Hyperspace for dummies

[MrBackman]

Originally posted by Werekoala
I assumed the fuel was consumed pre-jump to charge capacitors that were then discharged to activate the jump drive in one energetic burst, so I come down on the "no fuel in jumpspace" side I guess. It would also (kinda) help explain the Jump Dimming tradition, if you go with the "we need all our energy output at the moment of jump" crowd.

That would mean that jumpdrives are insanely powerful fusion reactors and one wonders why the Navy doesn't use them to power their weaponry for short bursts? A fusion drive consume 1% per week EP (250 MW in the official Traveller universe) per 100 dTon. A jumpdrive consume 10% in less than an hour.

You are probably right about the real world origin of the jump dimming idea.