Just for fun, let's run another progression: exponential
Parsecs/Week
Jump Exponent/M-Drive Rating
-   - M1/ M2/ M3/ M4/ M5/ M6
J1 - 1/ 2/ 3/ 4/ 5/ 6
J2 - 1/ 4/ 9/ 16/ 25/ 36
J3 - 1/ 8/ 27/ 64/ 125/ 216
J4 - 1/ 16/ 81/ 256/ 625/ 1296
J5 - 1/ 32/ 243/ 1024/ 3125/ 7776
J6 - 1/ 64/ 729/ 4096/ 15625/ 46656

Ladies and gentlemen (are there any here? If not, I apologize for the
insult), we just hit FULL LENSMEN!

On 7/28/17, Amber Witherspoon <xxxxxx@gmail.com> wrote:
>> *Seriously, it basically renders the higher jumps irrelevant. Make
>> them multipliers or something like that - that's where the real fun
>> starts, and it makes them just as desirable.
> Let's run those numbers as a quick experiment
> Jump Number is a multiplier on maximum movement
> M-Drive rating is how many parsecs you move in a week
> J1 - 1-6 parsecs/week
> J2 - 2-12 parsecs/week
> J3 - 3-18 Parsecs/week
> J4 - 4-24 Parsecs/week
> J5 - 5-30 Parsecs/week
> J6 - 6-36 Parsecs/week
> Obviously, the military would focus on getting the maximum Jump, plus
> Maximum thrust. Since that doesn't leave very much space for any
> mission packages, that means... Hangers, lots of them. Bring on the
> Tigress-Class BATTLERIDER (now make it even more terrifying with no
> jump fuel needs). Brought to you by Dahak's big brother.
> Megacorps would pull the same thing, pulling huge ferry loads of ships
> between sector capitols. Lesser lines would gather the cream of an
> entire subsector's trade routes and then ship them off via the
> megacorp ferries. Rich worlds will buy J6 M6 couriers and fight to
> make most of their sector dance to their tune.
> On the other hand, lots of space for the little guy. The marginal
> markets are barely tapped since, as I stated before, the big guys can
> concentrate on only the richest markets.
>