Component:fm500r-drive
In Game Description
This medium sized fusion drive is commonly found on cruisers and other large warships. They have a focus on durability over power. This drive provides both thrust for main engines and a small amount of power.
The FM500R is a specially designed reinforced version of the standard version.
Gameplay usage
Uncommonly used, not because it's durability lacks- This module can tank extreme ordinances such as bombs and mines without being destroyed, -but because the mobility characteristics of the other 30-point 5xx series are also quite attractive, and those drives are themselves quite durable already.
Stats
| FM500R Drive | |
|---|---|
| Faction | ANS |
| Cost | 30 pts |
| Dimensions | 10x8x10 |
| Hitpoints | 1500 |
| Hitpoints to Function | 50 |
| Damage Threshold | 80 (Reinforced) |
| Mass | 80 Tonnes |
| Catastrophic Event Prob. (Drive) | 5% |
| DC Priority | Critical |
| Crew | 10 |
| Power | +1000 (kW) |
Notes
Multiple drives do not inherently affect the mobility of a ship, only provide redundancy, however, the modifiers to a ship's mobility are a combination of all installed drives' modifiers, so installing drives with multiple of the same effect can further affect it's capability (two whiplash drives will provide more speed than one, but a whiplash and standard drive will provide no different speed than a single whiplash). If some drives are disabled, only those drives' modifiers will be removed, which may even result in the ship's mobility improving in some cases (such as a prowled drive being disabled). If all drives on a ship are knocked out, it will not be able to move altogether.
Most drives have a small and large counterpart. Asides their sizes, small variants of drives tend to have weaker negative modifiers, but are more fragile, produce less power and may or may not have better or worse positive modifiers.
The FM500R's Small counterpart is the FM200R, which simply provides less power and durability.
Lore
Like the FM500, just now sporting some heavier housing. Not much to say here. Still a nightmare to service, though.
- I. Parker, CMC
