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  Engines!

These move ships through normal space at a speed of up to 190 light years per cycle. They also provide the ship with power.

 

Engine Data:


MaxV vCK vC/2-K vC/4-K E Hard
N20 Fusion Drive 13 34 9 1 1 80
N30 Fusion Drive 15 35 10 1 1 85
Lasno-1 Ion Drive 20 20 19 18 2 33
Lasno-2 Ion Drive 20 15 14 13 3 35
R50 Mega-Fusion 15 37 7 1 10 90
I-17 Impulse 40 67 25 9 5 50
I-20 Impulse 45 70 28 10 6 50
I-25 Impulse 50 73 30 10 7 50
Electrogravitic 40 15 10 5 1 10
Turbo Thruster 80 90 10 3 35 105
Tylium Thruster 105 110 10 1 45 150
Energy Conversion 50 12 6 3 1 20
Scalar Wave Thruster 40 10 7 3 8 70
Lazar Drive 30 3 3 3 1 55
FTL-1 Warp Drive 90 50 20 3 16 80
FTL-2 Warp Drive 100 45 17 3 17 80
FTL-3 Warp Drive 105 40 15 3 18 80
FTL-4 Warp Drive 110 40 10 3 20 90
FTL-5 Warp Drive 120 50 25 15 30 45
Transwarp Drive 190 50 20 10 40 40
  • MaxV = Maximum Speed
  • vC-K = Fuel Burn to move 1000 kt of ship at maximum speed a distance of 100 ly
  • vC/2 - K = Fuel Burn to move 1000 kt of ship at one half maximum speed a distance of 100 ly
  • vC/4 - K = Fuel Burn to move 1000 kt of ship at one quarter maximum speed a distance of 100 ly
  • E = Energy output produced by one engine (For use by weapon systems)
  • Hard = Hardness of the engine (Resistance to damage)

Costs:


Tech Cost of Tech Cost Duranium Tritanium Molybdenum
N20 Fusion Drive 1 100 1 30 0 0
N30 Fusion Drive 2 150 4 30 0 0
Lasno-1 Ion Drive 3 300 20 25 5 0
Lasno-2 Ion Drive 4 200 25 25 5 0
R50 Mega-Fusion 5 200 50 30 0 0
I-17 Impulse 6 700 28 15 10 5
I-20 Impulse 7 500 31 15 10 5
I-25 Impulse 8 490 35 15 10 5
Electrogravitic 9 1800 95 15 15 0
Turbo Thruster 10 2900 310 2 27 1
Tylium Thruster 11 1000 480 1 28 1
Energy Conversion 12 190 75 2 0 28
Scalar Wave Thruster 13 140 60 30 0 0
Lazar Drive 14 100 10 10 19 1
FTL-1 Warp Drive 15 5800 281 7 5 17
FTL-2 Warp Drive 16 2200 285 7 5 17
FTL-3 Warp Drive 17 2230 290 7 5 17
FTL-4 Warp Drive 18 2240 300 7 5 17
FTL-5 Warp Drive 19 2500 320 1 1 28
Transwarp Drive 20 5500 500 5 5 20