shadowdragon
SOC-12
Using the numbers straight from the book (T20), 1 starship ep equals 466.6666666666666667 vehicle ep's, and fusion-16 and antimatter are still out of line with 933.333333333333 fusion-16 ep and 1166.666666666667 antimatter-17 ep equaling 1 starship ep.
However, by changing the minimum size of fusion-16 to 1 vl (vs. .5 vl), and antimatter-17 to .5 (vs. .2), and the starship antimatter-17 to 6 ep per round instead of 8, we bring all the powerplants around to the same number of 466.6666666667 ep to 1 starship ep.
If we further deem 1 displacement ton to be 13.5 cu. meters instead of 14, they all fall into line at 450 ep to 1 starship ep. That is a reduction of 3.57% in cubic, but since everything would be affected then it isn't a huge issue.
The new issue is minimum sizes and fuel consumption. On my new list with 1350vl = 1dTon and 450 ep = 1 EP, the vehicle fission-7 plant uses fuel 21.43 times more efficiently than the starship fission 7, while the starship fission-7 is 2.143 times smaller at its base listed size, which incidentally can evidently be reduced to any size needed while the vehicular fission-7 has a minimum size of 6000 vl.
Each listed vehicle fusion plant's efficiency also makes little sense, both fusion-9 and -13 are 2x better than the equivilent starship plant but fusion-15 for both is dead on identical, then the fusion 16 vehicular plant is 1.5 times less fuel efficient. and then hopping to antimatter-17, the vehicular anti-17 is 50 times more efficient.
So i am asking for advice- which do you think it would be best to change, vehicle fuel consumptions, starship fuel consumptions, or both and bring them somewhere to the middle? or does someone have a nifty explanation for the differences?
However, by changing the minimum size of fusion-16 to 1 vl (vs. .5 vl), and antimatter-17 to .5 (vs. .2), and the starship antimatter-17 to 6 ep per round instead of 8, we bring all the powerplants around to the same number of 466.6666666667 ep to 1 starship ep.
If we further deem 1 displacement ton to be 13.5 cu. meters instead of 14, they all fall into line at 450 ep to 1 starship ep. That is a reduction of 3.57% in cubic, but since everything would be affected then it isn't a huge issue.
The new issue is minimum sizes and fuel consumption. On my new list with 1350vl = 1dTon and 450 ep = 1 EP, the vehicle fission-7 plant uses fuel 21.43 times more efficiently than the starship fission 7, while the starship fission-7 is 2.143 times smaller at its base listed size, which incidentally can evidently be reduced to any size needed while the vehicular fission-7 has a minimum size of 6000 vl.
Each listed vehicle fusion plant's efficiency also makes little sense, both fusion-9 and -13 are 2x better than the equivilent starship plant but fusion-15 for both is dead on identical, then the fusion 16 vehicular plant is 1.5 times less fuel efficient. and then hopping to antimatter-17, the vehicular anti-17 is 50 times more efficient.
So i am asking for advice- which do you think it would be best to change, vehicle fuel consumptions, starship fuel consumptions, or both and bring them somewhere to the middle? or does someone have a nifty explanation for the differences?
