Hi all,
The intro thread tells you what this OXP does and how it can be used, but I thought you might be interested in
how it does it.
'Anarchy' upgrades weapons - if a ship previously had a pulse laser, it gets a beam laser, and beams are upraded to military lasers. The chance of extra equipment is also increased, by roughly 1/3. This will be things like ECM, injectors, shield boosters etc. Some ships get the equivalent of an Extra Energy Unit. These changes apply only to ships with the role 'pirate'.
'Apocalypse' takes this further with practically everything getting military lasers, and the chance of extra equipment is again increased. More ships will get EEUs. Also Boas and Boa 2s (class cruisers) are introduced as pirates. These along with the default Python Blackdog are known as the 'War Dogs', and are well equipped and each comes with four escorts. Around one in 25 pirates will be a Boa Pitbull, and around 1 in 30 will be Boa 2 Rottweilers. (These have come to be known as 'Pittis' and 'Rottis', by the way
). A script adds three extra pirates to those quiet middle-ranked agricultural and industrial worlds to give a more even spread of pirates around the systems. Traders and escorts get a similar weapons/equipment upgrade to the pirates, to give them a fighting chance.
'Armageddon' is fully loaded. Pirates will mostly be Iron-Assed, with an extremely high chance of having all optional equipment. Around 1 in 14 pirates will be Boa Pitbulls - the same chance as any other pirate ship - and around 1 in 20 will be 'Rottis'. More 'extra' pirates are added to the 'quiet' systems (5 rather than the 3 in 'apocalypse'), and a script also adds a pirate blockade at the witchpoint of industrial worlds (except anarchies and feudals as these have a heavy pirate presence anyway). The script calls 5 pirates (remembering that any 'War Dogs' will also bring escorts with them), which can lead to blockades of 15 ships or more! Two police ships are also added at the witchpoint. The GalCop Constrictor is also added to these industrial worlds, with around 1 in 6 police vessels being a Constrictor. These have the same general spec as the default Constrictor, but have shield boosters and military shield enhancers. They also have two wingmen.
Finally, to brighten your Ooniverse up a bit various laser colors have been used.
Thanks for the interest in this OXP. It's proving quite popular already, with 30 downloads in the first 24 hours, and any comments and feedback will be welcome.
Cheers,
Smivs.
