Photons - what do they do?
Photons work the same in MBBS or Classic mode
These facts are for TWGS/TW2002 3.11.54 (v54)

1) Player hit by photon:
Turn limited game, player will lose all turns untill next hour at which time they will recover 1 hour of turns.
Unlimited turn game, the photon will disable a ship for one minute for each second of the Photon duration.

2) Planet hit by photon will lose military reaction and cannon fire ability if the planet has under 200 sheilds. At 200 shields the planet is not affected by photon and will function normally.

Photons do NOT bypass planet fighters defense when landing. You have to destroy fighters to land.

3) Armid mines will not detonate during a photon duration

4) Limpet mines function normally and are unaffected by Photons

5) Sector fighters are dampened during photon duration and are bypassed

6) Ship Interdictor generator is turned off

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Edited by - Hekate on January 27 2002 3:40:39 PM

quote:
Photons - what do they do?
Photons work the same in MBBS or Classic mode
These facts are for TWGS/TW2002 3.11.54 (v54)

2) Planet hit by photon will lose military reaction and cannon fire ability if the planet has under 200 sheilds. At 200 shields the planet is not affected by photon and will function normally.

Photons do NOT bypass planet fighters defense when landing. You have to destroy fighters to land.


Only during photon duration tho! (for the newbies)

quote:
6) Ship Interdictor generator is turned off


Yea well .. I dont like that ..
PIG's are "turned off" during the photon period if the sheilds are below 200 .. usefull for walking past that realy rough planet that someone forgot to sheild

7) Photons go off on your ship if you
A) hit Offensive Figs
B) hit Armid Mines
C) Get hit by a Quasar
D) Get hit by NAZ
E) Get hit by Corb
D) If a port attacks you while you have corb on ship??
^-- Unsure about this one
Photons do not go off when someone attacks you!.
^-- Common thing I hear ppl say

Regards
Jon

But if you are pulling a ship with photons and hit any
fighters, Navs, or mines the photons will not go off.
they go off only if you are in the ship.





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