On Wed, May 25, 2016 at 1:57 AM, Tim <xxxxxx@little-possums.net> wrote:
> On Tue, May 24, 2016 at 10:36:45PM -0700,  (via tml list) wrote:
>> On 24 May 2016 at 0:15, Phil Pugliese (via tml list) wrote:
>> > How far would you have to be travelling in order to require, let's say
>> > it's the standard 'scout ship', a two-week constant 2G accell (towards
>> > the 'target'), a coasting time of one week, & then a two-week decell
>> > in order to arrive w/ only a small relative diff in velocity?
>>
>> If you have jump drive you'd never do this unless you *wanted* to
>> waste a month for some reason. Because you can do it in a week by
>> using the jump drive.
>
> If you have the jump fuel to waste, yes.  There are plenty of reasons
> why you might want to get to the destination with full tanks.
>

Or it might be an in-system cargo hauler, where there's economic
advantage to not having 10% of the hull taken up by fuel and the
expense of a J-drive