On 7/2/2015 5:04 PM, Grimmund wrote: > I am reasonably condfident that at some point in the series, something > used FTL with the sublight drives out, damaged, etc. > > Presumably, it's pretty low-power. I do not recall anything required > beyond spooling up the FTL (whatever that means; to me it suggests > some sort of moving parts) and pushing the GO button. The moving parts, at least on a battlestar, can be rather massive. It's almost like a flywheel or capacitor that they have to spin up to build up enough energy that they can expend in one burst. > If it fits on small craft, it cant be terribly massive. It scales to the ship, IIRC. > Of course, they appear to have magic sublight drives, too, so what the heck. And Traveller doesn't? ;-) -- Kurt Feltenberger xxxxxx@thepaw.org/xxxxxx@yahoo.com “Before today, I was scared to live, after today, I'm scared I'm not living enough." - Me
