Fuel consumption

[Gravmonkey]

How do you calcu;ate fuel consumption? Per jump? Per hour?

 

[DFW]

How do you calcu;ate fuel consumption? Per jump? Per hour?

For what system? For jumping or other ship operations?

 

[barnest2]

Well Power-plant fuel consumption is a number of tons per two weeks, dependant on the size of the power-plant.

Jump fuel usage is 0.1 x tonnage x jump distance
So a 500 ton ship doing a 3 parsec jump would be 0.1x500x3 or 150 tons of fuel per jump

 

[Rikki Tikki Traveller]

If you are using the reaction drive, then it is 2.5% of the ship's volume per G-Hour (10 G-Turns).

Jump fuel is per jump and Power Plant fuel is per 2 weeks.

So in a Jump, you will use 1 week of PP fuel and your Jump Fuel.

Hope that helps.

 

[AndrewW]

Jump fuel is per jump and Power Plant fuel is per 2 weeks.

Going directly off the table in the Core Rulebook yes it's per 2 weeks for the power plant, but it doesn't have to in 2 week increments. High Guard small craft rules specifically covers other possibilities.

 

[locarno24]

Going directly off the table in the Core Rulebook yes it's per 2 weeks for the power plant, but it doesn't have to in 2 week increments. High Guard small craft rules specifically covers other possibilities.

Also assumes you're running a gravetic M-drive and a fusion plant - some of the alternate power sources deal with fuel differently.

 

[Rikki Tikki Traveller]

It is true that you might have to do MATH if you want to figure out how much fuel you used during a 9 day mission. The book gives you the basics and you can calculate the exact amount if you need to.

 

[zero]

Thus when my math teacher said I would need to know MATH for everyday occurances, I should have listened :lol:

Naw, seriously though, Jump fuel allocation is pretty simple as written in the Core, its when optional rules come in that you'd need to think about what you want your J-Drive and P-Plant like.