Some doh! questions from my ignorance:
- is 'bus' the right word? I'm sort of imagining the main ESS feeding 'big' subsystems (to the right) more directly but the internal and external 'small' electrics through some sort of step down if that's the right expression.
Feel free to be harsh - as I say, I don't really know what I'm doing.
- is a 'Starter' just completely ridiculous? It seemed like a bit of fun and then I thought, ok, it's not a petrol engine which needs to be turned over electrically at first, but it's a big brute of a system and maybe it needs a little something to get it going? (Or alternatively: something else to go wrong!)
- is the Auxiliary ESS only powering Life Support and 1 other subsystem in an emergency a bit mean? Is 12 hours too generous? (Though I think we're in speed of plot territory here).
- do ATVs have transponders? Or artificial gravity? (perhaps the latter should be saved for a higher tech level)
- is there a better word than 'outlets'? I'm thinking of the 'sockets' to plug in your own equipment. At higher TLs they might not be actual 'sockets' but some kind of charging point like my phone pod charger (induction coil or something???)
- I'm imagining that things like the airlock and the life support, in fact all of the subsystems really, would have smaller local control panels near the equipment (or somewhere other than the main control boards 'up front') but this seemed too difficult/tedious to show, is it fair to 'assume' it?
- I'm trying to reconcile the ATV in JTAS 3 which is what I was picturing with the deck plan in The Traveller Adventure in the corner of the March Harrier deck plans which I've only just remembered exists. I'm not sure it's possible. The TTA thing looks much smaller even though it's supposed to be 10 tons still. Anyone looked at this as an issue? (Best explanation so far I've come up with: TTA shows the 'brochure' version and JTAS 3 shows the actual ATV.
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