Pod Discussion

[Tombi]

"Have the shuttle flooring be too (enter excuse/reason here) to be able to safely fly around in."

The direct solution to having pods on the shuttle is to not allow pods on the shuttle. Not against it, but I feel it's extreme.

Make pods get damaged each time they move through a tile

If the damage was sufficent I think this could work nicely. It makes me wonder if that could be extended to the station tiles as well.

I agree that pods are a way too potent method of escaping a chase. One counter I can think of is to have some sort of physical cargo hangar lockdown button, similar to the one on the bridge. Perhaps place one by each entrance for quick-thinking prevention of escapes.

A reasonable idea! One alternative could be delaying the hanger doors for a couple of seconds (maybe add some fancy animation). Extending on this, add a 'warmup' to wormholes so that they:
a) take some time to actually trigger
b) make it very obvious one is being charged
c) can be interrupted (taser it).