Annic Nova in MgT

[mike wightman]

Which is pretty much my point...

even in MT the rules for the black globe state that a ship can have energy in its energy sinks (part of the jump drive) but still needs the jump fuel to jump - which makes it pretty obvious that the fast burning bit of the jump drive still needs to generate its jump potential energy.

 

[GypsyComet]

The ZS Vilani obviously mingled the two, as strongly implied by the tradition of Jump Dimming. The Terrans didn't, or moved past that degree of interdependence as soon as the tech would allow it. As such, I think CT's letter drives are interconnected, while HGs drives are not. It helps explain the volume differences. Bringing the idea forward to MGT, I think MGTs drives are *not* interconnected or are connected minimally, such as using the PP as the "starter" for the JD's internal power.