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Now it would be nice if atomic drives were similar to b5 fission engines and ion drives similar to standard ion engines.
Would it be ok to make fission engines worse?
I was thinking of 1.5 times size and cost.
You want the fission drive to be weakened, so it matches up with an "atomic drive".
Is there any reason why the "atomic drive" must be fusion? It could be a fission drive and still be called "atomic"
Also, SW engines can't be designed into B5 hulls, and vice versa, so there is really isn't any point of comparison except the final speed of the ship, which depends on many other factors.
[ 02 February 2002: Message edited by: suicide_junkie ]