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Re: [TML] A small ship TU and a view of jump travel that creates it Jeff Zeitlin (13 Jul 2020 15:28 UTC)
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Re: [TML] A small ship TU and a view of jump travel that creates it Jeff Zeitlin 13 Jul 2020 15:28 UTC 
On Mon, 13 Jul 2020 00:19:12 -0400, xxxxxx@gmail.com wrote:

>Without disrupting the seeming consensus....
>
>Here's a query:
>
>Let's assume I have to fill my jump bubble with fuel, why isn't the ship's
>tonnage and/or hull type a factor in the amount of fuel required?

Because you have to make a tradeoff between playability and detailed
rationality, sometimes. Tonnage (displacement) _is_ already a factor,
remember - your fuel requirement is based on both J and T - but hull type
isn't, and you may not want to Go There. I didn't, when I wrote my handwave
on 27 June.

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