Fuel Collector OXP - Revision history

Cholmondely: /* Links */ Added another

2021-10-11T00:47:31Z

‎Links: Added another

Cholmondely: /* Requirements */ Tweak!

2021-07-06T09:29:49Z

‎Requirements: Tweak!

Cholmondely: /* Gameplay and Balance Indicator */ Oops

2021-07-06T08:59:46Z

‎Gameplay and Balance Indicator: Oops

Cholmondely: Note on updating via Interstellar Tweaks

2021-07-06T08:59:11Z

Note on updating via Interstellar Tweaks

Cholmondely: /* Fuel Tweaks */ added OXP

2021-03-25T15:34:12Z

‎Fuel Tweaks: added OXP

Cholmondely: Added theory

2021-03-25T15:33:34Z

Added theory

Cholmondely: Added colour text from the BB

2021-01-21T15:05:52Z

Added colour text from the BB

Cholmondely: Added link to fuel tweaks

2021-01-21T14:36:51Z

Added link to fuel tweaks

Svengali: fight the deadend pages

2012-06-02T14:36:11Z

fight the deadend pages

SandJ: Typos, and moved the "soul collector" sentence to where it feels natural.

2012-02-05T18:37:48Z

Typos, and moved the "soul collector" sentence to where it feels natural.

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 == Links ==
-This OXP was devised by Frame. There is a thread [http://www.aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=4883 here] on the BB (2008).
+*This OXP was devised by Frame. There is a thread [http://www.aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=4883 here] on the BB (2008).
 == Appendix ==

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 [[Fuel Tweaks]] takes these capabilities and adds extra (with new equipment), allowing sale of surplus collected fuel.
-== Requirements ==
+== Requirements & Updates ==
 Latest version of this [[OXP]] requires Oolite v1.74+. In the more recent versions of Oolite (v1.80 and later), Fuel Collector works less well in Interstellar Space. This is corrected by [[Interstellar Tweaks]]: the lack of a license precludes updating Fuel Collector itself.

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 == Gameplay and Balance Indicator ==
-[[File:Tag-colour-green.png|right]]
+[[File:Tag-colour-blue.png|right]]
 The ability to harvest fuel in almost all circumstances makes the game much easier.

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 == Requirements ==
 == Downloads ==
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 == Links ==
-This OXP was devised by Frame. There is a thread [http://www.aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=4883 here] on the BB.
+This OXP was devised by Frame. There is a thread [http://www.aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=4883 here] on the BB (2008).
 == Appendix ==
-From a [http://www.aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?p=54268#p54268 another 2007 thread]:
+From [http://www.aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?p=54268#p54268 another 2007 thread]:
 === Original MIT specification goals in extracting fuel ===
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 ==== Target Fuel Extraction ====
-* Status: Working
+*Status: Working
 *Originally the military also wanted the Fuel Collector to be able to scoop fuel from wrecked Thargoid ships, but field testing showed that the thargoids are using a fuel solution that is twice as thin as that of normal vessels.. their technology seems to be able to use this thinned fuel, witch also explains why they are able to jump twice as far as normal vessels without breaking the 7.0 ly usage barrier. Concentrating this fuel into normal fuel, is a job for a refining plant.. not something you can put on any normal ship...
 *So the fuel collector failed in meeting this design goal, however it works perfectly fine for ships that are not of thargoid origin.. which is why allready some pilots have started to rename the fuel collector into the "soul collector". Rumours are that pirates already have a Fuel Collector. while no one can explain where they got it from...
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 *If the targeting computer detects a derelict ship, it will start to extract fuel from the ship in question by sending special commands to the ship's onboard computer. If successful the ship will start to vent its fuel: the player has to be less than 300 meters from the ship in question. Sometimes other pilots have boobytrapped their ship to self-detonate, if a computer infection is detected while no pilot is aboard. Such booby-trapping is however a time consuming effort, and many do not do it, while the most scurrilous of pirates do it so that the police cannot find their lairs.
 *Military & police Computers have far too good a protection to be infected by the standard hacking software onboard civilian vessels.
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 [http://aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?p=4861#p4861 RabidVixen] (2005). This is a prime example of [[Handwavium]].
-== Fuel Tweaks ==
+== Fuel Tweaks OXP ==
 [[Fuel Tweaks]] takes these capabilities and adds extra (with new equipment), allowing sale of surplus collected fuel.

