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Re: Best way to make a -F IS Tue, 25 September 2007 22:12 Go to previous messageGo to previous message
Soobie

 
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Captain Maim wrote on Wed, 26 September 2007 02:35

I'm testing a race that uses far right extreme radiation. The center of the hab is 84mR. I've noticed that the radiating hydro ramscoop only kills a very small percentage, like around 1% or so of my population in transit. And with something like ~9% growth it's easily overcome and not a significant problem.

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2) Does that engine's kill rate increase as the center rad hab gets lower? Cause I've seen it signifcantly higher when I had habs far further from 85mR center. My guess is for every % lower the rad center is, it adds that much to the kill rate, but I'm not sure if there's a cap or not. My guess is it caps out at 80% if that's so. (10mR - 85mR = -75mR = -75% growth.) I'll have to test that but it seems about right I think.



Ran a quick test with a JoaT -

1) 20click rad, fully left shifted, median hab tolerance 10 milliRads. Move 100,000 pop with a LF with radram. 38,000 pop die.

2) Same JoaT, rad 20 clicks wide, right shifted to 70~90mR (80mR median), 100,000 pop moved. 3,000 pop die in transit.

3) Same Joat - 84mR median. 100,000 pop moved, 1,000 pop die.

No matter what tolderance you use, minimum death is 100 col so eventually all cols die.

Interesting, but since I don't use radram in fleets with cols, I've never noticed. Someone else can work out the formula Smile

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The center of the hab is 84mR. I've noticed that the radiating hydro ramscoop only kills a very small percentage, like around 1% or so of my population in transit. And with something like ~9% growth it's easily overcome and not a significant problem.

Since you don't have IFE, have you considered running to con8 fast (<2410) and using a couple of LFs (and an FT if absolutely necessary - maybe 1 or 2 max) with QJ5 while you run for prop (I tend to put a Coloniser module on a QJ5 LF, if I make any at all). If you simply can't stand doing the fuel consumption calculations of QJ5, have you considered using AD8? Another alternative that springs to mi
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