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Old 12-29-2017, 04:03 PM   #5
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Default Re: Accumulators: A concept for GURPS Spaceships

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Originally Posted by starslayer View Post
If the reactor can be turned on and off at will (which is not the case for any current atomic reactor), then it will have no problem turning down to enter 'stealth mode' and only providing the bare requirements for life-support and the cloaking device while reducing its emissions to near-nil in the process (unless the stealth system is particularly hungry, but then you go back to the stored energy releasing so much gauss and EM that its a beacon in and of itself)
I'm assuming that a reactor takes time to power up, so Instant On is very valuable.
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