VASIMR plasma drive in GURPS...

[Fred Brackin]

Originally Posted by Ulzgoroth

So, do we think a power point is somehow hundreds of watts/kg, or do we think that ion drives run on magic pixie dust?

That's obviously where the bright white glow in Star Wars "ion drives" comes from. :)

To the OP, any proposed Real World drive that boasts of its' (potential) performance is comparing itself to earlier RW proposals that were eventually abandoned as impractical, not fictional drives.