Speed & Engine Operation (R214B)

A Hopper-boat consumes one FU (fuel Unit) per hour for normal travel. This includes moving about from area to area on
a planet, dropping from orbit (unless an unpowered glide is used), or moving about in orbit (to or from a space station
and/or asteroid). On the planet, the boat can travel up to 10 land steps per hour.

Climbing from the surface of a planet to orbit consumes fuel units equal to the gravity of the planet. For example, climbing
to orbit on a gravity 5 planet takes 5 FUs — all expended in that hour. The engines of the Hopper-boat are limited to a power
of 9 — they cannot use more than 9 FU at a time, and thus the boat is unable to climb from planets of 10 or higher gravity.
The only way to get a boat off such a planet is to carry it within a starship, or use an orbital shuttle.

A Hopper-boat can travel from one planet to another (or from planet to asteroid area, or vice versa). However, it is not as fast
as a starship. The type of travel takes an entire day, and consumes 10 FU.

Loading and unloading a boat from a starship is very easy, and takes no extra time.