Megawatt

A unit of power, especially as a measure of the output of a power plant.

Description (Specifications)

A watt is a unit of power equivalent to one joule per second and is used to quantify the rate of energy transfer.

• a Megawatt is one million (10⁶) watts.
• The common abbreviation is Mw.

Modern, efficient power plants of all kinds have outputs measured in Megawatts. The devices that they power often have correspondingly large energy demands.

Directed Energy Weapons mounted on starships, spacecraft and vehicles generally deliver attacks rated in Megawatts of energy.

History & Background (Dossier)

The Megawatt was first defined as a unit of energy on Terra prior to the foundation of the Terran Confederation. It is associated with the Energy Point, an invaluable tool for Naval Architecture first employed by the Vilani Imperium. Technologists found the Megawatt useful as the concept of the Technology Level and standardized ideas about sophont society development began to take form.

References & Contributors (Sources)

This list of sources was used by the Traveller Wiki Editorial Team and individual contributors to compose this article. Copyrighted material is used under license from Far Future Enterprises or by permission of the author. The page history lists all of the contributions.

• Marc Miller. Referee's Manual (Game Designers Workshop, 1987), 57.
• Traveller Wiki Editorial Team
• Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master Scout Emeritus Adie Alegoric Stewart of the IISS
• Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology Maksim-Smelchak of the Ministry of Science