GURPS Spaceships Power Plants

[Ulzgoroth]

Originally Posted by Fred Brackin

Just being thorough, but Exploding Power Cells applies before TL11.

It does, but I would not assume that the REF and the total energy content of the power cell necessarily move identically. Batteries don't explode very well even for their energy content, but hypothetical high-density energy storage options can be much more volatile. The factors of 4 in REF from TL 9 to 10 to 11 run well ahead of the factor-of-two performance improvements.

Originally Posted by Fred Brackin

As an observation, 4e's numberphobia for UT devices can be a real pain in the but sometimes. 3e really was clearer on this sort of thing.

I never saw 3e, but I agree wholeheartedly with the first part.