[Space] FTL Ideas/Thoughts

[Flyndaran]

Originally Posted by Fred Brackin

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Not only can rtgs run for long times but they have no moving parts or even much in the way of weakpoints in their structure. They are ideal for long term/emergency uses that don't have high power requirements.

I once gave the PCs a ship that had an RTG that was 120% of what was needed for life support when new. That meant it produced enough power for 42 years. Their ship was older than that though and the back up RTG was only capable of powering 90% of life support. :)

Only the very inefficient bottom line forms have no moving parts. Some of the more advanced versions are Stirling radioisotope generators that produce 4 times the energy of basic RTGs.
I do love bulkier petering out generators bought on the cheap for those not willing to process its purity back up.