Hello Phil,

I believe I may have found away to allow a 200 ton J-2 Type-B drive capable of moving a 100-ton hull using CT LBB 2 1977/1981 Design and Construction guidelines.

In order to fit a Type-B drive that 100 ton hull must be a custom build. CT LBB 2 1977/1981  page 13 states that "In all cases, the power plant letter must equal or exceed either the maneuver drive letter or the jump drive letter , whichever may be higher."

A Power Plant-1 Type-B is 7 tons and requires 10 tons of fuel for 4 weeks of operation. If the power plant number has to meet or exceed either the maneuver drive number or the jump drive number then the fuel load for the power plant would have to be reduced.

Tom Rux

On November 20, 2019 at 11:28 AM "Phil Pugliese - philpugliese at yahoo.com (via tml list)" <xxxxxx@simplelists.com> wrote:

 
On Wednesday, November 20, 2019, 11:22:58 AM MST, Thomas RUX <xxxxxx@comcast.net> wrote:


Hello all,

I've run into a snag when trying to swap J-drives from a larger hull to a smaller hull. A CT LBB 2 1977/1981 custom 200 ton built for a 2 parsec jump requires a Type-B drive. The description for the 200 ton would be J-2 Type-B drive.

A custom CT LBB 2 1977/1981 100 ton per the Drive Potential Table using a Jump drive Type-B can make a maximum jump of 4 parsecs or any jump combination that is 4 parsecs.

Wouldn't the 200 ton hull J-2 Type-B drive still be a J-2 Type-B drive in a 100 ton hull?

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This is one of the idiosyncrasies that I noticed way-back-when when I first compared CT LBB2 vs CT LBB5 HG.

My 'reconciliation' is that the 'standard' J-drives listed in LBB2 are manufactured in bulk at fairly Hi-TL facilities & then shipped off to various locations that might not otherwise be able to make them for themselves. 'Custom' J-drives are another story but, IMO, LBB2 is specifying an Imperium-wide standard.

Hence, TL15 items are avail almost anywhere in the 3I, & even outside, for a price & you may have to wait.

In this case, I say "Follow the book". If it says a Type(?) J-drive can send a certain hull 4 parsecs, then that's exactly what it can do.
In this case the 3I achieved J4 (&TL13) centuries ago so access to  that is commonplace.

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