[Magesmiley]

This is a spinoff thread prompted by the rocket boosters comments in the Combat Garage thread and what/how they can be configured.

After rescanning the UACFH entry, this is my take.

You can buy rocket boosters in 10 lb. increments, costing $50 per 10 lbs.

You can buy multiple rocket boosters, with each separate one taking one space and having 1 DP per 100 lbs. of booster.

You can also configure individual rocket boosters to:
A. Be configured as smaller rockets so that you could fire it in multiple bursts
B. Be configured to fire for multiple turns.

So, what does this all mean?

You've really got two options if you want to have multiple acceleration boosts from rocket boosters. You can either stuff them all into a single booster (minimizing the space cost) or break them into separate boosters (more spaces, but possibly more overall DP, plus redundancy - one shot won't get all the boosters).

For example... a 6000 lb. luxury requires 60 lbs. of rockets to accelerate 10 mph. If you wanted to have 3 separate 10 mph boosts you have three configuration options:
1. One rocket booster configured as 3 smaller boosters ($900, 180lbs., 2 spaces, 2 DP).
2. Three separate boosters ($300, 60 lbs., 1 space, 1 DP each, for a total of $900, 180 lbs., and 3 spaces)
3. Two boosters, one with a single 10 mph boost and the other with two 10 mph boosts (one for $300, 60 lbs., 1 space, 1 DP and one for $600, 120 lbs., 2 spaces, and 2 DP, for a total of $900, 180 lbs., and 3 spaces)

Multiple turn boosters are pretty straightforward, essentially just double (or triple, quadruple, etc.) the lbs. of booster for a particular speed burst and it continues accelerating on the same phase on the following turn (or turns)with no additional firing action required.

One item that isn't clear is in regards to item A - if you want to link the booster to other items, do you need a separate link for each "smaller rocket" or do they just fire in order off the main rocket booster. Personally I think that it is clearest if you treat each smaller rocket as if it was a separate one for everything except DP and spaces. Things get kind of muddy otherwise.

That's how I read and interpret things. Any other takes or interpretations?