Countermeasures: heavy or enhanced?

[Jinx]

silverleaf - not taking "that" much power... here s a little story:

i was flying a ZBT ( small transport powercore ) - through kappa

at that time i had an anti SN shield mounted ( fast repop shield ) - and was chased by 4 assassins spamming CDs at me.

now - the only chance to escape is to CM the CDs - if you cannot cruise off, you die. - the old thrust and turn around tactic doesn t work too well in a system with too many obstacles.

what happened there?

the CM is of couse set to automatic - the only really efficient way to CM CDs in such a transport. - the assassins spammed maybe 8 or 12 CDs - while firing at me.

the shield dropped - and "asked" for 3000/sec energy to replenish. - i cannot stop the shield trying to recharge. - 3000 energy however is the recharge rate of the powercore!

you get the problem? - shield indefinitely trying to suck 3k energy - CMs dropping the remaining power slowly but steadily. - thrusting is no option, cause i could not have made it, cruising was the only straw to grab.

10 seconds later - the whale becomes a beached whale. - zero energy, immobile ( a tragic 600 meters from the jumphole ) - and NO way to get energy back, cause the shield needs as much energy as the reactor provides.

had i have enhanced CMs - i might have made it.

of course - it was a misconception on my part about what i can mount on the ship - and henceforth, i am flying with a slow regen shield and an enhanced CM:laugh:


the moral of it all: even when the heavy ones only take a little energy - it can be THAT bit that you need to survive.

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