AntiMatter Fuel Availability

A thread of 2 messages, 23 January 1992 to 25 January 1992, in the order they were sent.

#3538 AntiMatter Fuel Availability

Stuart Willard Daniel · 23 January 1992

I've been toying with a design for a ship using an experimental
TL17 antimatter power plant, and I was wondering about just how
such a ship would go about getting refueled. Essentially, I would
just like to get people's opinions on how easy it would be to either
make or obtain the "fuel pods" necessary for such a power plant.

On a related note, does anyone consider the TL17-21 jump drives to
be using antimatter fuel? Their fuel requirements do not drop as
drastically as those for the power plants ( at least at TL17).

Thanks!

stuartd

#3558 Re: Antimatter Fuel Availability

Timothy Soholt · 25 January 1992 · reply to #3538

I'd think that for an experimental antimatter-powered ship, the folks who
built the ship would have to specially build an antimatter-creation apparatus
to supply the ship. Unless, of course, they're getting the stuff from some
sort of natural source (maybe a tap "through" jumpspace to the "other side"?).