Jump drives on starter ships?

A lot of the starter ships don't come with jump drives, but they can all equip them. I think pretty much everything's going to have a jump drive. They may not come with it, though.

I think this was a Rob Irving thing that we're just not going to think about again. We'll talk more about jump drives. Either way, every ship can do it. Every non-snub ship can mount a jump drive.

Yes. So whether it comes with one or not, you'll be able to pick one up in... what's the ship store in our world?

Astro Armada. I've seen this question all over the place about jump drives and stuff, and I think the general rule is, if a ship has been offered as a companion ship to something else, it doesn't have a jump drive. So the Argo supports the Idris and doesn't have a jump drive. The Merlin supports the Constellation and doesn't have a jump drive. The 85X comes with the 890 Jump. So if it was sold as a standalone by itself, it probably does.

Or maybe you'll even get a used jump drive at Dumper's Depot. And of course you'll have to upgrade your jump drive over time. You may have a double and then you want to go to a quad jump drive or something. Or one that's stealthy or more efficient. So there are all sorts of upgrades in the future. I know what people are thinking; I know what Rob was thinking back then. It is a fantastic moment in the original Privateer when you have finally saved up 10,000 credits, you make your first jump out of the Troy system, and you get your ass beaten down because the rest of the universe is very, very harsh. Our universe is not necessarily built exactly the same way, so it may not be as much of a moment to earn that first jump. I think it is going to be a moment; the first jump during the build-out of Crusader in the PU is going to be a huge, huge event. But I don't know about scraping by to earn your jump drive.

All regular-sized ships will have a quantum drive.

Yes. Anything that's not a snub will have a quantum drive.