Hello all,

While bouncing between the 1977 and 1981 printing I noticed that there is a difference between 1977 Maximum Dive Potential Table page 10 and the 1981 Drive Potential Table on page 22. In the 1977 printing a 400 ton hull's first drive letter is Type-C and in 1981 the first drive letter is Type-B. A 1977 600 ton hull starts with Type-D and in 1981 it is Type-C. An 800 ton in 1977 is Type-F with the 1981 copy it starts with Type-D. An 1,000 ton hull in 1977 starts at Type-H while in 1981 the potential starts at Type-E. A 2,000 to hull in 1977 starts at Type-K and in 1981 with Type-J. Finally the 5,000 ton in 1977 starts at Type-Y and in 1981 the potential starts at Type-W.

I have also not been able to figure out how to take a Drive Letter with a lower potential from a larger hull to a smaller hull and get the maximum drive potential.

From both 1977 and 1981 my understanding is as follows:

Potential 1 = J1, M1, P1

Potential 2 = J1, J2, M1, M2, P1, P2

Potential 3 = J1, J2, J3, M1, M2, M3, P1, P2, P3

Potential 4 = J1, J2, J3, J4, M1, M2, M3, M4, P1, P2, P3, P4

Potential 5 = J1, J2, J3, J4, J5, M1, M2, M3, M4, M5, P1, P2, P3, P4, P5

Potential 6 = J1, J2, J3, J4, J5, J6, M1, M2, M3, M4, M5, M6, P1, P2, P3, P4, P5, P6.

Per the Drive Potential Tables a 100-ton hull with a Type-D unit that can have maximum potential of a jump of 6 parsecs, maneuver at 6-G, with a power plant of 6. Moving the J6, M6, P6 drive to a 200 ton hull the maximum potential is J3, M3, and P3.

Installing a Type-D with a maximum potential of J3, M3, P3 on a 200-ton and moving the drive to 100 ton hull would still be J3, M3, and P3.

Tom Rux