On Thu, Feb 11, 2016 at 3:13 PM,  <xxxxxx@comcast.net> wrote:
> Hello Jeffery Schwartz,
>
> Note I have pulled out what are the key bits of information and tried to
> quote the material used exactly.
>
> In the 1977 CT LBB 2 Starships 1977 The Engineering Section pp. 11-12: "Each
> starship is fitted with a power plant (to provide internal power and power
> the maneuver drive), a maneuver drive (for interplanetary travel), and a
> jump drive (for interstellar jumps). The installed power plant must be of a
> letter type at least equal to the drive letter of the installed maneuver
> drive (the power plant letter may be higher than the maneuver drive
> letter)."

But the power plant doesn't need to exceed the J-Drive...

>
>
> Pulling all the material from 1979 to 1985 together my idea is now that the
> jump drive is not a specialized fusion power plant, but I have no clue other
> than the guts have capacitors, coils, and other stuff not described.
>
> Of course my idea is probably out to lunch, but it is my best shot to date.
>

And I think "to date" is the key words ...

I tend to pull from MegaT as my base. In those, it says the J-Drive
has its own reactor.

Although, I just checked the T5 rules. Coming from Miller his
own-self, that would seem to be pretty darn canon...

...and You're right, by those, and I'm wrong.

T5 gets explicit on the whole thing, and says it draws from the ship's
power plant.

I yield the point, sir.