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| Jul 18, 2020 at 18:52 | comment | added | Henry Taylor | continued.from previous comment.. The machines to make fuel and even the electrical power to make it from might be commonplace due to the ubiquitous need for fuel when the colony was young. But the platinum catalyst rods might be scarce due to some mysterious earlier event, leaving the survivors to fight for the few rods which still exist. | |
| Jul 18, 2020 at 18:51 | comment | added | Henry Taylor | @Cygon, if you want to break the focus of battle away from the factories and power sources, just make the fuel creation process require a specific rare catalyst. Platinum might be a good choice. Now as the enemy troops are breaking through the outer defenses, the heroine can grab the one critical component, a shiny rod of pure platinum, and escape. In taking the critical component away from the initial battle location, she can lure the enemy away from civilians, saving the day while continuing the conflict in a location with less potential collateral damage. | |
| Jul 18, 2020 at 18:34 | comment | added | Cygon | Producing hydrocarbon (or hydrogen) does fit my plot if the produced fuel is trivially and widely available (which is likely, assuming farming machines & transportation). However, focus of most battles would then logically be on control of those hydrocarbon/hydrogen factories (and their connected power plants). Hrm... | |
| Jul 18, 2020 at 18:01 | comment | added | DKNguyen | You could use any energy source you have in sufficient abundance, including fission or other dangerous sources not suitable to be put into mobile platforms. The fuel essentially becomes more like a rechargeable battery which is just a container for energy rather than a primary energy source like how we use fossil fuels right now. | |
| Jul 18, 2020 at 17:59 | history | answered | Henry Taylor | CC BY-SA 4.0 |