On 06/26/2020 4:55 PM James Catchpole - jlcatchpole at googlemail.com <xxxxxx@simplelists.com> wrote:

Except that according to the only actual description that explains jump drive under CT, JTAS #24, the jump fuel is entirely used in charging the jump drive and cooling the power plant while it does so.

"When the jump drive is activated, a large store of the fuel is fed through the ship power plant to create the energy necessary for the jump drive. In the interests of rapid power generation, the power plant does not work at full efficiency, and some of the fuel is lost in carrying off fusion by-products, and in cooling the system. At the end of a very brief period (less than a few minutes), the jump drive capacitors have been charged to capacity. Under computer control, the energy is then fed into appropriate sections of the jump drive and jump begins."

From the description above I do not feel that the fuel is entirely used to charge the capacitors, carry off fusion by-products, and cooling the system

If the jump capacitors are charged by some other means, then there apparently is no jump fuel requirement - which is how the Annic Nova works...

The Annic Nova is the only design that has been described using a system which has even fewer details in comparison to all the designs using CT LLB 5 HG 2e 1980 and CT LBB 2 1977/1981 jump drives.