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 *Hacks the computers of derelict or abandoned ships making them vent any remaining fuel into space so that it can be collected.
 :This is why some pilots have already started to rename the fuel collector the "soul collector".  It is rumoured that some few unscrupulous characters might booby-trap their ships in case of such situations, but there is no hard evidence of this to date.
 == Fuel Tweaks ==

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 * [http://www.box.net/shared/p8y5x8dnzu4dkor5qanj ''Fuel Collector V0.07''] Beta Version.
 * [http://www.box.net/shared/6r8hqn6zas ''Fuel Collector V0.06''] (for Oolite versions 1.70 - 1.73.4)
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-'''History:'''
+== History ==
 The Navy wanted a way to give its pilots in witchspace a chance to leave witchspace, even when all their fuel had been used up. Fuel tanks were an option, however, each fuel tank takes up a missile pylon, something vitally needed for missiles when in the midst of a battle with the Thargoids. Navy brass turned to the DTP Design agency to develop, in cooperation with MIT, the Fuel Scoop Enhancer, a device MIT had worked on in the past.
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 So the Fuel Collector failed in meeting this design goal, however it works perfectly fine for ships that are not of Thargoid origin.
 Latest version of this [[OXP]] requires Oolite v1.74+.
-'''Downloads:'''
+== Downloads ==
 * [http://www.box.net/shared/p8y5x8dnzu4dkor5qanj ''Fuel Collector V0.07''] Beta Version.
 * [http://www.box.net/shared/6r8hqn6zas ''Fuel Collector V0.06''] (for Oolite versions 1.70 - 1.73.4)

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−	Compatible with 1.74 and later.
		+	Latest version of this [[OXP]] requires Oolite v1.74+.

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 '''History:'''
 After a year of research and field testing, the Fuel Collector, as it was now called, began being fitted to Navy ships. Recognising the value of such a device to all space-farers, it was not long before it was also released to the general public.
-Originally the Navy also wanted the Fuel collector to be able to scoop fuel from wrecked Thargoid ships, but field testing showed that the Thargoids are using a fuel solution that is twice as thin as that of normal vessels.. their technology seems to be able to use this thinned fuel, which also explains why they are able to jump twice as far as normal vessels without breaking the 7.0 ly usage barrier. Concentrating this fuel into normal fuel is a job for a refining plant.. not something you can put on any normal ship...
+Originally the Navy also wanted the Fuel Collector to be able to scoop fuel from wrecked Thargoid ships, but field testing showed that the Thargoids are using a fuel solution that is twice as thin as that of normal vessels. Their technology seems to be able to use this thinned fuel, which also explains why they are able to jump twice as far as normal vessels without breaking the 7.0 ly usage barrier. Concentrating this fuel into normal fuel is a job for a refining plant - not something you can put on any normal ship.
-So the fuel collector failed in meeting this design goal, however it works perfectly fine for ships that are not of Thargoid origin.. which is why some pilots have already started to rename the fuel collector the "soul collector".
+So the Fuel Collector failed in meeting this design goal, however it works perfectly fine for ships that are not of Thargoid origin.
-The fuel collector can gather fuel from the thin Solar Wind in space, collect unburnt fuel scattered around after a ship is destroyed, and can hack the computers of derelict or abandoned ships drifting in space, making them vent any remaining fuel into space so that it can be collected. Of course, it's rumoured that some few unscrupulous characters might booby-trap their ships in case of such situations, but there is no hard evidence of this to date.
+The Fuel Collector can gather fuel from the thin solar wind in space and collect unburnt fuel scattered around after a ship is destroyed.  It can also hack the computers of derelict or abandoned ships drifting in space making them vent any remaining fuel into space so that it can be collected which is why some pilots have already started to rename the fuel collector the "soul collector".  It is rumoured that some few unscrupulous characters might booby-trap their ships in case of such situations, but there is no hard evidence of this to date.
 '''Requires:'''