Hello Rupert

Thank you for the reply.

> On October 17, 2019 at 4:14 PM Rupert Boleyn <xxxxxx@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> On 18Oct2019 0336, Thomas RUX wrote:
> > Morning from the Pacific Northwest,
> >
> > The discussion on the Jump Drive Question thread has me wondering
> > about my understanding of how TL and the percentage of the hull
> > required for the jump drive, maneuver drive, and power plant work.
> >
> > I build a hull at TL 15 with a J6 drive is available and requires 7%,
> > a M6 drives requires 17%, and a power plant that is 1% x Hull tonnage
> > x Pn of the hull
> >
> > Instead of the TL 15 J6 drive I install a J5 drive which on the Drive
> > Tech Table is TL 14 and on the Drive Potential Table requires 6% of
> > the hull.
> >
> > How can the J5 drive perform better at TL 15?
>
> My understanding is that they don't. Tech level has always been a cap on
> jump distance, but has not made drives smaller, cheaper, or more fuel
> efficient. The exception being in MegaTraveller where very high TL
> (TL18+ as I recall) jump drives used less fuel.

In MT the Jump Drive fuel consumption starts getting better at TL 17.

Tom Rux