Guten tag miene herren,
Jurgen raised a point on the tech level of fuel cells. According to the errata
in the design flow charts, the fuel cells that they use are first available at
Tech Level 10.
Well, I find that fairly reasonable. The ones they have are quite efficient.
BUT, I must point out that we have had working fuel cells since TL 6! The
U.S. Mercury project, which placed a man in orbit in the
1960's used (I believe) fuel cells for power. Therefore, I have allowed the
use of fuel cells in TL 6 space vehicles.
But I would not go ahead and use them in other TL 6 vehicles. They are not
a very good approximation of how much a TL 6 fuel cell would cost or perform.
But we have nothing else in the books to replace it. If you do not feel that
is appropriate, I suggest you double the cost weight and volume of them. But
personally I would not do so.
Scott Kellogg
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