Don't steep in the hyperdrive, you'll track it everywhere

[griff]

The hyperdrive backup was something that drove me bonkers. It seemed that the maker of the engine is saying our hyperdrives are not that dependable you,ll need a backup. But I see the reason for the backup, and I always thought that the backup hyperdrive was like an undersized spare tire that you couldn't use for very long. And the backup is a lot slower the the main drives.

[Fallon Kell]

Clearly the hyperdrive was leaking hyper. Any sustained flight would have exposed the crew and passengers to near-lethal levels of hyper, and given the occupants of the ship severe cases of adult ADHD (except for Padme. She was only 14, so she gets the old fashioned stuff.)

Seriously, though, when I heard that, I took it as a radiation leak of some form. Either the drive couldn't build up enough concentration of energy to operate, or normal operation would kill everyone aboard. Maybe both.
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[griff]

While the issue of something leaking from the hyperdrive could be any number of things. The dialog "the hyperdrive is leaking" leaves much to be desired.
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[griff]

sorry about the pause I had to fix lunch. When I first heard the line "the hyperdrive is leaking," the image of the a piece of machinery squirting a fluid a over the maintenance bay below decks that someone would have to clean up. It seem to be more of an inconvenience than a dire problem that could destroy the ship. I have really enjoyed this topic. Thanks everyone for the input.
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[Darth_Hilarious]

I dont remember where i read it but Tibanna gas has been used as a hyperdrive coolant dont want tibanna gas leaking anywhere it can come into contact with a blaster discharge ....BOOM hey where did he go ??
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[Whill]

[griff]

It leaking fluid was the first thing to come to mind. I have had plenty of cars in the past that would have the mysterious puddle under them when I needed to get somewhere. This was just another time of personal experience trumping the narrative, I think there is a term for that.
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[DB 2.0]

My family runs trucks, so my hit list is Fluids, Gas and as a kid I had a neighbor who was in what today we call "Medical Imaging" and an other who was in Construction Cirtifaction, couple that with 30 years of Sic-fi gaming and the mind runs to Rads as well.

also think of this perhaps it's not stuff leaking out but something leaking in, if you get a "Reactive" in to a sealed system and a vulnerable pure element or compound starts to corrode changing it's properties. or something that is adversely effected by background rads.

[atgxtg]

According to wookieepedia, the hyperdrive was "leaking" power.

Now to me, that sounds like some sort of shielding and or electrical fault. If some of the wiring got damaged in the battle (quite likely), then some insulation could be compromised and a partial short circuit occur that still let the driver work, but "leak" power to somewhere else.

Such a fault could actually snowball, as the short would draw more current which would further damage the insulation, thus increasing the severity of the short, thus drawing even more current and so on, until either the system gives out, or the shorted current damaged something else, or starts a fire.

The desire to land, and land quickly would make a great deal of sense under that situation. The sooner you land, the less severe the damage, and the easier it would be to repair.