Assembly Hall

I had previously posted this in the ideas discussion forum but I guess that was the wrong place. Don't see a way to move or delete it myself but I can least repost the idea where it belongs.


A new way of cloaking
a device that can enable my ship to masquerade as something else. This device could use scripts in order to change for instance my hurricane to show up on scan as a maelstrom, The device would work by boosting the signature radius and disguising it. Therefore, it could appear as something bigger but not smaller than the current radius. Otherwise, that would make baiting to easy and then nobody would go looking for a fight.

An army of none
Second, maybe a launchable beacon that you can set, these beacons can put forth a signal that will show up on scan as other ships., or maybe even wrecks for baiting purposes. When your probing that solo ratter, he has the ability to make you think that he has some friends along, showing up on grid would allow you to see the beacons and the hoax for what it is. Figuring out what to do with local would be the problem here.

I'm not sure of the practicality of these ideas or even if I would use them. However, it might change the dynamics a little, Nobody ever shows up to fight you unless they are sure they can win. With these it might add a little uncertainty and throw in a little more of the unknown into the equation.

You might show up on grid because you think this guy is cloaked as something else, and then find out it really is a Battleship, or it could be that tech 1 cruiser just trying to bluff you into leaving him alone. Either way, your going to have to put yourself on grid to find out.

and then everyone were hurricanes and the belts were empty forever