Flagship Velocity Management

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Fusion Thrusters

The maximum number of Fusion Thrusters is 11 and the minimum is 0. The game begins with 2.

Number of Thrusters	Thrust shown on Outfit screen	Actual thrust	Thrust wait	Number of frames to reach top speed	Hyperspace travel speed (units/day), not counting acceleration delays
0 (minimum)	40	8	6	12	5
1	48	12	6	18	7.5
2 (default)	56	12	5	15	7.5
3	64	16	5	20	10
4	72	16	4	16	10
5	80	20	4	20	12.5
6	88	20	3	15	12.5
7	96	24	3	18	15
8	104	24	2	12	15
9	112	28	2	14	17.5
10	120	28	1	7	17.5
11 (full)	128	32	1	8	20

Though there are 11 thrusters, they work in pairs, except for the first one. Every odd-numbered increment in number of thrusters brings more travel speed, and every even-numbered increment decreases the thrust wait. The thrust wait is the number of frames before the velocity increases by 4.

One frame (in hyperspace) is 1/24 realtime seconds.

The number of thrusters has no bearing to fuel use. The fuel use is strictly tied into the distance traveled in hyperspace, and is 0.1 units of fuel per 1.0 units of distance.

Turning Jets

Number of Turning Jets	Turning rate shown on Outfit screen	Turning delay
0 (minimum)	1	17
1	3	15
2 (default)	5	13
3	7	11
4	9	9
5	11	7
6	13	5
7	15	3
8 (maximum)	17	1

See also

• Flagship Energy Management