Afterburners

Afterburners allow a ship to have a quick burst of speed. They are attached to the main thrusters, and increase the speed of each thruster they are attached to. They do need to be evenly distributed… for example, you cannot have one afterburner on the left side of the ship and none on the right. 
Quality: Poor Afterburners allow each pair of thrusters to operate at twice their maximum speed for one round. Fair afterburners allow quadrupling the speed of each pair of thruster for one round. Good afterburners allow you to multiply the speed of each pair of thrusters by six for one round, and Excellent afterburners allow you to multiply the speed of each pair of thrusters by ten for one round. 
Recharge Rate: In order to recharge an afterburner, you need to double the energy allocated to it for ten minutes. You can re-use an afterburner while it is being recharged, but to do so requires allowing each thruster attached to an afterburner to be damaged by one rank for every round it is burning. 
Cost: Adding afterburners to an engine costs one quarter the full cost of that engine.
Category:Starships