P&N for v1.78?

[Suicide Junkie]

Nope, the Canon cannon isn't mine.

And Goldberg devices DO do something useful.
They keep shop windows clean, sharpen pencils, and various other tasks.

Usually, they complete a single very simple task in a very complicated way though.

I'm trying to come up with a whole STRING of "useless but seems ALMOST useful" components.

Perhaps a better way to think of it would be "I can beat you with one hand tied behind my back" type components

As for the high energy minimizer, it still needs something... It isn't really accomplishing anything, you know?
Perhaps if it were a safety device. A tech area of Goldberg Weapon Safety Systems, could include the High Energy Minimizer...
I just need matching devices for seekers, projectile weapons, and warheads

Regardless of the thematics of making something useless (IOW, a Rube Goldberg component) ... for the effort of actually exploring the Ruins, you shoudl get something of that has at least the potential to be of SOME use, in the right circumstances.

Well, the Goldberg designs tech area was originally created so that most Ruins would turn out to be "fake". The goal of the change was to make "Ruins Rushing" and "Ruins Camping" a bit harder...

[ November 11, 2002, 20:59: Message edited by: Suicide Junkie ]