RE: GZGL FT Fast FTL drives.

It would certainly make sense for a fast courier.  The only problem
would be the drastic effects upon any crew that 4-16 jumps per day would
have.  
This seems like a good use for robotic/AI control.  Computer programs
jump, shuts down, jumps, reboots, programs next jump & repeats the
process.  It would still be limited to a jump every 1 to 1 1/2 hours
(from the background data in FTFB, it takes time before the computer
core can safely reboot.)
As long as the power holds out, it could cover 40 LY in 50-60 hours (3-4
correction jumps at each end, 2 LY/jump using military jump drive).  I
think this would probably burn out the courier drives, requiring an
overhaul at the end of the trip.  This is still an improvement on the
4-5 weeks a normal vessel would take. 

Eg.
AI Courier Drone (62 pts)
Mass: 20
Hull: Very Weak (2)
FTL: 4 x Std
Main Drive: 8
Damage Track: [o/*]
Crew: AI 
Backup computer & message storage (1m/3pts)
PDS (asteroid/meteorite defence)

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-----Original Message-----
From:	Andrew & Alex [SMTP:Al.Bri@xtra.co.nz]
Colin Nash wrote:
>If you had a hull with - say - 4 seperate FTL drives & a couple of
>thousand gigabytes of memory on board it could jump between
>systems 4 times as fast as normal ships...
    What do people think of this being a reasonable addition to the FB
design system? Each doubling of FTL drive capacity and points cost,
allows
double FTL speed. Is it OK?

Andrew Martin