A thought - probably expressed before, but ...

[Elowan]

... how about a tech that allows miniaturization of certain components? Advances in technology might help to reduce the size of some components allowing more to be added to a ship/base/wp/sat/planet.

Am I talking through my newbie hat here?

[Spoo]

Once the patch comes out mod a researchable mount that shrinks components.

[oleg]

Nay, just make for example APB II to do the same damage as APB I but shrink by say, 5kt. Miniaturization has been discussed before, but in the sense it is exactly what you get for researching next level in weapons. It is just expressed a little bit different.

[Phoenix-D]

'Nay, just make for example APB II to do the same damage as APB I but shrink by say, 5kt."

This is a pain. Why? When retrofitting ships, they must be the *exact same tonnage*. So if you just press the upgrade button and leave it at that- or end up with space left over you can't use because of the shrinkage- you won't be able to retrofit to the new design.

Phoenix-D

[Elowan]

Originally posted by oleg:
Nay, just make for example APB II to do the same damage as APB I but shrink by say, 5kt. Miniaturization has been discussed before, but in the sense it is exactly what you get for researching next level in weapons. It is just expressed a little bit different.

Spasibo.

[Fyron]

Phoenix-D, that is regarding the hull size, not the space used on the ship. You can retrofit to designs with more or less of the hull filled with components.