Sitting here thinking about my Nexus-class ship design update cycle, and got to thinking about jump drive efficiency and hull size when over-tonnage is involved.
For example, in an 800 ton hull, with Ultimate Jump-1 drive (130% efficiency), you could have as much as 240 tons excess, and still achieve jump. (800 x 1.3 = 1040)
This could cause me to seriously reconsider ship design - spend more money, smaller drive in larger hull, more available cargo space. Would the profit margin over the life of the ship cover that extra cost??
Am I correct in this?
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For that matter, is the tech level efficiency chart on page 338 accurate, or should I use the chart on page 500 for some of this, as mentioned in the errata for other systems?
Dalthor
For example, in an 800 ton hull, with Ultimate Jump-1 drive (130% efficiency), you could have as much as 240 tons excess, and still achieve jump. (800 x 1.3 = 1040)
This could cause me to seriously reconsider ship design - spend more money, smaller drive in larger hull, more available cargo space. Would the profit margin over the life of the ship cover that extra cost??
Am I correct in this?
o: For that matter, is the tech level efficiency chart on page 338 accurate, or should I use the chart on page 500 for some of this, as mentioned in the errata for other systems?
Dalthor
