Pacifist / paralysing mines

[jimbob55]

Apologies in advance for not posting this as an attachment. Blowing up enemy ships becoming a drag? Why not vary their fate with these new warheads from Magitech inc.?
For more varied mine fun in components.txt add:
I have not tested these yet, so feel free to flame me if they don't work.


Name := Ion Pulse Mine Warhead I
Description := Large warhead which disables enemy ships.
Pic Num := 185
Tonnage Space Taken := 5
Tonnage Structure := 5
Cost Minerals := 500
Cost Organics := 0
Cost Radioactives := 200
Vehicle Type := Mine
Supply Amount Used := 5
Restrictions := None
General Group := Weapons
Family := 2026
Roman Numeral := 1
Custom Group := 0
Number of Tech Req := 2
Tech Area Req 1 := Explosive Warheads
Tech Level Req 1 := 1
Tech Area Req 2 := Engine Overloading Weapons
Tech Level Req 1 := 6
Number of Abilities := 0
Weapon Type := Warhead
Weapon Target := Ships\Planets\Ftr\Sat
Weapon Damage At Rng := 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Weapon Damage Type := Only Engines
Weapon Reload Rate := 0
Weapon Display Type := Torp
Weapon Display := 0
Weapon Modifier := 0
Weapon Sound := iondisp.wav
Weapon Family := 24


Or

Name := Tachyon Pulse Mine Warhead I
Description := Large warhead which disables enemy weapons.
Pic Num := 185
Tonnage Space Taken := 5
Tonnage Structure := 5
Cost Minerals := 500
Cost Organics := 0
Cost Radioactives := 200
Vehicle Type := Mine
Supply Amount Used := 5
Restrictions := None
General Group := Weapons
Family := 2026
Roman Numeral := 1
Custom Group := 0
Number of Tech Req := 2
Tech Area Req 1 := Explosive Warheads
Tech Level Req 1 := 1
Tech Area Req 2 := Weapon Overloading Weapons
Tech Level Req 1 := 1
Number of Abilities := 0
Weapon Type := Warhead
Weapon Target := Ships\Planets\Ftr\Sat
Weapon Damage At Rng := 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Weapon Damage Type := Only Weapons
Weapon Reload Rate := 0
Weapon Display Type := Torp
Weapon Display := 0
Weapon Modifier := 0
Weapon Sound := tpc.wav
Weapon Family := 24

[jimbob55]

I guess I just like the look of my own text...
Anyhow, the weapon destroying mines become a counterbalance to minesweepers as they knock out the PD cannon / sweepers. They're expensive but they leave the ships alive (for capture, muwhahaha etc.)

More happy thoughts from me :
Could the sight obscuration - system ability be added to a facility? Leading to a system wide jamming of all scanning of the system (making it appear empty) while allowing combat if units move to the same sector?

[Jubala]

Sorry to break it to you, but your mines won't work. Someone else tried that in the murky past and discovered that all the sepcific damage mines will just keep going off until there are no mines left since the targeted ship will never get destroyed. The reason for this is that mines go boom until there is no more mines left or no more enemy ships to go boom on. So mines that only destroy a specific part on an enemy ship will keep going boom until they are all gone even it's just against a pitiful little escort because the pitiful little escort will never die.

[jimbob55]

Curses. Foiled again. I really should have thought about that.

How about mines with 2 warheads. One kills shields, the other does normal damage?

[Aussie Gamer]

Like the idea of a building capable of jamming.
How about one that scans for cloaking ships and one for scans to see inside enemy ships as well fopr the netire system.
Put it into INTEL buildings, a new tech branch.

[DirectorTsaarx]

The only problem with building shield-busting mines is that shields are only on during combat. So shield-depleting mines would be useless (outside of combat). If, however, you use mines that destroy shield GENERATORS, they would be as useful as other special-damage mines. Speaking of which, you may want to try combos of engine-damaging, weapon-damaging and normal damage mines. That way, if the enemy sends enough ships through to survive a full minefield, the surviving ships will probably have lost engines and/or weapons...