Re: [TML] FFS Fusion Gun Kurt Feltenberger 02 Jul 2015 19:42 UTC

On 7/2/2015 8:56 AM, Grimmund wrote:
>> > From Episode S1E1, "33", that the fleet has made 237 jumps since leaving the
>> >Colonies, each being 33 minutes apart over the span of about a week.  This
>> >points to either an extreme level of fuel efficiency for FTL travel and
>> >sublight travel, or that the fuel contains a level of energy that is several
>> >orders of magnitude greater than anything we have "today".
>   Or that the mysterious FTL drive they use simply does not require a
> lot of power to teleport them all over creation.
>
> I mean, the small craft can teleport, too.

It isn't mysterious at all; it creates a wormhole and essentially
bridges the gap between two locations.  As for how much power it uses,
that's never really specified.  It could require a minimal amount of
power or the tylium fuel could simply be so energetic that it puts to
shame anything in the Traveller universe.

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