Re: GZGL FT Fast FTL drives.

Andrew & Alex <Al.Bri@xtra.co.nz> wrote:

>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?

This doesn't work for me.

The limiting factors for jumps are not engine recharge times, but crew
recovery, positional pinpointing, and new jump calculations (FB pg. 44)

The extra engines are usefull as backups, and you might be able to get a
LITTLE faster with 2 engines working in concert, but generally other
factors eclipse engine performance.

Schoon