Afterburner
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An Afterburner or Afterburners or afterburners is a type of enhancement that can be installed on spacecraft to add the ability to initiate bursts of increased speed. Afterburners are capable of doubling a ship's speed. They draw from a ship's engines and can sustain the higher speed as long as power is available. They are available for sale to privateers at ship dealers. Gabriel Quentin wrote about afterburners in GEMINI SECTOR: AN OVERVIEW, recommending that spacecraft owners buy them.
Specifications
| Version | Energy | Cost | Resale | Resale Damaged | Repairs |
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| Privateer | 40 GW | 3,000 credits | 1,750 credits | 1,750 credits | 15-1387 |
Users
Afterburners may be installed on the stock Tarsus, Orion, Galaxy and Centurion.
Bounty Hunters
Church of Man
Empire of Kilrah
Merchants
Militia
Pirates
Steltek
Terran Confederation
Individual Users
Images
Wing Commander Privateer Player's Guide
Afterburner
Afterburners more than double your speed and can mean the difference between life and death in asteroid fields and combat. As they are relatively inexpensive, I highly recommend buying afterburners, especially if you are flying one of Gemini’s slower ships.
