Now you really get all this wrong wrong guys!!
Quantum drives do not change anything that got to do with the speed, it only changes the range/distance you can jump and how efficient it use the quantum fuel or how big energy output it have as in stealthy or not that is all it does.
To change top Speed you need to change the engine and that we can not do at all..yet!
What we can do is change the power plant that give us more power as in stronger power support for shields, cooling, guns or engine as in changing the cooling give the guns a longer time to fire before it get over heated but that comes with more power usage hence you need stronger power supply for a stronger cooling etc... stronger equipment give out higher Heat and EM signal, for example it might give you better shield, fire rate or faster acceleration but it all comes with cost of visibility on targeting as in how stealthy do you want to be or how strong you want to be..
Changing power plant will never change the speed only increase the amount of power avail to use before it runs out or get over heated.
As in more power use more fuel to operate but can also regenerate new fuel faster but to higher signal so it make you more visible and easier to target..
Cooling help keep things cool so it do not over heat but the stronger it is the more power it need to operate and hence also use up more fuel then with a lighter power plant.
A stronger shield, bigger guns etc.. use up more power faster or get over heated faster so it need better cooling and better cooling need stronger power plant stronger power plant use more fuel etc...
The one thing take out the other if you mix them wrong...
You need to figure out what you need or want... power, cooling, shield, more guns, high EM signal, stealthy or something in the middle..!
So think what you need for the job at hand is what you need to take in account before messing around with the gear in the ship.
You have all the data you need on the gear you can change so what it will do you can figure out before changing it ;)
CHEERS!
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Edit one example:
Using original cooling shield and guns and only change power plant give more power to all of them make them more efficient but shorter time with the cost of heat,em signal and use of fuel. So you might get your shield to last longer when under fire and some better acceleration in engine but cooling will overheat faster with higher power usage and that will give you shorter time to use the guns before they over heat... etc..
As in the power management you can not increase all gear only one at the time, one higher lower the other etc... or you equalize the usage between them..
Second Edit:
The gear is graded in two (three) different versions Civilian or military (industrial too)
( as Zookajoe points out couple post down, there is actually three versions Industrial version too) :thumbsup::beer::beers:
Oh! as it seem it's actually five versions LMAO ha ha ha ha.... Stealth and competition too...
Where the military and industrial is obviously the stronger and better performance but not necessary the best for what you plan to do..
You have Civilian, industrial and Military A, B, C.... where A is the best and yeah you figure out the other
So for example a military C will be equal to a Civilian B but the military might use more fuel or need more power to operate where is the Civilian might be more sufficient or effective in power fuel usage and there for more suited for just civilian use but not necessary the best.
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