Re: [TML] A small ship TU and a view of jump travel that creates it Jeffrey Schwartz 06 Jul 2020 01:13 UTC
And then, to maintain consistency, T5 you need the power plant again On Sun, Jul 5, 2020 at 7:49 PM James Catchpole - jlcatchpole at googlemail.com (via tml list) <xxxxxx@simplelists.com> wrote: > > A minor point, but IIRC, the pods on the Annic Nova are the pinnaces and have nothing to do with the jump drive? > > And while the 1977 version of CT didn't require a matching power plant for the Jump drive, HG onwards did - which MM's article in JTAS#24 (1985) explicitly stated was because the power plant charged the jump drive. It was only with the advent of MT that the Jump Drive acquired its own internal power plant, which has been the situation since. So, it's canon if you are using 1977 CT, or MT or later... ;^D > > Oh, and can I add my congratulations on reaching 100 issues of FT and my thanks for putting together such a great source of interesting material! > > On Sun, 5 Jul 2020 19:47 Jeff Zeitlin, <xxxxxx@freelancetraveller.com> wrote: >> >> On Sat, 4 Jul 2020 20:37:28 -0700 (PDT), Thomas RUX <xxxxxx@comcast.net> >> wrote: >> >> >> >Your are correct that there is only one design that does not use L-Hyd, >> >which does seem to indicate that it is either Ancient Tech or perhaps the >> >sophonts that built it did not get the memo that L-Hyd had to be used. >> >> Well, that design does have the additional deficiency that you're not going >> to be able to jump in, take bearings on your next destination, tank up at >> the starport, and jump out, all in a single day or so; the charge rate is >> low enough that you're gonna have a few days to do a spacewalkaround, check >> for damage, possibly _repair_ some of that damage, decide whether your next >> jump should be done with the J2 or the J3 and move the pod with the correct >> drive to center-aft on the main hull, instead of stuck out on the pylon, >> etc.... >> >> >The Express Boat is also canon which does not have a power plant to charge >> >the jump drive either, unless the power plant is built into the jump drive. >> >> I believe that it is canon that the Jump Drive does not operate of the >> ship's power plant; it contains its own power plant (the BHHR in my >> thread-starting handwave) for sucking up the jump fuel and initiating jump. >> >> >> ®Traveller is a registered trademark of >> Far Future Enterprises, 1977-2020. Use of >> the trademark in this notice and in the >> referenced materials is not intended to >> infringe or devalue the trademark. >> >> -- >> Jeff Zeitlin, Editor >> Freelance Traveller >> The Electronic Fan-Supported Traveller® Resource >> xxxxxx@freelancetraveller.com >> http://www.freelancetraveller.com >> >> Freelance Traveller extends its thanks to the following >> enterprises for hosting services: >> >> onCloud/CyberWeb Enterprises (http://www.oncloud.io) >> The Traveller Downport (http://www.downport.com) >> ----- >> The Traveller Mailing List >> Archives at http://archives.simplelists.com/tml >> Report problems to xxxxxx@simplelists.com >> To unsubscribe from this list please go to >> http://archives.simplelists.com > > ----- > The Traveller Mailing List > Archives at http://archives.simplelists.com/tml > Report problems to xxxxxx@simplelists.com > To unsubscribe from this list please go to > http://www.simplelists.com/confirm.php?u=vSy3NFQJMSbZKrzPfC3XucFBsUCMtKrI