[Repo Man]

Originally posted by Baron Munchausen:
We had a discussion in another thread not very long ago about changing the way mothballing works. Basically, you could mothball a ship anywhere but it would not stay 'pristine' if it wasn't in a sector with a spaceyard. And it could only be UNmothballed by a spaceyard. So, if you had an emergency of some sort you could effectively abandon a ship by mothballing it. But it would get 'damaged' each turn until it was completely damaged -- or recovered by a spaceyard ship -- and would be destroyed just as if blown up in combat.

Of course, a ship just drifting in space should be open for anyone to board and take. So you would effectively have derelicts, too. And 'salvage' in space!

I'd like to see this approach applied to maitenance; sort of the Sim City approach. Under the current rules, if you don't have enough resources, your ships start going supernova. A better approach IMHO would be for the fleet to take damage in some sort of a ratio equal to the amount of maitenance under 100% paid. Add in a slider bar for maitenance too.