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Enterprise
Chief Marshal
Joined: May 19, 2002
Posts: 2576
From: Hawthorne, Nevada
|  Posted: 2010-08-15 07:22
From what I understand, ships will basically have a threshold for when energy generation kicks in (which is above their base velocity).
This gives me an idea of how different drives interact with a ship when it comes to their energy.
I propose that different drives, like their attributes, affect a ships base velocity in a way that it effectively increases what speed a ship can be at before energy generation kicks in.
The idea is that different drives can add a ditinct energy gain in return for penalties.
Such as,
IE drive add none to base velocity, but also has no benefits or abilities.
PFE drive adds +25% to base velocity, reduces acceleration, reduces top speed, etc.
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Gejaheline
Fleet Admiral
Galactic Navy
Joined: March 19, 2005
Posts: 1127
From: UGTO MUNIN HQ, Mars
| Posted: 2010-08-16 07:24
At first I was a bit "what?" at that last, seemingly-contradictory sentence, but it makes sense now. Basically, things like being able to move faster whilst generating maximum energy, but having a lower top speed and things like that.
Could be an interesting idea.
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Eledore Massis [R33]
Grand Admiral
Templar Knights
Joined: May 26, 2002
Posts: 2694
From: tsohlacoLocalhost
| Posted: 2010-08-16 18:13
ok i think i understand what you are suggesting, but let me explain what we currently have.
Given for the example we have a ship, a frigate.
In the DS-DB chapter 3.1 Hull Classes, We can see that a frigates base velocity is 10gu/s.
Frigates have 2 engines and with Ion Engines equipped they have a top speed of 30gu/s.
A IE engines generates 0.52 Energy per second, so a frigate with two engines will generates a max of 1.04E/s
With the new system when a frigates flies between 0 and 10gu/s it will generate 1.04E/s. Should the frigate fly above 10gu/s its energy production will decrease to 0% when the frigates if flying at max speed.
Example; a frigate flying at 19.4gu/s will generate:
19.4-10= 9.4
1.04 / 20 = 0.052
9.4 * 0.052 = 0,4888
1.04 - 0,4888 = 0,5512E/s
All the engines have different characteristics.
Added top speed.
Trust generation (acceleration/deceleration)
Energy generation
Energy Storage
So with this explained, do you have any suggestion to the system?
Because if i grasped your idea correctly, this is what you wanted.
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