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.

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