Allow Rorqual to burn all fuel isotopes?

[Ganthrithor]

Not sure if this has been suggested before, but is there any good reason that the Rorqual should be tied to oxygen isotopes? Every other jump-capable ship class in the game provides a racial option that can use locally-sourced fuel. Since there’s only one capital mining ship, why not enable it to burn all fuel types so that players in regions that have non-oxy ices can run their ships without importing fuel?

[The_Dunning_Kruger]

@Ganthrithor

Not sure if this has been suggested before

Hundreds of times… The search function is your friend.

@Ganthrithor

but is there any good reason that the Rorqual should be tied to oxygen isotopes?

ORE is a corporation of Gallente origin. Gallente use oxygen isotopes as fuel. Hence ORE does too.

@Ganthrithor

Every other jump-capable ship class in the game provides a racial option that can use locally-sourced fuel.

The Outer Ring (ORE home) region is full of oxygen isotopes ice.

[Ganthrithor]

I’m not an RPer, so lore nonsense means little to me. Are there any ~practical~ reasons this isn’t a good idea?

[Lugh_Crow-Slave]

because the market is balanced around certain ships using certain isotopes