On 7/2/2015 5:04 PM, Grimmund wrote:
> I am reasonably condfident that at some point in the series, something
> used FTL with the sublight drives out, damaged, etc.
>
> Presumably, it's pretty low-power.  I do not recall anything required
> beyond spooling up the FTL (whatever that means; to me it suggests
> some sort of moving parts) and pushing the GO button.

The moving parts, at least on a battlestar, can be rather massive. It's
almost like a flywheel or capacitor that they have to spin up to build
up enough energy that they can expend in one burst.

> If it fits on small craft, it cant be terribly massive.

It scales to the ship, IIRC.

> Of course, they appear to have magic sublight drives, too, so what the heck.

And Traveller doesn't?  ;-)

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