I'd like to see something where you can fit a drone bay (limited to one) in an internal slot on a ship. In a class 1 would be 1 drone, 2 with two drones, 3 with 4 drones, 4 with 6 drones, 5 with 8 drones (no 6 or 7).
These drones are similar to limpets but are AI controlled and manoeuvre using very small engine vents on 4 sides. In the bottom should be a customizeable weapon of choice (pulse laser or cannon), with a size less than 1. The drones, when our of fuel, dock at the drone bay to refuel using the ship's main fuel tank.
When destroyed, the larger drone bays have ammo which can replenish drones. Drones have no shields, are targetable (as a subsistence of their parent's ship) and have little to no armour. If the drone bay is destroyed, the drones stop due to lack of communication.
Now these drones should swarm other ships and slowly (very slowly) damage them. Max range: 3.5km. They should move at very fast speeds.
To not make these drones too OP, there should be a very high power cost so that you can fit up a federal corvette with drones, weapons and everything else. Also, as mentioned earlier, limited to 1 bay.
This may cause a lot of lag in Conflict zones, so not many AI ships should have a drone bay, and not many stations should sell them either.
The cost should be large, even to restock ammo.
Feedback? Should this be added, modified or not?
These drones are similar to limpets but are AI controlled and manoeuvre using very small engine vents on 4 sides. In the bottom should be a customizeable weapon of choice (pulse laser or cannon), with a size less than 1. The drones, when our of fuel, dock at the drone bay to refuel using the ship's main fuel tank.
When destroyed, the larger drone bays have ammo which can replenish drones. Drones have no shields, are targetable (as a subsistence of their parent's ship) and have little to no armour. If the drone bay is destroyed, the drones stop due to lack of communication.
Now these drones should swarm other ships and slowly (very slowly) damage them. Max range: 3.5km. They should move at very fast speeds.
To not make these drones too OP, there should be a very high power cost so that you can fit up a federal corvette with drones, weapons and everything else. Also, as mentioned earlier, limited to 1 bay.
This may cause a lot of lag in Conflict zones, so not many AI ships should have a drone bay, and not many stations should sell them either.
The cost should be large, even to restock ammo.
Feedback? Should this be added, modified or not?
