GURPS BattleTech, working out heatsinks and the effects of heat buildup

[Fred Brackin]

Originally Posted by Mark Skarr

The Techmanual has this to say:

Ah, that's.......remarkably disconnected from science as I understand it. I think I'll ignore it.

The bit about He3 reactions being dirty particularly stands out. The part about refuelling in the field is a more common mistake. I did the numbers for a Traveller starship once and got a fuel consumption number measred in liters per year.