I am designing an orbital station, that's sole purpose is to act as an orbital greenhouse/food production center.
I'd planned on just filling it with biosphere tonnage, until I saw the costs in HG; "1 Power point and MCr.2/ton"
I can understand this for a ship traveling the depths of space, were one might spend half their time not even be in a universe that has light. One needs to keep the grow lamps on, and the air circulating.
However, since this will be a station eternally in the sun, the power requirements seem overly steep. As do the monetary costs, when you consider it's pretty much banks and banks of shelves.
I'm thinking of reducing the power requirements by a factor of 10, and halving or quartering the costs for such a station.
Does this sound reasonable, or am I going too far?
I will use a distillation of any comments as my new canon...
I'd planned on just filling it with biosphere tonnage, until I saw the costs in HG; "1 Power point and MCr.2/ton"
I can understand this for a ship traveling the depths of space, were one might spend half their time not even be in a universe that has light. One needs to keep the grow lamps on, and the air circulating.
However, since this will be a station eternally in the sun, the power requirements seem overly steep. As do the monetary costs, when you consider it's pretty much banks and banks of shelves.
I'm thinking of reducing the power requirements by a factor of 10, and halving or quartering the costs for such a station.
Does this sound reasonable, or am I going too far?
I will use a distillation of any comments as my new canon...