Goonhub
07-13-2018, 08:45 PM
(This post was last modified: 07-13-2018, 08:48 PM by AlbretEinstrong. Edited 2 times in total.)
I'd set up the full ship shields in one of two ways.
1) The shields draw massive power, something like draining two full SMES's in 60 seconds. To prevent abuse as a free power sink, the switches are removed and they can only be turned on through the shield computer with a head level ID.
2) The shields draw less power, but have an automatic shutdown at a certain level of reserve power i.e., total SMES load below 10/25/50 percent kills the shields and puts them on cooldown to be turned back on.
EDIT: Thinking it over, I much prefer the first idea. Imagine the tension of rolling blackouts as power begins to fail and the crew hold their breath hoping the shields hold long enough to survive the storm. It also gives a reason to use the engine on Clarion, which is currently completely unnecessary to power the station.
1) The shields draw massive power, something like draining two full SMES's in 60 seconds. To prevent abuse as a free power sink, the switches are removed and they can only be turned on through the shield computer with a head level ID.
2) The shields draw less power, but have an automatic shutdown at a certain level of reserve power i.e., total SMES load below 10/25/50 percent kills the shields and puts them on cooldown to be turned back on.
EDIT: Thinking it over, I much prefer the first idea. Imagine the tension of rolling blackouts as power begins to fail and the crew hold their breath hoping the shields hold long enough to survive the storm. It also gives a reason to use the engine on Clarion, which is currently completely unnecessary to power the station.