True Solar Sails

[Spoo]

Wouldn't this make blackhole systems impossible to cross?

You could change engines to be emergency propulsion pods, then have a component called "reactor" or "engineering" and make it a spaceyard with zero build rate and repair ability of 1.

Hmm... is it possible to give emergency propulsion the organic armor ability? Then it could repair itself each turn.

[narf poit chez BOOM]

Or just have engines be really slow.

[Fyron]

Regeneration only repairs after combat, not from being damaged by stuff outside of combat or from being destroyed by using an emergency propulsion type ability.

[General Woundwort]

While we're on the subject, here's a sneak preview of how I did solar sails for my (hopefully) forthcoming Mother of All Mods mod...

(NOTE: Quasi-Newtonian movement rules in effect)

Name := Solar Sail I
Description := Uses solar winds to generate movement for a ship.
Pic Num := 129
Tonnage Space Taken := 20
Tonnage Structure := 200
Cost Minerals := 400
Cost Organics := 0
Cost Radioactives := 100
Vehicle Type := Ship
Supply Amount Used := 0
Restrictions := None
General Group := Engines
Family := 42
Roman Numeral := 1
Custom Group := 0
Number of Tech Req := 1
Tech Area Req 1 := Stellar Harnessing
Tech Level Req 1 := 4
Number of Abilities := 2
Ability 1 Type := Standard Ship Movement
Ability 1 Descr := Generates 6 standard movement.
Ability 1 Val 1 := 6
Ability 1 Val 2 := 0
Ability 2 Type := Combat To Hit Defense Minus
Ability 2 Descr := Large size makes ship 75% easier to hit in combat.
Ability 2 Val 1 := 75
Ability 2 Val 2 := 0
Weapon Type := None

Comments?

[Renegade 13]

Just one question: Why the defensive minus???

[ May 07, 2004, 14:20: Message edited by: Renegade 13 ]

[Captain Kwok]

Originally posted by Renegade 13:
Just one question: Why the defensive bonus???

That's hardly a defensive bonus...it's a 75% penalty to defense.

[Phoenix-D]

that way if you loose your engines in combat you're easier to hit.

EDIT: or not.

[ May 07, 2004, 02:29: Message edited by: Phoenix-D ]