In the MT Ref's Manual it lists the power consumption rates for Manuever
Drives and Weapons in terms of what? Mw? Kw? Watts? I designed a real
cool 500 ton Pirate ship only to discover that it required over 800,000
watts of power!!!! I immediately thought the computer had screwed up the
number... (People never screw up, it's those damn computers!)
If it were Kw, it would make more sense in places, of course a single watt
to launch a missle does not seem right.
Ex. 500 ton ship Manuever 3g = 40 thruster units at 70 Mw of power per
thruster = 2800 Mw... Now a tech level 15 power plant produces 6 Mwatts
of power for every Kliter. That leave us with 466 Kl or 34 tons...
Now wait a minute..........
Never mind I see..... Problem in my calcs. Multiplying by kl of
manuever drive instead of thruster unit... Whew. I didn't think
that 37,000 Mw would be necessary to push a 500 ton ship at 3g!
Sorry for wasting your time....!!!
- - -- Toucan