Singularity Errata

[WHULorigan]

Personally I stick with the next generation of FTL being basd on the misjump potential of the "quantum1" jump drive, 36 parsecs.

So the "quantum2" ftl drive is capable of 36xJno. so 36, 72 all the way up to 216. I also quite like the heronymous nexus raising one jump drive to the power of another, this should max out at 6⁶ or 46,656.

Shouldn't that be "quantum3 / Skip", and "quantum2 / Hop" be 6, 12, 18, 24, 30, 36?

Or do you allow the standard "quantum1 / Jump" the potential to reach controlled J36 with high enough TL? Perhaps the reason Imperial researchers are having difficulty seeing past J6 @ TL15 is that there are sub-level regimes to the energy levels:

TL
16 -- (Early J7)
17 J7-9
18 J10-12
19 J13-15
20 J16-18

21 -- (Early J19)
22 J19-24
23 J25-30
24 J30-36

Of the two hops I prefer the Mongoose iteration,

I am ambivalent. I like things about both the MgT & T5 versions.

but the prototype and experimental TLs should have disadvantages in addition to increased cost.

 

[Sigtrygg]

Any jump drive 1 to 6 misjumps 1d6 x 1d6, so a maximum of 36 parsecs regardless of its actual TL and jump number. I call this quantum 1.

A jump 1 drive using 10% fuel has the same misjump potential range as a jump 6 drive using 60% fuel.

Quantum 2 has a base drive of 1-36 parsecs, the same as any quantum 1 drive misjump potential, multipled by the new jump number that increases fuel consumption and maximum jump range in multiples of 36 parsecs.

 

[WHULorigan]

Any jump drive 1 to 6 misjumps 1d6 x 1d6, so a maximum of 36 parsecs regardless of its actual TL and jump number. I call this quantum 1.

A jump 1 drive using 10% fuel has the same misjump potential range as a jump 6 drive using 60% fuel.

Quantum 2 has a base drive of 1-36 parsecs, the same as any quantum 1 drive misjump potential, multipled by the new jump number that increases fuel consumption and maximum jump range in multiples of 36 parsecs.

Perhaps you could tie this in with the potentiator nexus concept.

All drives can already employ basic additive nexi to sum the drive potentials of linked smaller drives together.

The Hieronymous Nexus is an Exponential Potentiator of unspecified ultra tech TL.


Perhaps the quantum levels you note above are actually achieved by a multiplicative nexus or potentiator, allowing drives to be linked together multiplicatively (let's say it is a baseline TL16 or 17 device). Drives are J1-6, a tandem (dual) x2 multi-nexus expands that range 1-36.

The breakthrough for higher quanta occurs with special Hyperjump Governors moderating energy usage for the Hop/Skip/Leap, etc, coupled to a triple (or higher) multi-nexus on the J1-6.

Hop Governor = Energy/36; with x3 multinexus
Skip Governor = Energy/216; with x4 multinexus
Leap Governor = Energy/1296; with x5 multinexus
Bound Governor = Energy/7776; with x6 multinexus
Vault Governor = Energy/46656; with x7 multinexus

That technology then ultimately leads to the Hieronymous configuration.