Accumulators: A concept for GURPS Spaceships

YankeeGamer · 12-29-2017, 04:26 PM

I was trying to keep it simple, without needing to distinguish between types of storage. (Call it ultra-tech equipment.)

Using the Accumulators to fire won't be stealthy, but they have no emissions until the gun is fired, keeping the emissions low until that first blast from a spinal gun. Reactors will radiate when idling, as long as something is reacting--they don't really have an "instant on" function.

They're still useful for a hyperdrive that needs a massive jolt to enter hyperspace, or ships that don't usually need lots of power, but when they need it they need it NOW, or need LOTS for a few minutes.

I'm sure that cloaking will be much more effective if there's no reactor running, too.

12-29-2017, 04:26 PM	#3
YankeeGamer Join Date: Dec 2017	Re: Accumulators: A concept for GURPS Spaceships I was trying to keep it simple, without needing to distinguish between types of storage. (Call it ultra-tech equipment.) Using the Accumulators to fire won't be stealthy, but they have no emissions until the gun is fired, keeping the emissions low until that first blast from a spinal gun. Reactors will radiate when idling, as long as something is reacting--they don't really have an "instant on" function. They're still useful for a hyperdrive that needs a massive jolt to enter hyperspace, or ships that don't usually need lots of power, but when they need it they need it NOW, or need LOTS for a few minutes. I'm sure that cloaking will be much more effective if there's no reactor running, too.