[INFO]Deploy EMP Drone

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Deploy EMP Drone

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Here is a link to the design spreadsheet in Excel 2007 format.

If you dont have that software here is a link to a free viewer from Microsoft.
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Overview:

With any ship equipped with:

Fight Command Software MKII
Special Command Software

and has the following wares:

Recon Drone
Ion Disruptor
Ion Mine
Cargo Bay Shielding (Required for MKII)

Other associated requirements:

E-cells to charge the drone

With a ship with the above requirements it can launch an EMP drone to attack a particular ship. To do so go to the fight area of the command console and under special you will find the Special Drones interface the option to Deploy EMP Drone is there. The command orders are as follows:

1. Select ship
2. Select either MKI (1) or MKII (2).
3. Select wether safe (1) or fire and forget (2).
4. Select number of e-cells to charge the drone with (from 500 - 800).

The drone will then attempt to get within a desired range (varies with ship sizes) and then use the e-cells to detonate causing a powefull electromagnetic pulse and ion burst within a 10km radius. Which will not discriminate between freind or foe. The safe mode checks to see any of your own ships are within the blast radius and if found will detonate harmlessly.

The potential of the blast to effect in terms of a % can be calculated as follows:

%Potential = ((K x Ecells) / (R^2)) / S.

K is a constant associated with the energy co-efficient and is 2,500,000.
Ecells is number of e-cells.
R is the radius in metres from EMP burst to target(s).
S is the effected ship(s) shielding in MJ.

A graph and calculations are allready provided in the above design spreadsheet.

The %Potential is then the chance for various systems to be "zapped". These include shields, missiles, installed equipment, installed upgrades and any tech wares. (Note: it doesnt at moment sufficiently discriminate some pre-installed systems). And each individual type is checked to see if it is effected. It also has a similar potential to set shield energy and laser energy to 0, but they will still recharge. Weapons systems seem unaffected by this new experimental weapon as this is due to them being used to rapid changes in fluctuating energy use.

So far the experiments of this tactical weapon has been limited, and findings show that whilst extremely effective against smaller ships. The shielding on vessels that are M7 and above tend to use provide sufficient protection and is extremely unlikley to effect them. M6 are somewhere in between. Boron Scientists are interested in feedback from its use.

This is not a secret weapon, leaks have provided to others the nature of the weapon and as such is frowned upon with its use and any effects to neutral affilications is viewed unfavourable. However, the MKII version can be used to conceal the weapons owner resulting in no associatied loss of influence. The MKII as a result can also be used to attack enemy targets where the MKI would be simply "dealt with" and is the military option.

(Possible Boron Lore/History/flavouring to follow)

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Version history

27.02.2009 V1.0 beta
03.03.2009 ----- Consolidated into all drones package.

[pelador]

Thanks have to go to "Ogerboss" for assisting in my learning curve concerning the manipulation of wares and equipment to implement this development.

[LV]

may i suggest the edit button instead of new posts in quick succession, bumping is frowned upon

[pelador]

Now consolidated into the all drones package.