Hello again Rupert,

At some point I might get my act together

> Going back to the original question about the Gazelle, at
> 300/400 Dtons and looking at the tables for drives (I'm using /The Traveller Book/, so the results might be different with other
> editions)the results might be different with other editions), a
> 300 DTon hull isn't listed and so uses the same size drives as a
> the next bigger - the 400 DTon hull. Thus to get a J5 at 300
> DTons we need a 'K' Jump Drive and Power Plant, also enough to
> give J5 at the full 400 DTons. However, the rules for fuel
> consumption use actual hull size, and say that 300 DT and J5
> needs 0.1 x 300 x 5 = 150 DTons, while 400 DT and J4 requires
> 0.1 x 400 x 4 = 160 DTons. Thus with 100 DT drop tanks and 60
> DTons of onboard jump fuel the Gazelle can do J4 with tanks, J5
> with the tanks' fuel but jettisoning the tanks (with 10 DT left
> over), and J2 from internal fuel with no tanks.

The CT Supplement 7 Gazelle Close Escort uses a 300 ton hull fitted with a jump-5, maneuver-5, power plant 7 and fuel tankage of 81 tons of fuel. Sixty tons of the fuel tankage is allocated for a 2 parsec jump using the J5 drive.