Posted by: sloanjh
« on: March 03, 2010, 08:49:24 PM »Quote from: "Shadow"
I've been having some problems with TG transit as well, and I believe this is the reason:Quote from: "MoonDragon"It "opens a hole" the size of the ship that mounts the engine, and sustains it long enough for a few more ships to transit through (how many is based on the research tech), given that they are no larger than the "hole".Why is the hole the size of the jumpship? The jump drive's the one responsible for the actual jump, so why isn't the hole the size of the drive's Max Ship Size instead? It's something to consider: one shouldn't need a 50000-ton tender to assist other 50000-ton ships if the technology allows for drives with enough Max Ship Size mounted on much smaller vessels.
I've got a simpler answer: because Steve says so :-)
EDIT: Oops was trying to follow on Hawkeye's answer - didn't see that Kurt had already posted the design principle.
John