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Re: [TML] A small ship TU and a view of jump travel that creates it Rupert Boleyn (01 Jul 2020 06:54 UTC)
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Re: [TML] It's not you, it's me Phil Pugliese (12 Jul 2020 14:13 UTC)
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Side question ; Orion's Arm Re: [TML] It's not you, it's me Jeffrey Schwartz (06 Jul 2020 14:58 UTC)
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Re: [TML] It's not you, it's me Phil Pugliese (07 Jul 2020 23:32 UTC)
Re: [TML] It's not you, it's me Kelly St. Clair (07 Jul 2020 23:34 UTC)
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Re: [TML] It's not you, it's me Rupert Boleyn (08 Jul 2020 10:11 UTC)
Re: [TML] A small ship TU and a view of jump travel that creates it Rupert Boleyn 01 Jul 2020 06:54 UTC 

On 01Jul2020 1811, Phil Pugliese - philpugliese at yahoo.com (via tml
list) wrote:
> It's not a question of YTU or MTU & I never, ever said that NO fuel is
> needed at all.
>
> The question is HOW MUCH fuel does a starship need to have avail AFTER
> it enters J-space.
>
> The whole idea of d-tanks indicates that it isn't very much at all.
>
> You seem to be saying that IF the capacitors were charged w/o using
> fuel, then it needs a full load of fuel in order to make a jump.
> OTOH, if the ship uses a whole lot of fuel before the jump then it
> doesn't need as much.
>
> It just doesn't make any sense to require the same amount of fuel in
> both instances.
Not so. If you take the LLB 2 1981 and HG view that jump drives need
power from the power plant, then the black globe charging the capacitors
replaces this power requirement. Therefore, it has nothing to do with
the jump fuel requirement, which remains the same no matter what.
Problem solved.

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Rupert Boleyn <xxxxxx@gmail.com>