Makes sense

Without the fuel for sacrificial mass, you can have enough energy in
the caps and still not be able to generate a sufficiently steep grav
well to make a jump

On Fri, Oct 9, 2020 at 12:41 AM <xxxxxx@gmail.com> wrote:
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> From Traveller's Digest 11 p 38 (Just ran across this, so sharing... and pardon any transcription errors... I have to type it)
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> Q: Can energy accumulated in the jump drive capacitors from a black globe generator in combat be used exclusively to power a jump or must jump fuel be used in any case? - J.K.
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> A: As stated in both HG and the MT Ref's Manual, a starship's jump drive capacitors can be used to divert or "Bleed Off" the energy absorbed by a black globe when the screen is hit in combat. The rules, however, are unclear on thiss point, largely because of the word 'capacitor'. Because the jump drive capacitors are being used, many have assumed the energy could be used to charge the hull jump net, and thus send the ship into jump. Unfortunately that does not work. The jump drive must still be used to charge capacitors and and power the jump.
>     The energy from the black globe is of a low grade, while the energy generated by the jump drive is of a much higher grade. The jump drive capacitors are able to absorb the black globe energy, but they cannot use it to effectively power the jump net in the ship's hull. The low grade energy allowed to leave the ship after the black globe is off exits the ship via the jump drive hull net as ordinary heat energy. It is useless for propelling the ship into jump space. (Incidentally, note why the black globe generator has to be off to allow the heat energy to leave. Were the energy allowed to leave while the globe was on, the heat build-up inside the black globe  sphere would melt the ship's hull.)
>     The statement in the rules that says "If the ship absorbs enough energy to make a jump, and is supplied with sufficient fuel, it may jump" is misleading. The jump drive must still be used as normal to enter jumpspace. Whether or not a ship has a black globe really has nothing to do with going into jump. - Marc W. Miller.
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> "Low grade energy/ high grade energy"? Really? And you didn't want lightsabers, Marc?.... <roll my eyes>
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> Still, if you wanted the official dogma, now you have it.
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> TomB
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