Ion bombs into our own ship

[Dark-Thomy]

Well, all in the title !

I hate when something is sadely devoided of purpose..
And actually, if you quickly think about it, self-teleporting a bomb into our own ship may be (in certain cases..) useful !
Same thing for a fire bomb or a bomb mk.II .


But, what about ion bombs ?
Seriously ?

So I thought it would have been totally awesome if ion bombs disabled drones in the targeted room !
..however, since I think it's too late for such a suggestion for the advanced edition, I was wondering if you know a mod that make this possible, maybe ?..
I mean, to disable drones when an ion bomb explode in their current room.

Thanks for attention ! ^^

[Dirka]

Interesting thought. I have two quibbles, though:

a) If ion bombs work the same way on both the enemy ships and yours, wouldn't you potentially ion your own systems?
b) Why not just ion the enemy drone room?

[Dark-Thomy]

Well, the enemy ship may have thousands of reason that would prevent me from teleport an ion into their drone room.. ^^

For example, if they are cloaked every fking 20 seconds, or if I have (really have..) to disable their weaponry, ...or if they dodge a lot while a boarding drone just crashed inside my cockpit.....


But you're totally right, this would disable my own systems too..
I think it is still interesting ^^ It wouldn't be something you do without thinking first !

[5thHorseman]

I don't see a problem with the game allowing you to do something technically possible but with 0 merit. You can teleport people into a broken engine room on that slug ship with no interior doors to the engine room. That gives you no benefit and no detriment. If you do that you're employing an inefficient strategy, though, just like if you're in a habit of ion bombing your own rooms.

[Dark-Thomy]

Hmm, but that engine room isn't always broken.. So it's not always useless, right ?


Anyway, I'll look for a simple mod that solve my research maybe !..

[5thHorseman]

Hmm, but that engine room isn't always broken.. So it's not always useless, right ?

And bombs aren't always ions...

[Bronzor]

It could be useful, depending on how the hacking system works with Advanced Edition. Like if the enemy hacks your teleporter while it's recharging, you could use an ion bomb to disable it for a bit longer so it doesn't teleport your crew back.

Though as a way to disable drones, seems legit.

[Dark-Thomy]

Hmm actually I prefer not spoil myself about the Advanced edition but yeah, maybe it'll gain a little bit of usefullness !..

So, wait and see..