Solar Power and Heat Shields

[gandalfphysicist]

I was thinking, since it is very easy to burn up near a star, heat shields could be added to give you more protection against stars. Also, instead of having half your ship made up of power generators and power tanks, solar power could be added to recharge power tanks at stars and reduce bulk of ships.

 

[Danzarlo]

Why did you just delete and repost the thread?

 

[Stakhanov]

Though solar cells certainly would bring some life to the ship building metagame. Because of the exposure , solar powered ships would be extra vulnerable to powerdrains. Also reduced efficiency away from the sun would only allow sustained cloaking within 3-4 sectors of it , for example. Useful for base defense , risky to chase people with.