Guardian technology is causally amusing, but its drowned out by engineering. What is needed is a super version of the Guardian distributors ability to enhance power delivery- in short each Guardian module added adds either an enhancement to other modules, or powers up the ship in exotic ways.
Some examples:
G Distro: extra power generation, allows the power priority of G modules to be set (so human distros are at a disadvantage) and an extra pip to play with.
G Powerplant: self healing (slowly), or, at low integrity after a good railing its power delivery does not fluctuate like pathetic human tech does. Or, guardian defence drones see you as an ally and will not attack at surface ruins.
G module G hull reinforcement: immune to Thargoid, L cloud lightning and other EMP disruption (based on how many you stack).
G hull reinforcement: % immunity to caustic and Thargon attack (based on stack value)
G shield augs, G FSD module augmented 5% each if attached to a G Distro.
G weapons gain DPS and efficency when mounted onto a ship with both G Distro and G powerplant.
The downsides would be that as you slowly glow up blue with Guardian modules the Thargoids take more of an interest in you- your chance of hyperdiction increases.
In short, make Guardian stuff holistically useful- otherwise people just pick the obvious choices and ignore the rest.
Some examples:
G Distro: extra power generation, allows the power priority of G modules to be set (so human distros are at a disadvantage) and an extra pip to play with.
G Powerplant: self healing (slowly), or, at low integrity after a good railing its power delivery does not fluctuate like pathetic human tech does. Or, guardian defence drones see you as an ally and will not attack at surface ruins.
G module G hull reinforcement: immune to Thargoid, L cloud lightning and other EMP disruption (based on how many you stack).
G hull reinforcement: % immunity to caustic and Thargon attack (based on stack value)
G shield augs, G FSD module augmented 5% each if attached to a G Distro.
G weapons gain DPS and efficency when mounted onto a ship with both G Distro and G powerplant.
The downsides would be that as you slowly glow up blue with Guardian modules the Thargoids take more of an interest in you- your chance of hyperdiction increases.
In short, make Guardian stuff holistically useful- otherwise people just pick the obvious choices and ignore the rest.
But its like a lot of Guardian stuff- why bother with it? Its totally niche. The other aspect is that by 'going Guardian' you create an alternative to G5 engineering- like a second progress tree.
