Storm Generation

[Kimball]

When a storm is created it is a "random storm." The components.txt file says

Ability 1 Type := Create Storm
Ability 1 Descr := Will create a random storm of any size.

for the Ionic Concussion BLaster

If you look in the StellarAbilityTypes.txt you will see there are four different types of "normal storms." You could modify this file so that you get a higher chance of specific storms. I don't if you can do this after the game has started, however. Hope this helps.

[Suicide Junkie]

I had my ship sit there, creating storm after storm.

Having built and destroyed 20, many looked different, but all had the same ability (hides ships).

[capnq]

What happens if you try to create a storm in a sector that already has a storm in it? Maybe the effects "stack" somehow.

[Suicide Junkie]

I suspect the damage & shield disrupting effects would stack sequentially, but the others just hide your ship.

[capnq]

That's what I was trying to suggest: maybe creating a storm in an empty sector makes a "Type 1" storm, creating a storm in a Type 1 sector makes a Type 2, and so on up to Type 4.

[Suicide Junkie]

Like I said, I had 20 storms stacked at one point, and they were all basic sensor blockers.

[Nitram Draw]

I think all storms obscure ships.
There are other storm abilities that cause damage but I don't know if you can create them. In the abilities file under Create Storm there are no values given. I don't know if you can add to abilities if none are given.