Posted by: Nathan_
« on: June 25, 2012, 10:49:49 AM »It works that way for thermal signatures as well.
In your case, a tug moving from point A to B will always use the same amount of fuel, whether it weighs 40,600 (just the tug) or 12,540,600 (tug + OH). It will just take a lot longer, as you experienced, since the Power produced by the engines will move the combined mass much slower than only the tug.
Fuel use is ultimately determined by distance covered rather than speed.Which should not be the case for tugs. A tug that is tractoring another ship should be assumed to have all its engines on (unless the combination is set to travle at lower speeds than the combined maximum), and thus should use fuel at the full rate. This does not seem to be the case. Instead the reduction in speed seems to imply a fuel usage that would correspond to nearly idle engines. (i.e. the fuel seems to be used at a rate as if the tug traveled at the reduced speed alone.
Sallustio class Tug 40,600 tons 849 Crew 1095 BP TCS 812 TH 3100 EM 0
3817 km/s Armour 1-105 Shields 0-0 Sensors 1/1/0/0 Damage Control Rating 1 PPV 0
MSP 17 Max Repair 100 MSP
Tractor Beam
Nuclear Pulse Engine E0.9 (31) Power 100 Fuel Use 9% Signature 100 Armour 0 Exp 1%
Fuel Capacity 200,000 Litres Range 98.5 billion km (298 days at full power)
This design is classed as a Commercial Vessel for maintenance purposes