small or larger plug was required. There were three basic forms of plugs. The first used one or more power sources in series, with each source being drained before the next could be used, and providing average amounts of power. The second is the rotary design, which taps each power source for a short period before moving to the next, in a rotary fashion. This increased the efficiency of the basic series design, but maintained a comparbale level of power output. The third design is the cluster plug, which ganged together the power from multiple sources at once. While it generated the greatest amount of power, it was also expensive and tended to need replacement sooner.