On 10 Jul 2006 at 22:32, DED wrote:
> What would be a reasonable power load (in terms of Megajoules) for a
> laser mounted on a far trader built before the Rebellion?
The turret lasers range from 100-150 MJ, IIRC. Decent ones are 120-150
MJ, and fire 10 times per 30-minute turn, and if they're gravitic
focussed they have a 20% efficiency. Thus they consume 6000-7500 MJ per
30 minutes, which is to say they draw 3.333 - 4.167 MW (plus some small
amount for the beam pointer, etc.). If they are over-powered to fire 50
or 100 pulses per turn they'll draw 5 or 10 times that. Allowing 5MW
per socket should be plenty (and means gung-ho players who want more
firepower will have to decide between rate of fire and having
acceleration).
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Rupert Boleyn <>
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