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Author Topic: "Support Carrier" Behavior Hullmod  (Read 429 times)

Morrokain

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"Support Carrier" Behavior Hullmod
« on: July 27, 2021, 02:55:38 PM »

I'm not sure if this was ever suggested before, but it would be interesting to have a hullmod with low OP cost that would:


- Cause the AI to only select allied ships for the "engage" setting for wings. This would cause them to support allied ships only instead of being sent on attack runs.

 - Similarly, the AI wouldn't toggle "engage" without a target being selected.

 - The ship with the hullmod would ignore "Fighter Strike" commands unless explicitly assigned to the ship with the command on it.

 - Escort orders cause the AI to select the ship in question as the supported target even if the carrier itself is not selected as an escort

 - Multiple escort orders with multiple carriers with the hullmod would divide themselves up and support the escorted targets equally if possible.

 - Extra Ambitious: carriers with the hullmod could select enemy fighters as a target for the "engage" toggle, but only if that enemy fighter is targeting the carrier or the carrier's prior ally target.


This would be a great hullmod to use in conjunction with, for instance, the Wasp. Its fragility and specialization as an anti-craft wing rather than an anti-ship wing means that it is much better suited to escorting allied ships than ever targeting an enemy ship. I can't think of a single use case where that would be the *right* move actually. It could also serve to increase the nuance of fighter control without needing additional UI work or (hopefully) many changes to the AI since it would simply have to check for the hullmod being present while iterating through potential target choices.

It wouldn't really spice up player controlled carriers, but I was under the impression that these were treated more like non-player support ships that you can pilot if you really want to.
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6chad.noirlee9

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Re: "Support Carrier" Behavior Hullmod
« Reply #1 on: July 27, 2021, 04:01:33 PM »

i second all of this
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