Hyperspace for dummies

[MrBackman]

Originally Posted by Apache

And according to the latest version of Traveller (Mongoose...is this the T5 you were referring to, Hans?) the jump fuel is used as an ablative shield of sorts, to protect the ship while it is in Jumpspace.

Also specified in MongTrav, is Jump masking (details are given) and the fact that you need a power plant of the same rating (or higher) to power the Jump drive.

If jumpfuel is really consumed during the entire jump, how can one explain drop tanks?