| Re: Boosters - why DDs? |
Thu, 12 June 2014 13:07   |
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 skoormit |
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mrvan wrote on Wed, 11 June 2014 07:03skoormit wrote on Tue, 10 June 2014 20:10Calculate how much fuel is available for boosting after leaving enough for an 81ly round trip for each design.
Good point, fuel - 2x81 = boost.
However, fuel consumption in both cases is around 37% (DD: 488/700 left = 62.5%, Scout: 190/300 left = 63.3%), so the ratios don't really change.
I didn't realize they were that close, but it makes sense: the weight ratio (40:15 = 2.67) is almost the same as the fuel ratio (780:300 = 2.6).
One advantage the scout has in this case is granularity: you can get closer to building "just enough" boost capacity each year.
That's a rather fine point to whittle, but if you are trying to play against humans and you don't have IFE and you don't have a PRT that is equipped to deal with it (IT, HE, SD, maybe IS), you need to be whittling some fine points to avoid losing out in the early expansion races.
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