What is the unit used for the fuel gauge?

[VR andysonofbob]

Yeah. I dont know what the unit means and ive only been playing for ages. So? Say something. Wot!?

Thanks

 

[Deleted member 110222]

By unit do you mean measurement?

If so it's tonnes.

 

[Macy]

I think its metric tons (1000kg), cos the fuel scoop works in KG per second.

 

[777Driver]

Yeah. I dont know what the unit means and ive only been playing for ages. So? Say something. Wot!?

Thanks

Fuel flow is in tonnes per hour.

 

[VR andysonofbob]

Ahh. So you can measure how much you are using at a given time. A bit like a rev counter then? Pretty cool!

Ta muchly

 

[Belthize]

I think it's actually measured in TeraHamsters.

Based on advancing the work of Zhong Lin in the 21st Century.
https://www.technologyreview.com/s/412016/harnessing-hamster-power-with-a-nanogenerator/

An experiment involving a few million hamsters and a rather enterprising cat is what led to the eventual discovery of the mechanics of a frame shift drive.

The cat in question had escaped from an adjacent lab working on infinite energy. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jk3xBhqcjqY






Edit: Really, W ang, an incredibly common surname can't be posted on a forum because some adolescent might think 'w ang, hur hur hur'. @#$)*(@#) stupid humans.

 

[twelvebore]

More importantly why does it read non-zero when I'm sitting still? Does running the aircon really consume that much fuel?

 

[LoneKharnivore]

Thrusters use the same amount of fuel all the time (yeah, I know) but so do sensors, and shields, and your cargo hatch... This is why I power down everything I don't need and use FA-off to power down my thrusters when travelling any distance non-frameshifted. Fuel savings are huge - like, a quarter of a tonne per hour.

Well, it's huge for my 2t-capacity Sidey

 

[samevo4]

Man in a boat in the fuel tank with a big stick.

 

[Flimley]

One thing is for sure....you won't care what the unit on measurement is when you run out or fuel and everything goes dark.