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Had an idea for a new Power Storage block: the Battery.
TL;DR: stores a ton of power separate from Capacitors, but only a fraction of it can be used at once.
Batteries would be a new type of power storage - they could store absolutely huge amounts of power relative to the standard Power Capacitors - enough to run an entire ship including weapons for hours or more, but they would have a maximum energy output per second (like reactors).
They'd start with a specific e/s output which could be increased, perhaps by increasing the group size.
They would store their power separate from the ship's normal Capacitor storage, so you could have both the default Capacitors for on-demand power and the extra storage of the Battery.
Would also have a way to switch between 'charge' and 'discharge' (and maybe 'off') mode, perhaps a computer, or simple Logic connection.
These would allow you to reduce or eliminate your ship's reliance of on-board Reactors, freeing up space for other things and preventing those pesky power lines from getting in the way of your interior space, for example.
They'd probably provide more power per block than Reactors, so they'd end up taking up a little less space than pure Reactors, freeing it up for other things at the cost of needing to recharge every now and then.
Would be useful, for example, to give small ships decent-sized jump drives without having to run tons of extra power lines, or for emergency power, etc.
And with Rails, you could have literal batteries - swappable, pre-charged tanks of power to keep your ship running.
TL;DR: stores a ton of power separate from Capacitors, but only a fraction of it can be used at once.
Batteries would be a new type of power storage - they could store absolutely huge amounts of power relative to the standard Power Capacitors - enough to run an entire ship including weapons for hours or more, but they would have a maximum energy output per second (like reactors).
They'd start with a specific e/s output which could be increased, perhaps by increasing the group size.
They would store their power separate from the ship's normal Capacitor storage, so you could have both the default Capacitors for on-demand power and the extra storage of the Battery.
Would also have a way to switch between 'charge' and 'discharge' (and maybe 'off') mode, perhaps a computer, or simple Logic connection.
These would allow you to reduce or eliminate your ship's reliance of on-board Reactors, freeing up space for other things and preventing those pesky power lines from getting in the way of your interior space, for example.
They'd probably provide more power per block than Reactors, so they'd end up taking up a little less space than pure Reactors, freeing it up for other things at the cost of needing to recharge every now and then.
Would be useful, for example, to give small ships decent-sized jump drives without having to run tons of extra power lines, or for emergency power, etc.
And with Rails, you could have literal batteries - swappable, pre-charged tanks of power to keep your ship running.
