Difference between revisions of "Engine"

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Description

An engine is an absolute necessity for any ship that wishes to travel faster than 1km/s. The top speed of a ship is given by

  Power / Size * 1000 km/s

Any number of engines can be mounted on a ship. Engines with 0.5 or less power modifier and with size larger than 25 HS are classified commercial.

Usage

Speed is one of the most important aspects of a ship. Superior speed means higher capacity per time for cargo ships, and a battle fleet with higher speed has a significant advantage, able to dictate the range of the engagement, intercept the other force, or can disengage a hostile force. All engines use fuel to operate, limiting cruising range, with high powered engines consuming more. Engines create a thermal signature, one that can be detected by Thermal Sensors, so having high-powered or many engines on a spy ship is not advisable. By dropping your ships speed, or by designing engines with Thermal Reduction, yo can reduce the size of your ships thermal signature.

Components

Engine Technology

Engine Technology
Technology	Conventional	Nuclear Thermal	Nuclear Pulse	Ion	Magneto-Plasma	Internal Confinement Fusion	Magnetic Confinement Fusion	Inertial Confinement Fusion	Solid-core Anti-matter	Gas-core Anti-matter	Plasma-core Anti-matter	Beam Core Anti-matter	Photonic
Power per HS	0.2	5	8	12	16	20	25	32	40	50	60	80	100
RP cost	-	2,500	5,000	10,000	20,000	40,000	80,000	150,000	300,000	600,000	1,250,000	2,500,000	5,000,000

Power/Efficiency

Power Modifier
Modifier	0.1	0.15	0.2	0.25	0.3	0.4	0.5	1	1.25	1.5	1.75	2	2.5	3
Fuel per EPH	0.00	0.01	0.02	0.03	0.05	0.1	0.18	1	1.75	2.76	4.05	5.66	9.88	15.59
RP cost	30,000	15,000	8,000	4,000	2,000	1,000	-	-	1,000	2,000	4,000	8,000	15,000	30,000

Fuel Consumption

Fuel Consumption
Modifier	1	0.9	0.8	0.7	0.6	0.5	0.4	0.3	0.25	0.2	0.16	0.125	0.1
RP cost	-	1,000	2,000	4,000	8,000	15,000	30,000	60,000	120,000	250,000	500,000	1,000,000	2,000,000

Thermal Reduction

Thermal Reduction
Signature (%)	100	75	50	35	25	16	12	8	6	4	3	2	1
RP cost	-	1,500	3,000	6,000	12,000	25,000	50,000	100,000	200,000	400,000	750,000	1,500,000	2,500,000

Engine Size

Engine Size ranges between 1-50 HS. Fuel consumption is reduced by 1% per HS

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-An engine is an absolute necessity for any ship that wishes to travel faster than 1km/s. Engines are researched through the Power and Propulsion tech tree amd can be deisgned with a number of parameters. You may place more than one engine on a ship, generally increasing the ships speed.
+{{av}}
+==Description==
+An engine is an absolute necessity for any ship that wishes to travel faster than 1km/s. The top speed of a ship is given by
-Engines can either be Military or Commercial: Military engines are smaller and more compact than their commerical counterparts, but also require maintenance.
+   Power / Size * 1000 km/s
+Any number of engines can be mounted on a ship. Engines with 0.5 or less power modifier and with size larger than 25 HS are classified commercial.
+==Usage==
+Speed is one of the most important aspects of a ship. Superior speed means higher capacity per time for cargo ships, and a battle fleet with higher speed has a significant advantage, able to dictate the range of the engagement, intercept the other force, or can disengage a hostile force.
+All engines use fuel to operate, limiting cruising range, with high powered engines consuming more.
 Engines create a thermal signature, one that can be detected by [[Thermal Sensors]], so having high-powered or many engines on a spy ship is not advisable. By dropping your ships speed, or by designing engines with Thermal Reduction, yo can reduce the size of your ships thermal signature.
-An engines thrust is measured in Power Output: the higher the Output, the faster the engine can go.
+==Components==
+===Engine Technology===
+{| border="1" class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
+|+ Engine Technology
+! Technology !! Conventional !! Nuclear Thermal !! Nuclear Pulse !! Ion !! Magneto-Plasma !! Internal Confinement Fusion !! Magnetic Confinement Fusion !! Inertial Confinement Fusion !! Solid-core Anti-matter !! Gas-core Anti-matter !!Plasma-core Anti-matter !! Beam Core Anti-matter !! Photonic
+|-
+! Power per HS
+|0.2||5||8||12||16||20||25||32||40||50||60||80||100
+|-
+! RP cost
+| - ||2,500||5,000||10,000||20,000||40,000||80,000||150,000||300,000||600,000||1,250,000||2,500,000||5,000,000
+|}
+===Power/Efficiency===
+{| border="1" class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
+|+ Power Modifier
+! Modifier !! 0.1 !! 0.15 !! 0.2 !! 0.25 !! 0.3 !! 0.4 !! 0.5 !! 1 !! 1.25 !! 1.5 !! 1.75 !! 2 !! 2.5 !! 3
+|-
+! Fuel per EPH
+|0.00||0.01||0.02||0.03||0.05||0.1|| 0.18 || 1 ||1.75||2.76||4.05||5.66||9.88||15.59
+|-
+! RP cost
+|30,000||15,000||8,000||4,000||2,000||1,000|| - || - ||1,000||2,000||4,000||8,000||15,000||30,000
+|}
+===Fuel Consumption===
+{| border="1" class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
+|+ Fuel Consumption
+! Modifier !! 1 !! 0.9 !! 0.8 !! 0.7 !! 0.6 !! 0.5 !! 0.4 !! 0.3 !! 0.25 !! 0.2 !! 0.16 !! 0.125 !! 0.1
+|-
+! RP cost
+| - ||1,000||2,000||4,000||8,000||15,000||30,000||60,000||120,000||250,000||500,000||1,000,000||2,000,000
+|}
+===Thermal Reduction===
+{| border="1" class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
+|+ Thermal Reduction
+! Signature (%) !! 100 !! 75 !! 50 !! 35 !! 25 !! 16 !! 12 !! 8 !! 6 !! 4 !! 3 !! 2 !! 1
+|-
+! RP cost
+| - ||1,500||3,000||6,000||12,000||25,000||50,000||100,000||200,000||400,000||750,000||1,500,000||2,500,000
+|}
+===Engine Size===
+Engine Size ranges between 1-50 HS. Fuel consumption is reduced by 1% per HS
+{{Components}}
+[[Category:Components]]
+[[Category:Designed Systems]]

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