GasBandit
Staff member
Yes and no. If you're fleeing and drop something, in space it just keeps pace with you. However, there is a block called a "decoy" available for both large and small ships which distracts enemy turrets to shoot at them. I found that, on any ship with reasonable maneuverability, putting decoys surrounded by armor on 2 or 3 block pylons out to the sides and rear REALLY helps survivability when assaulting a larger vessel. I was testing a 800,000kg large-class gunship with 8 turrets vs a fellow pirate in a 72-turret cube... it ended in a draw because my decoy pylons were able keep his turrets aiming behind me. The missiles kept missing entirely, and the gatling turrets didn't do enough damage to pierce the heavy armor surrounding the decoys. As long as I kept further than 400m or so away, and my speed over 50m/s (so basically I was flying circles around the target at 500m and 50+m/s), his guns barely touched me. One by one my turrets took out his, until I made an error and turned too hard, causing me to drop below 40 m/s and get a bunch of rocket damage which knocked out some of my large thrusters. After that, I couldn't maneuver fast enough to stay ahead of his guns, so I lost my decoys and then my turrets one by one... when I was down to 2 turrets I made a break for it, and lost most of my other thrusters while fleeing because they're exposed (Thrusters are usually the weak spots of any large ship). Stopping was a bit of a challenge after that, but I made it. However, while my ship could techically maneuver enough to limp home, I got all but around 8 of his turrets and enough of his thrusters to classify him as unable to maneuver, and his cockpit. So we called it a draw.[DOUBLEPOST=1405982435,1405982358][/DOUBLEPOST]View attachment 15392
Also, is it possible to carry chaff? I assume that since asteroids are annoying, is it possible to open a door or something and dump a dozen or so loose armor cubes while fleeing, to slow pursuers?
--Patrick
Connectors/ejectors don't drop rocks in sufficient sizes to do damage, really. If you're trying to drop mines, you're better off dropping armor blocks, or warheads if your pursuer has no turrets.Asteroids are your only source of minerals outside of piracy. Finding one that isn't hollowed out is a god send, not an annoyance.
That said, you could probably rig up a chaff launcher with an expeller. Connect some expellers to a container full of rocks or whatever and start dumping them if you have someone on your tail. I'd rather just spend the time dodging though.