P&N Pirates: too weak?

[Suicide Junkie]

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How about the concept of carving out an asteroid and adding engines? It only needs to move at a speed of 1 per turn to be mobile.

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That would be a BattleMoon
10,000 KT of space, and can use "core mount" weapons.
Note that 40 Ion engines cannot move a BattleMoon (you need at least C-Ts), and Propulsion experts get TWO movement on the map.

Just research ship construction & base Construction to MAX.

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My concept of Nomads are just that. No homeworld. A group of ragtag fugitives on a lonely desperate quest for something. You know, Battlestar Galactica. A large group of varied ships from cruisers to battleships, to freighters, to starlines, to transports in megafleets roaming from star system to star system.

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As nomads, you build whatever ships you want.
You don't need a homeworld, but a planet is required to communicate with others and to get research points.
As a bonus, if you have no planets and lose contact, you are immune to intel.

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Also make solar panels a given tech for these races. That resupply need based on a single planet could be quite devastating early on.

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I think I will give the nomads a +2 in solar panel tech (like the +2 in fighters).

If you need resupply on the frontier, build an empty-hull base. All bases have built-in Quantum reactors, so when you fleet any base with some ships, they all get maxed out supplies.
It does take longer than a resupply depot, but you don't need a planet.

Also, once you've got the tech, build a Massive Fighter with a quantum reactor. Zero maintenance, mobile, plus infinite fuel, but can't warp.

[This message has been edited by suicide_junkie (edited 27 August 2001).]