Building: Pod Pad
Pod Pad
Tech Level: 2
Cost: 15mc + 1 Supply Unit
Maintenance: 0
Production: 0
Limit Per Planet: 1 Per Race
Launches Pods into space, sending them to other planets
Allows for the transfer of cargo from planet to planet without the use of ships
Pods are completely unprotected from attack or theft
It costs 25MC to launch a pod into space
A pod launch pad can send pods into space at a cost of 25 mc each.
The speed that a pod travels varies from race to race. A Fed pod for example
travels at a speed of 20 ly a turn. A pod can be launched at any target object
and will travel to the (X,Y) of where the object was at the time of launch. The
course of a pod can not be changed once the pod has been launched. The pod will
not change course if the object it was launched at moves. Pods are easy
targets for enemy ships to pick off. Ion storms can send them off course. Pods are
much safer when stored in the cargo holds of ships. You can choose to have the
pod simply go into orbit around the planet it was launched from and wait to be
picked up by a friendly ship. Pods have a limited power supply. When the power
supply runs out the pod and its cargo are lost.