Ejectable reactors

[stoic ivy]

Okay, here is the topic of discussion: Being able to eject the reactor of a ship to prevent explosion (or chain reaction).

If added it would be a button on the hud (when a reactor is selected) to eject it, which causes it to stop working and spawns a mine type projectile that will explode after a few seconds (or maybe it will only explode if the reactor is damaged enough before ejection/crashed into after ejection).
And when a reactor is ejected, the part/tile will no longer explode (obviously)

The explosion would be larger then the normal reactor explosion due to being disconnected from every safeguard in place.

https://tenor.com/view/i-say-we-eject-the-warp-core-lieutenant-shaxs-captain-freeman-star-trek-lower-decks-we-should-release-the-warp-core-gif-27280109

[scenic ferry]

hmmm

reactor bombers mk2

this sounds interesting

[stoic ivy]

Me when I eject 50 reactors in the path of a ramming ship: :3

Honestly I thought of it more for QOL, but could probably be used for combat/traps

[raw bluff]

~~ hey this looks mighty familiar~~

[balmy dove]

This would be realy funny, but I remember old nuke storage rammers

[stoic ivy]

(I might have made this one first before I was like "oh, I suppose this would fit the startrek mod more")

[rugged trellis]

:3 spotted

notifying furry general

[normal ledge]

:3

[stoic ivy]

Noooooo, the people cant find out!

[final sparrow]

but what's the point though? once you eject the reactor your ship is cooked anyway pretty much?

[stoic ivy]

Well if you have multiple in a ship it can save you from a chain reaction, save you from an attacker chasing you.. because its cool?

[vocal cypress]

You could have multiple ships, or a big ship where losing one reactor non destructively doesn't doom your ship

I've been using an ml ship in my latest career run and the fact that mining lasers don't detonate reactors has been drawing out some fights

[final sparrow]

is that true? haven't seen that happen

[vocal cypress]

Yes it is, mining lasers salvage parts. They don't destroy them the same way other weapons/damage do

It's a benefit when you wamt more resource drops, but the flip side is explosive parts don't detonate