Re: (1864) Re: Random Thoughts

James,

     I like to reply to one point in your message.  You said that commercial
drives were intended to eat refined fuel, while military drives would eat
unrefined fuel.  This is a carryover from old Traveller that has no existence
in the new design rules, as far as I can tell.  What all military ships have
in the new design rules (and all commercial ships, if they're sensible) is the
fule purifier.  As big and bulky as they are under the new rules, they are
still cost effective when used on commercial ships, at least according to the
current (broken) trade rules.

Rob Dean

[Oops, my classic Traveller background is showing -- James]