Tuesday, January 18, 2011

The Barnes-Gutierrez Hyperspace Engine

The Barnes-Gutierrez Hyperspace Engine is an engine which can function in two operational modes, depending upon how it is configured. In its standard mode it acts as a gravity drive. That is it is capable of directly transferring energy into thrust. B/G Engines in gravity drive mode can be built quite small, small enough to power bullets. In its hypershunt mode it is capable of shunting a specific amount of mass into subspace. While in hyperspace the relative faster than light speed of a B/G equipped ship is 1 light year per hour irregardless of the amount of mass the engine has shunted into subspace, times the subspace quality factor, modified by the Navigation Skill Modifier.  The first factor is a function of the existing subspace superstructure. These Quality factors are:

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