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Old 05-22-2021, 09:26 PM   #5
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Default Re: Jump Distance

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Originally Posted by madhopper50 View Post
Thanks! So a J1 ship must carry enough fuel to jump to a star system greater than one parsec.
The only ways a J1 ship can travel to a system more than one parsec away are to:
A) Make one parsec jumps to systems in between, refueling at each system along the way (each system can only be one parsec apart with this method), or:
B) to mount extra fuel tanks (at the cost of cargo space), make a 1 parsec jump, refuel from that tank, and then make another 1 parsec jump to the destination. It is rarely viable to do this unless you have a lot of cargo space you don't mind wasting in this way.

Also keep in mind that no matter what the jump rating of your drive, it always takes roughly 1 week per jump. It doesn't matter if you have a J1 drive and only jump 2 AU within a system or the 1 parsec maximum that drive can jump. If you have a J6 drive, it still takes roughly one week to jump 6 parsecs, or one parsec, or anywhere in between.

So it can, long term, be far more viable to get a ship with J2.

So if you mount extra tanks in place of cargo, and you make 2 J1 jumps (most ships won't have enough cargo space for much more than one extra jump), it will take you roughly two weeks plus time to transfer fuel from the spare tanks to the main tanks.
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