[Loser]

Since Units do not respond to damage, at all, until their entire structure has been destroyed any sort of X only Weapon would be almost completely ineffective against other Units.

I forgot to mention Plagues, Radiation, and Smart Weapons in the X only Weapon list. But since it's targeting something other than a Rider I think it would work. The same should be true for other X only Weapons: they could be used against Highliners, but not other Rider.

As I understand it, both Armor and Shields on a Unit just add to its total Hit Points (kilotons). The only difference is that you get an little animation when you hit Shields.

Perhaps regeneration would still work, though. It could be tested, as well. Design a Rider with enough regenerating Armor to 'soak' 5 kt of damage per round and a weapon that only does 1 kt of damage. Switch over to another empire and there design a Rider of roughly equal Hit Points with a weapon that does 5 kt of damage. Run a simulation between them and see who wins.

Another thought. While Shield-skipping weapons could still destroy all the Hit Points of a Unit, I don't think Armor-skipping weapons could. Since the Armor-skipping weapon does not hit Armor it will never destroy the whole Unit.

Weapon rate delay works when fired from a Unit at a Ship, I think, but does it work against other Units?

I seem to recall (perhaps from this very thread) that Allegiance Converters will work from a Unit against a Ship, but I don't think they work against other Units. There's your Boarding Party, but there is not way to Security Station against it. I think this would be an unbalancing element, since any Highliner could be easily lost to a stack of Boarding Riders (but it's your mod, of course).

I think I see what you mean about the Supply-related components. Since they're not traveling between systems, anyway, I don't suppose the Riders will have great need of endless Supplies. Or perhaps, for that very reason, they should have more limited Supplies, much like Fighters.

[ June 23, 2003, 21:44: Message edited by: Loser ]