Deranged Sensor (Jim)
Current Tech in v0.2
To start off, there are three areas you can research in. You need to specify which one you want to research in the client - if you don't it defaults to engineering.
- Engineering
- Fields
- Quantum
You start of level 0 in each of these, and to get to level 1 will take 10 research points. You get 1 research point for each lab you own each turn.
The formula to get to the next level is the new level squared then multiplied by 10. So level 2 requires 40, level 3 90, level 4 160 and level 5 250.
You have the following components that you use to build ships, or on planets...
| Name | Description | Cost | Mass | Requirements |
| Engine | Lets your ships move across the map, as well as in combat. Standard move rate is 100LY + 10LY per extra engine. In combat each extra engine gives you a 10% speed improvement for each 100mass of your ship. | 100 | 20 | None |
| Beam | Most basic armament - fires for a short period of time hitting target repeatedly. They fire with a 60 degree arc and multiple beams will target ships independently. | 50 | 5 | None |
| Factory | Simply allows you to issue the build order to a ship or planet. No benefit in having more than one except redundancy. | 1000 | 300 | None |
| Landing Craft | Built on a ship to allow you to issue the colonise order and take ownership of new planets. You can colonise unowned planets, or planets that have no weapons. | 500 | 500 | None |
| Lab | Produces 1 research point per turn. | 50 | 50 | None |
| Steel Plating | Armour. By adding mass to your ship you take less damage in combat and reduces the chance of a vital component being destroyed by a critical hit. | 25 | 50 | None |
| Torpedo | High speed, high payload weapon that will track it\'s target once fired. More damage than a beam but takes longer to load. |
160 | 10 | Quantum 1 |
| Enhanced Beam | Improved fire duration and faster recharge than standard beams. | 70 | 8 | Fields 1 Quantum 1 |
| Shield | Used to deflect beam weapons. Can be active for a short period of time and then must recharge. Reduces beam damage to 33% of normal. |
400 | 25 | Fields 2 |
| Long Range Beam | Slower recharge but much longer range than standard beams. | 60 | 6 | Quantum 2 |
| Plasteel Armour | Lighter armour - allowing you to protect you better against criticals with less impact to engines. | 30 | 30 | Engineering 2 |
| Ion Drive | Provides 50% better engines. Not speed however - it gives this benefit in terms of extra engines. So a ship with one Ion drive will travel at 105LY per turn and two ion drives at 120LY. | 140 | 20 |
Engineering 2 |
| Blaster | Higher powered than normal beams and fire for a very short period before reloading for a very short period producing a pulse attack. | 120 | 10 | Engineering 1 Fields 3 Quantum 4 |
| Enhanced Shield | Reduces beam damage down to just 20% and can stay active for longer and reloads quicker than standard shield. | 800 | 30 | Engineering 2 Fields 5 |
| Plasma Torpedo | Relatively low damage but with a very high chance of causing a critical hit and destroying a component on the target ship. | 220 | 10 | Fields 2 Quantum 5 |
That's all for now folks, but I'll hopefully be adding some more exotic stuff later. e.g. cloaking device, jump engines, fighter bays etc.
