Date: Thu, 07 Mar 1996 08:43:44 +0100 (MET)
From: URBAN LUNDQVIST <ULU0405@student.tt.luth.se>
Subject: (Fwd) Re: Fuel
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From: "URBAN LUNDQVIST" <BEBOP/ULU0405>
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To: "URBAN LUNDQVIST" <BEBOP/ULU0405>
Date: Thu, 7 Mar 1996 08:41:21 MET DST
Subject: Re: Fuel

Alright, here is my latest attempt for fuel rules: By using 
the first edition rules from GG6 and modifying them to suit 
me, I got this result:

        ** FUEL CONSUMPTION TABLE **
TASK                            FUEL CONSUMED
Entering Hyperspace             1 Cell
6 hours in Hyperspace           1 Cell
Day of RealSpace ops.           1 Cell
Ten Minutes of Combat Maneuvers 1 Cell
Hour of Atmospheric Flight      1 Cell
Take-off from planet            1 Cell
Land on Planet                  1 Cell


        ** AVAILABLE FUEL CELL TYPES **
FUEL CELL  WEIGHT  COST  AVAILABILITY  TYPE
Mark I     200 Kg  50 Cr      2        Very Old Civilian 
Mark II    150 Kg  250 Cr     1        Old Civilian 
Mark III    75 Kg  1500 Cr   2, X      Old Military 
Mark IV    100 Kg  500 Cr     1        Standard Civilian 
Mark V      50 Kg  2000 Cr   3, X      Standard Military 
Mark VI     10 Kg  15000 Cr  4, X      Advanced Military

Note: These fuel cells are made for starfighter-scale
starships.


        ** NUMBER OF FUEL CELLS CARRIED **
STARFIGHTERS
Take the consumables rating, convert it into days and divide
it with twelve to get the number of fuel cells carried. 
A starfighter is designed to use only military fuel cells, and
it would be difficult to use civilian fuel cells instead of
military.

        Example 1; X-Wing: 5 * 24 / 12 = 10 fuel cells 
        Example 2; Longprobe Y-Wing: 15 * 24 / 12 = 30 fuel cells 
        Example 3; TIE Interceptor: 2 * 24 / 12 = 4 fuel cells

LIGHT FREIGHTERS
Most stock light freighters have 50 fuel cells, but the
actual number depends upon class, so there is no fixed rule.
A light freighter is designed to use only civilian fuel cells, 
but can easily be modified to use military grade fuel cells.

Guideline:
YT1300  50 cells = 300h in hyper. 70 days of consumables 
ZH-10   35 cells = 210h in hyper. 70 days of consumables 
ZH-25   75 cells = 450h in hyper. 105 days of consumables 
Helix   80 cells = 480h in hyper. 20 days of consumables


        ** RECHARGING FUEL CELLS **
CHARGING RATE, STARPORT                 COST PER CELL
Trickle         (1 cell/day)               5 Cr
Standard        (1 cell/hour)              10 Cr
Fast            (5 cells/hour)             50 Cr
Emergency       (20 cells/hour)            Varies*

* They're not actually recharging the cells: they're
replacing the depleted cells with previously-charged cells
of the same model.

Note: Military starports double all recharging rates, but
the cost is tripled.

CHARGING RATE, FUEL SCOOP       WEIGHT  COST   AVAILABILITY 
Small Size    (1 cell/hour)     10 Ton  10000 Cr     1 
Standard Size (5 cells/hour)    15 Ton  15000 Cr     2 
Large Size    (10 cells/hour)   20 Ton  20000 Cr     2

CHARGING RATE, SOLID FUEL CONVERTERS    WEIGHT  COST  AVAIL 
Depends upon energy content of material 5 Ton  8000 Cr  2 
Guideline: 1 cell/Kg metal or 0.1 cell/Kg wood

CHARGING RATE, SOLAR CONVERTERS  WEIGHT  COST   AVAILABILITY 
Small Sails     (30/90 days)      5 Ton  6000 Cr      2 
Standard Sails  (15/45 days)     10 Ton  12000 Cr     2 
Large Sails     (5/15 days)      15 Ton  18000 Cr     3 
Note: (15/45 days) means it takes 15 days in-system, 30 days 
out-system, to fully recharge all of the ships fuel cells.

CHARGING RATE, INFLIGHT REFUELING  WEIGHT  COST   AVAILABILITY 
Retractable Probe  (5 cells/hour)  200 Kg  1500 Cr     2, X 
Fixed Probe        (5 cells/hour)  150 Kg  1000 Cr     2, X 
Fuel Receptacle    (10 cells/hour) 100 Kg  3000 Cr     2, X


Any takers?

Wing Commander Luna
Urban Lundqvist <ulu0405@student.tt.luth.se>