On 04/18/2016 10:35 AM, Travis Watkins wrote: > Forgive me if I was not clear, but what would the impact be on the power > systems of the ship holding the escape pods? > Would escape pod power supplies pretty much always be too trivial to make > the additional wiring cost-effective, or is using power supplies of docked > escape pods as a backup/supplement a viable cost-saving approach?
An RTG isn't a battery. It can't be recharged. It produces the same amount of power all the time, whether it is being used or not. So if the RTG is producing enough power to run the escape pod there's no reason to connect it to the ship's power systems. But NOW I see that you're asking if the SHIP can take advantage of the escape pod's power. Yes, it probably could. It might make a nice emergency power supply to run life support, lighting, and basic computer services. I don't think that the wiring would be all that complex, because if I was designing the ship I'd already have wiring running to each escape pod for data connections. So that I could self-test the pods, program their computer systems and launch them remotely. Adding power lines is probably not that much extra work. _______________________________________________ GurpsNet-L mailing list <[email protected]> http://mail.sjgames.com/mailman/listinfo/gurpsnet-l
