Hello Kelly, > On 07/02/2020 10:04 PM Kelly St. Clair <xxxxxx@efn.org> wrote: > > > On 7/2/2020 8:49 PM, Phil Pugliese - philpugliese at yahoo.com (via tml > list) wrote: > > > Well that depends on exactly what the massive expenditure of L-Hyd just > > before jumping accomplishes. > > I believe most folks would say that what is accomplished is charging the > > capacitors. > > In that case the same amount of jump fuel would NOT be required. > > Just like with the Annic Nova. > > Yes, but The Rules say that jump always requires fuel. So it does. > Doesn't matter whether that makes sense in context. > Doesn't matter that Annic Nova doesn't follow The Rules. > All that matters is that those are The Rules, and if you claim to be > playing the game by The Rules, you must follow them. Exactly. > And if you /aren't/ following The Rules, then you aren't really playing > Traveller, now are you? > > </sarcasm> :p The Annic Nova's fuel is the solar radiation converted into the appropriate type of energy stored in the ship's accumulators used to run the ship and charge the power plant. Tom Rux