Lifters?
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Or, how would you write them in Striker terms...
AnotherDilbert
SOC-14 1K
T4 Contragrav is close to T5 Lifters, and well defined in FFS:
10 kN ≈ 1 tonne of thrust.
Thrust factor is the fraction of thrust available for propulsion.
In effect it can be used for very slow propulsion, generally combined with some other form of propulsion.
Example:
A 100 Dt ship would be roughly 1000 tonnes, requiring 10000 kN contragrav.
A TL-12 10000 kN contragrav drive would have a volume of 10000 × 0.002 = 20 m3 ≈ 1.5 Dt.
It would require 10000 × 0.0007 = 7 MW power [does not scale well to CT] and cost 10000 × 0.000020 = MCr 0.2.
A M-drive 1 in T4 would require 25 MW, so the contragrav requires about a quarter of that, perhaps a quarter of an EP [62.5 MW] translated to CT.
10 kN ≈ 1 tonne of thrust.
Thrust factor is the fraction of thrust available for propulsion.
In effect it can be used for very slow propulsion, generally combined with some other form of propulsion.
Example:
A 100 Dt ship would be roughly 1000 tonnes, requiring 10000 kN contragrav.
A TL-12 10000 kN contragrav drive would have a volume of 10000 × 0.002 = 20 m3 ≈ 1.5 Dt.
It would require 10000 × 0.0007 = 7 MW power [does not scale well to CT] and cost 10000 × 0.000020 = MCr 0.2.
A M-drive 1 in T4 would require 25 MW, so the contragrav requires about a quarter of that, perhaps a quarter of an EP [62.5 MW] translated to CT.
