Passive Push/Pull more different and flexible

[NeonSturm]

This suggestion is about passive push/pull effects, not slaved effects.

This suggestion should not affect thrusters!
They should be kept simple to make the learning curve not too step.​

Thrust, compare:

c-1. Push/Pull can be easier fine-tuned than thrust (spatial compressed and one-directional thrust).
c-2. But they can't stop your ship (0-speed, exactly) and work only in one direction per array.
c-3. They can also not rotate your ship and will never make thrusters redundant.

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Ideas:

i-1. Push/Pull should be able to slave weapons (weapons and effects inverted)
i-2. Both should work in the direction the computer faces.
i-3. Push/Pull being different from each other (not just the different orientation)

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Details:

d-1. Push has a higher spatial compression. (spatial=time, compression=burst/alpha)

1 second = power of a thruster block * recharge time in seconds.​

d-2. Pull has a higher efficiency

1.2x power of a thruster block, while active.​

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Slaves:

s-1. Push/Cannon - higher spatial compression to 0.2 seconds and 5x power during that time.
s-2. Pull/Cannon - sine-wave thrust between 0.7x and 1.7x.

experimental thoughts:
s-3. Push/Beam - 2 seconds burst, 2x cooldown
s-4. Pull/Beam

more:
s-5. Push/Missile, Pull/Missile, Push/Pulse, Pull/Pulse … Push/Overdrive, Pull/Overdrive …

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More Effects:

Can be assigned to secondary and tertiary effect-slaves, but I haven't thought about to which.

e-1. Alternating up/down or left/right acceleration, cancelling each other out but more often.

More efficient than using thrusters, but you can't accelerate for more than 1 second.​

e-2. Charging before a speed burst
e-3. Co-operate with thrusters in that direction.

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It is not important that you like every single effect.
But I'd like to hear a feedback if you like a few effects or dislike a specific one.

This list is meant to be extended if the general idea is approved​