Re-Engineered Phantom
12 Jan 2022Green Delta 11
11 January 3308
Heart Sector IR-V b2-0
Heart Nebula
7500 Light Years to Sol
I have stripped the thrusters, power distributor, fuel scoop, and power plant from the Imperial Clipper. Then installed them into my D rated Krait Phantom. The results were mixed. But, having said that I am very pleased with the current design improvements.
I have lost performance in three areas. First, I am not fuel scooping as well as the Clipper. In the Clipper I got about 1150 Kg/sec, but now in the Phantom, I am only getting about 850. The only thing I can think of is that I did not load up the correct fuel scoop.
The maneuvering rate of pitch change is not as great, and it is not as sexy looking as the Clipper. To counter that I paid dearly for some cosmetic engineering. The Phantom is still a fine looking ship. It is just more utilitarian in its appeal.
But what I got was a 55 Ly jump range. With 64 tons of fuel capacity I can go 15 jumps before having to scoop. I wish I could go that long with the cats zero g litter box. I am all the time scooping that thing.
When, I neutron boost I get about 220 Ly range. The best the Clipper could do was 194 Light Years.
At the moment I am working in the Heart and Soul nebula's area of operation. I am going to go to a few points of interest and do some filming.