Pod Scanners Shields Weapons Batteries Defense Systems & More

[Frank_Stein]

As much as I would like seeing more variety in pods (and regrettably subs), pods are already kind of a major pain to deal with as is. Add some more ways to counter pods that doesn't involve another pod or pod seekers and I'm all for some of these ideas, until then I'd rather not make the powergaming podnerd even more OP and unbearable to fight.

I mostly had pod vs pod fights in mind, but pod vs grounded crew is something we can talk about here too.
Some maps have the outer shields, which would work for keeping pods from approaching, but maybe we can have some other deterrents like exterior defense turrets. By default they could fire on drones or asteroids, but be configured to target pods using similar tech to the scanners. Stick a panel for them on the bridge, activate them when needed.