In MOO2, fighters could carry powerful bombs which ships could only use against planets, but fighters (due to their agility) could use against ships as well. Why couldn't this be done in SE5? After all, fighters in SE4 have Small Rocket Pods, which are less than 10% the size and cost of CSM's but do comparable damage, just with a shorter range and longer reload time, and they're DF rather than seekers
All in all, I think it would be best for both styles of emissive armor to be available to modders... who knows, with the scripting engine, they might be already! For all I know, you can do something like this to emulate the SF way:
Code:
/* Functions.txt */
Name := CalculateHullDamage
Num Parameters := 4
Parameter 1 Type := Integer
Parameter 1 Name := amount
Parameter 2 Type := DamageType
Parameter 2 Name := type
Parameter 3 Type := Unit
Parameter 3 Name := source
Parameter 2 Type := Unit
Parameter 2 Name := target
Return Value := amount * type.HullDamage * (1.0 - target.Abilities["Emissive Armor"])
And to emulate the SE4 way:
Code:
/* Functions.txt */
Name := CalculateHullDamage
Num Parameters := 4
Parameter 1 Type := Integer
Parameter 1 Name := amount
Parameter 2 Type := DamageType
Parameter 2 Name := type
Parameter 3 Type := Unit
Parameter 3 Name := source
Parameter 2 Type := Unit
Parameter 2 Name := target
Return Value := amount * type.HullDamage - target.Abilities["Emissive Armor"]
But of course all this is only speculation
