Add ice as a resource

[gusty quiver]

Not entirely set in stone what it would do, but would neat for immersion as many asteroids have ice in them, could also be easy to mine, and if one day crew survival is a thing I’ve could be used to make oxygen

[gloomy jungle]

oxygen not included

[severe zenith]

this could be a mechanic for cooling of stronger energy weapons
and could be used in an idea i had of Recreation rooms which increase Crew speed when used by the crew,

[gusty quiver]

Coolant would actually be a quite fun mechanic, wouldn’t even need to be ice, but that could actually be really fun to play around with! Especially in a mod

[random tendon]

Adding onto the coolant idea how about generators that eat carbon

Or a fuel of some kind

[gusty quiver]

Would be better as a direct addition to engines tbh

Maybe an engine that does not use power but instead another resource

[random tendon]

But it produces heat as a biproduct

[gusty quiver]

Perhaps

Heat would be difficult to model though

[random tendon]

It could be just another stat that if it gets above half it starts fires on it and in surrounding tiles

[gusty quiver]

Actually overheating could be a mechanic for weapons, preventing them from being fired for a set period of time after to long, but something like coolant would allow for continuous firing if supplied

[random tendon]

And if it hits max it starts damaging itself

[gusty quiver]

Could be used for an afterburner idea then

You use your heat making engines but if used to long your ship gets damaged

[random tendon]

Or solid fuel boosters

[gusty quiver]

Might become op though for competitive or soemthing

[random tendon]

But it needs fuel

As I said it would eat up carbon to work

[gusty quiver]

More resource usage in the future would be nice to see

Depends on wether Walt intends to deepen that because it could become quite annoying to use

[random tendon]

Yep

Wait, maybe ice needs special storage

Maybe using special storage from this thread https://discord.com/channels/314103695568666625/1027559602755211334

[gusty quiver]

Nah I’m sure it could just use the existing system

[random tendon]

Maybe

I just see ice needing a place where it can stay frozen

[humble isle]

This would add a reason to put comets in the game!

[random tendon]

Or ice meteors

[gusty quiver]

You could argue that the existing storage is already kept cold right now, i mean space is cold already why waste time heating a room that stores chunks of metal

[humble isle]

Meteor shower but you take a shower.

[humble isle]

True!

[random tendon]

I was gonna make that point

Ooh here's an idea for ice as ammo! Freeze rays that increase damage received on a apart while also killing crew in that part

A sort of support anti armor

[gusty quiver]

Freeze ray sounds to cheesy

[random tendon]

Hmmm

Ice launcher

Or Thermo-Beams

[humble isle]

Spaceships already can withstand the temps of space anyways.

[random tendon]

Yea...

[gusty quiver]

Ok a thermo beam would be a cool weapon to start fires, but that warrants its own thread lol

[humble isle]

Ain't that the ion?

[gusty quiver]

The idea of a thermo beam wouldn’t really damage the ship, I’d assume it would only cause fires no actually damage

[humble isle]

Or smol canon?