Really? Gosh, that's the first I've heard of it. Maybe I missed something in my research. Where does it talk about that?
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Really? Gosh, that's the first I've heard of it. Maybe I missed something in my research. Where does it talk about that?
MasterGwydion
Emperor Mongoose
It was in an episode of the show. Kaylee says if the engine stops then they have no power and no power means no life support.
AndrewW
Emperor Mongoose
Don't forget you can also use those engines for doing a Crazy Ivan.
Gosh, yeah, out of gas. Of course. "We're dead in the water... Main life support is down on account of engine being dead... Engine don't turn, life support won't function, we don't breathe." That would certainly imply that the power supply and main engines are integrated, though presumably it doesn't only provide power while the ship is engaging in pulse-drive maneuvers.
I think, mechanically speaking, it still works okay to treat them as separate systems in a write-up so that it's clear what the tonnage, cost and output of the engine's power production components is in Traveller terms. Might get a little tricky otherwise. It would all be combined on a map though and you might maybe have some crossover when it comes to the crit tables.
MasterGwydion
Emperor Mongoose
Seems to me to be like a car engine with an alternator. Doesn't have to be providing thrust, but it has to be running.
WHULorigan
Emperor Mongoose
As I mentioned upthread, it reminds me a little bit of the T5 T-Drive or "Thruster", otherwise known as a Dean Converter. Somehow converts angular momentum from a power plant when engaged to linear momentum / thrust thru a mechanical system.
Makes my internal physicist cringe, but it fits the visual depiction on the show.
