In gameplay terms, I'd assume that fuel rods include the necessary coolants, to be ejected via the drive exhaust, and when the reactor is running well below maximum output (Which is most of the time outside of combat) it has spare cooling capacity for the rest of the ship.Betelgeuse wrote:Do you have any other ideas on how to get rid of heat?
Not really. Matter has temperature, empty space doesn't, it just insulates. Also, within a few AU of a sun it's pretty damn hot unless you hide behind a planet. Think of the hottest sunny day you remember. It's like that, only without the miles of protective atmospheric moisture.Burzmali wrote:Bah, space is very large and very cold.
Sure, but this is one of those games where you start with nothing like enough technology - I've fought battles where I was entirely reliant on solar panels. Besides, whatever your tech level, it's always a choice between perfectly efficient and smooth running or experimental, volatile, noisy and hot, but does three times the damage..Burzmali wrote:The only interactions that produce important amounts of heat in weapons are mechanical friction and electrical resistance. With enough technology you can reduce those to near nothing.
