Accumulators: A concept for GURPS Spaceships

[Ulzgoroth]

Originally Posted by YankeeGamer

entering hyperspace when hyperspace needs 5 power points and a reactor has one, but only need those 5 power points for a moment...

This is the kind of thing that, at Spaceships resolution, is most likely just an integral part of the hyperdrive. Just as many weapons likely incorporate on-mount capacitors to translate between steady reactor power in and intense spike power needed for firing, below the resolution of the system.