Q-Charger

Introduction

The Q-Charger provides a boost in speed when at maximum throttle at the cost of some fuel and energy. This OXP authored by CommonSenseOTB July 25, 2011.

Overview

Q-RaceTech is proud to present an innovation in Main Drive boosting technology. The Q-Charger uses new understanding of the principles governing Main Drives and Quirium Fuel to boost the top speed of any ship by 2x. The Q-Charger kicks in when the throttle is set over 95% maximum. The speed will be maintained at a steady 2x ship max speed until it is kicked off by lowering the throttle below 95% maximum. The Q-Charger requires fuel injection be installed before buying and requires both fuel injection and either an extra energy unit or a naval energy unit for operation. The Q-Charger will automatically cut out when either fuel drops below 0.1 ly or energy drops below 32.

WARNING: Serious damage may result to the Q-Charger if either the fuel injection or energy unit is damaged while in operation. Additionally, the Q-Charger is particularily vulnerable when it is damaged directly. Proper safeguards prevent main drive damage however. It uses 0.1 ly of Quirium fuel per 30 seconds of use and 4 units of energy per second.

Remember, things go better with Q.

You can disable Q-Charger by priming (Shift+N) and activating (n) if you want save your fuel sometimes.

Small ships under 30t mass like an Adder can not equip it due to the space requirement.

Equipment Details

Q-Charger

• Tech Level - 10.
• Cost - 10,000 credits.
• Required Equipment - Fuel Injectors, an Energy Unit.

OXP Requirements

• Oolite 1.77
• NUMERIC HUDV1.3.2.oxp now displays Q-Charger's top speed correctly.
• No external dependencies

Changelog

May.8, 2014 v1.24 - Primeable Q-Charger to disable it and a bugfix without ShipVersion.
                    Small ships under 30t mass can not use it anymore.
Dec.13, 2013 v1.23 - Some NPCs use Q-Charger without ShipVersion OXP also.
Okt.30, 2013 v1.22 - Small bugfix after player ejected.
Apr.8, 2013 v1.21 - Modified to awardable for NPC ships to make compatible with ShipVersion OXP by Norby.
Aug.22, 2011 v1.2 -Added 3 missing toggle checks to prevent problems when the sound is toggled "OFF".
Aug.7, 2011 v1.1 -Attenuated the high frequencies of the sound effects by putting them through a low-pass filter.

Download Information

Q-Charger v1.24 is capable to Q-Charge NPCs also, compatible with ShipVersion OXP.

Download in OXZ format here for Oolite 1.79 or later (downloaded 58 times).

Q-Chargerv1.2 by CommonSenseOTB. Try here to post comments or for more information.