On 6/28/2020 7:29 AM, Alex Goodwin wrote: > >> The Hop drive is quantized to 10 parsecs per jump, and each level >> beyond that is another 10x multiple. The usual workaround is to aim >> for the gravity well of a star at your destination, but short of the >> 10pc. That just makes the Navigation that much more difficult. > And higher orders are likewise quantised to their respective multiple? > eg skip drives would be quantised to 100 pc, leap drives to 1 kpc, etc? Yes, that's correct. The distance from the gravity sources is also increased as well. 100D for jump drives, 1,000D for Hop Drives, 10,000D for Skip Drives and so on. With Skip drives and the like, having the Jump drive is there just to get into the system from your exit point. > > From what you've described, a J-3 drive would be a good complement to > any strain of Hop drive to allow fine(r) positioning inside that last 10 > pc, at the cost of an extra week in transit. > Once you get into using the hop-2 or beyond, this is true. For a Hop-1/J3 drive vs a courier J4/J5 drive (just refuel, no stopover) you can argue which is more efficient. > Modulo fuel concerns, I guess trying to fire up one drive while underway > on the other would simply be a rather pants-on-head method of suicide? > > That's the implication, though I don't think it's stated anywhere.
