Repair aptitiude and Organic armor

[rholt]

Does the repair aptitude score impact the rate at which Organic Armor regnerates?

Thanks.

[oleg]

no

[Suicide Junkie]

Not in combat, anyways. If, at the end of combat, you still have damaged armor, and you need to take it to a repair facility, then your repair skill will come into effect.

[rholt]

Originally posted by Suicide Junkie:
Not in combat, anyways. If, at the end of combat, you still have damaged armor, and you need to take it to a repair facility, then your repair skill will come into effect.

I have read some of those long armor threads and I am still trying to get my mind wrapped around this concenpt that Organic Armor will repair itself while in combat, but as soon as combat it over that regenerative ability stops. Very odd.

So I suspect this means that buying down my Repair apptitude is not a good idea.

Thanks

[Fyron]

So I suspect this means that buying down my Repair apptitude is not a good idea.

Sure it is. 50% repair aptitude gives you 800 racial points. Just use twice as many repair bays (which are not very expensive at all) and you'll be fine.

[capnq]

Just use twice as many repair bays (which are not very expensive at all)

In resource cost, maybe, but an additional 150kt of Tonnage Space is significant.

[Gandalph]

In resource cost, maybe, but an additional 150kt of Tonnage Space is significant.

That's 1 LC with 2 repair bays and engines, or even a destroyer with 1 repair bay and engines, just another support ship for the fleet.

[Fyron]

Yeah, a few extra repair ships aren't hard to build or maintain.

[PvK]

Seemed to me like organic armor was completely repairing once out of combat, which would make sense. I don't remember ever seeing partly-destroyed organic armor at the strategic level.

PvK

[Fyron]

PvK, OA does not repair after combat is over. Test it out. I have seen plenty of ships end up with some damaged OA, either by combat ending before they could repair, or when they run out of regen points.