[Spaceships] [High-Tech] [Action] Cydonia Or Bust, TL8

[Fred Brackin]

Originally Posted by Anthony

Original post did allow anything in Spaceships up to TL 8. Either 'ion' drives or Orion drives will allow a mission delta-V exceeding 60 km/sec with a 50% fuel fraction, which is plenty to get to Mars and back significantly faster than Hohmann transfer, though it's still going to involve months.

I have to agree. I'd just use the X-Com solution of captured alien equipment.

Some Orion or Ion drive of your own calculation might allow 60mps with 50% fuel but those numbers are twice as good as the ones in Spaceships. It's 3 mps per fuel tank for either.