Pod Launch Pad
| Tech Level |
2 |
| Cost |
15 MC + 1 Supply |
| Maintenance |
0 |
| Production |
0 |
| Limit Per Planet |
1 Per Race |
| Launches Pods into
space, sending them to other planets |
| Allows for the transfer
of cargo from planet to planet without the need
of ships |
| Pods are completely
unprotected from attack or theft |
| It costs 25MC to launch
a pod into space |
A Pod Launch Pad can send any of the
following pods into space at a cost of 25MC each.
The speed that a pod travels varies from race to race. A
Fed pod for example travels at
a speed of 20LY a turn. A pod can be launched at any
target object and will travel to
the (X,Y) of where the object was at the time of launch.
The course of a pod can
not be changed once the pod has been launched. The pod
will not change course if
the object it was launched at moves. Pods are easy
targets for enemy ships to pick off.
Ion storms can send them off course. Pods are much safer
when stored in the cargo holds
of ships. You can choose to have the pod simply go into
orbit around the planet it was
launched from and wait to be picked up by a friendly
ship. Pods have a limited power supply.
When the power supply runs out the pod and its cargo are
lost.
Assault Pod
Carries Troops, Ground Assault
Craft and Space Fighters
|
"Con Pod"
(Construction Pod)
Carries Metals, Money and Ship
Plans
|
"Gold Pod"
(Smuggler's Treasure Pod)
Carries money, ship plans and
contraband items
|
Life Pod
Carries Colonists or Enemy
Prisoniers. Can C-Freeze
passengers to save weight and space and greatly
increase the number of passengers that the
pod can hold
|
Native Pod
Carries Native lifeforms.
*** Warning: Do not place
Chupanoid or Amorphous
natives on pods with other native types on board
***
|
Ore Pod
Carries any mix of the 4 common ore types. Can
hold
up to 1000KT of ore per pod.
|
Outfit Pod
Carries ship parts, like engines, shields,
generators,
armor and weapons. Old parts removed from a ship
can be stored in this pod and used over again on
another ship or taken to a base for storeage.
|
Resupply Pod
Carries items a ship or base needs such as
food,
med units, supplies, mega credits, fuel, repair
units
and combat ordnance.
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