resistor's Very Specific Questions

[resistor]

Q1)I was looking through some old threads and I found this conversation.

Aug 8, 2011 11:59:58 GMT -5 salendrak said:

What circumstances would you ever want something that is slow with low agility? Looking at various ship lists I've found, it seems like there are plenty of other options with good stats but faster speed/agility. Or are they just in the game to be fodder for pirates/trade wars/solar wars/ etc?

Aug 8, 2011 12:09:31 GMT -5 Cory Trese said:

Fast / Quick ships take up a lot more fuel and suffer more critical hits.

Big slow and reliable, efficient and tough.

If a QUICK ship is more vulnerable to crits, does that mean just the engines are more vulnerable to crits, or all components? Similarly, does a FAST ship have more crit vulnerability to just sails, or all ship components?

Q2) What exactly is a critical hit? Do crits work like they do in "normal" RPGs (small chance for bonus damage), or did Cory just mean the maximum damage number in the damage roll is increased?

Q3)Does Prow Superstructure give damage resistance to sails?

Q4)Does Reactor Superstructure give damage resistance to engines? The description does hint at it.

Q5)Does Torpedo Battle Prow give damage resistance to your torp ammo? The description does hint at it.

Q6)Does Battlecruiser Retrofit reduce WF use? The description does hint at it ("...architectural upgrades to maximize the ship's crew efficiency...").

Q7)Does Titan Gun Batteries give any special bonus other then +2 guns +3 engines? All the other gun and engine upgrades give special bonuses.

Q8)Water-fuel, T2O or H2O?
Evidence in favor of it being H2O: in-game description, in-game image says "H2O" on it, finally Riverton has TONS of WF, which makes sense if it's H2O because Riverton is on a river.
Evidence in favor of it being T2O: help file says T2O.

Q9Does the Military officer boarding transition bonus make you board more accurately, do more damage to the enemy crew for transition board, give a higher chance of going into a deep/critical area of the enemy ship for transition board, or all of the above?

This is every question that I have about ST. If anyone can answer any of these that'd be great!

[Cory Trese]

Q2) Critical hits means you get a larger than normal number of attack runs.

Q3) All Armor upgrades help soak damage.

These are all exciting experiments for the players!!!

[resistor]

Aug 8, 2016 22:44:01 GMT -5 Cory Trese said:

Q2) Critical hits means you get a larger than normal number of attack runs.

Q3) All Armor upgrades help soak damage.

These are all exciting experiments for the players!!!

Thanks Cory for taking time out of your busy schedule to clarify stuff! What I meant by Q3 and Q4 was "does it give a resistance bonus to sail/engine damage as well as the normal armor bonus". So what you said didn't really answer my question, unfortunately.

Also, I have no idea what you mean by "exciting experiments".

[slayernz]

Q8 ... Water-Fuel is indeed T₂O, described as a "nano-modified, radioactively stabilized form of Tritium Oxide".

It is different to Heavy Water (Deuterium Oxide), and although spacers drink rations of the stuff in order to protect themselves from the risks of space travel, Doctor-Technologists have been working hard to re-educate crew members on the dangers of drinking large quantities of the liquid, and instead recommend drinking Vudka when possible.

Of course, long-term studies on the consumption of T₂O are limited because many crew members die off during exploration, space encounters, or being accidentally ejected out of airlocks. The leading hypothesis by Doctor-Technologists is that consuming large quantities of T₂O over a long duration may cause sterility, insanity, and death. Not necessarily in that order.

[Cory Trese]

These are exciting experiments in that they're things players who play the game will learn from playing.

Q3) No special damage reduction beyond normal Prow Armor values.

Q4) On Ram/Boarding it provides additional bonuses. You'll see the results best by playing.

Q7) Not sure "All the other gun and engine upgrades give special bonuses" is accurate.

[resistor]

Aug 9, 2016 11:05:04 GMT -5 Cory Trese said:

These are exciting experiments in that they're things players who play the game will learn from playing.

Q3) No special damage reduction beyond normal Prow Armor values.

Q4) On Ram/Boarding it provides additional bonuses. You'll see the results best by playing.

Q7) Not sure "All the other gun and engine upgrades give special bonuses" is accurate.

Thanks for answering! It indeed can be exciting to experiment with different upgrades to see how they fit in to different builds, but not knowing if they have hidden bonuses is something else... For example, one time I was trying to test Titan Gun Batteries to see if it gives any hidden bonuses, I couldn't really tell as I died a few encounters later. The only conclusion I came to was that it probably doesn't give a special accuracy bonus for close range, which doesn't tell me much. If it weren't for the forum, the only way to know hidden bonuses would be to test every possible action dozens of times with different upgrades in similar conditions, which is definitely not exciting to me.

All the other gun and engine upgrades do indeed give additional bonuses
Ancient Reactors: landing bonus
extended gun deck: less crew required + accuracy at mid range
Reactor superstructure: well you just told me lol
Hyperion Gun decks: accuracy at mid range
titan components: bonus to all actions mid/close range
Prow gun battery: accuracy bonus after closing action