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[-] the_artic_one@programming.dev 55 points 1 year ago

I always appreciate how the game FTL made "diverting power from life support" make sense. You don't do it when your shield generators are damaged, you do it when your reactor is too damaged to output enough power for both shields and life support.

[-] terminhell@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 1 year ago

I mean, if diverting life support power would make the FTL engines work, so you could effectively teleport from A to B in seconds or minutes, it could be worth it? Especially if the destination is a safe harbor for repairs. Then resume life support. Not likely to cause instant death?

[-] the_artic_one@programming.dev 14 points 1 year ago

Yup that's actually a tradeoff you have to consider in the game, putting more power into the engines speeds up how long it takes to make an FTL jump. So if you don't think you can beat the ship you're fighting, it can make sense to put all power into the engines to try and jump away before they destroy your ship. Turning off life support still leaves you with the air currently in the ship which lasts for some amount of time depending on how big your ship is/how many crew members you have/how many hull breaches, open airlocks, or fires there are.

[-] keepcarrot@hexbear.net 5 points 1 year ago

Yeah, life support being off or at reduced power would mean carbon dioxide build up and it would probably get a bit sweaty, but you can survive for quite a long time in a sealed room, especially with how much spare space is in Star Trek rooms.

Unless life support includes something like "shields that keep all the air in" or something.

I agree with the theme of the post, but some of the examples need more work, possibly at the expense of being less quippy

[-] SkyeStarfall@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Or when the generator simply isn't powerful enough to supply everything. Because resources are finite and you don't always have enough power for everything.

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