Questions about Spaceships

[Peter Knutsen]

Originally Posted by vierasmarius

I think multiple fuel types can be used by the same engine by RAW.

Yes, of the same anti-matter "grade". IIRC Spaceships has 4 AM-grades:

1. Uses no AM.
2. Uses a tiny amount of AM.
3. Uses a large amount of AM.
4. Uses 50% AM (Anti-Matter Pion Drive, or something).

I've forgotten exactly what type 2 and 3 are called, but you can't switch between fuel types fom one grade and another. Within grades, it ought to work fine, at least once you're past TL8.

Also, switching between high-thrust and ow-thrust... It doesn't sound reasonable to have to wait until TL11 to do that, nor to pay the full - very high - cost for Reconfigurable System. So somewhere in between. A somewhat higher cost, a cost multiplier on the drive system, and maybe +1 TL, sounds much more reasonable to me.