On 01Jul2020 1811, Phil Pugliese - philpugliese at yahoo.com (via tml
list) wrote:
> It's not a question of YTU or MTU & I never, ever said that NO fuel is
> needed at all.
>
> The question is HOW MUCH fuel does a starship need to have avail AFTER
> it enters J-space.
>
> The whole idea of d-tanks indicates that it isn't very much at all.
>
> You seem to be saying that IF the capacitors were charged w/o using
> fuel, then it needs a full load of fuel in order to make a jump.
> OTOH, if the ship uses a whole lot of fuel before the jump then it
> doesn't need as much.
>
> It just doesn't make any sense to require the same amount of fuel in
> both instances.
Not so. If you take the LLB 2 1981 and HG view that jump drives need
power from the power plant, then the black globe charging the capacitors
replaces this power requirement. Therefore, it has nothing to do with
the jump fuel requirement, which remains the same no matter what.
Problem solved.
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Well that depends on exactly what the massive expenditure of L-Hyd just before jumping accomplishes.
I believe most folks would say that what is accomplished is charging the capacitors.
In that case the same amount of jump fuel would NOT be required.
Just like with the Annic Nova.
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