Xenos

[Wingnut]

May be a mine can be real cheap 25 credits each. (Lets just say some unknown entity is funding the operation to cause chaos in the Liberty system). with a refire of 0.10 (once every 10 seconds), it would be really tough to spam. And if the damage specs are good, these mines dropped in quantities of 4 or 5 by a pair of Xenos could stop a transport cold.

I'm not trying to knock your idea. I think the idea is great. However, as a terrorist, stopping a transport is not the goal. (Let me know if I am misunderstanding your intent). Stopping a transport to aquire it's cargo seems more like a pirate action. I believe a terrorist would blow it up - along with anything else nearby - just to cause a disruption in the flow.

One Xeno flying through drops the mine and keeps on flying....BOOM! Small ships destroyed and larger one crippled by the blow (perhaps a primary and secondary explosion - one for the shields, one for the hull). No cargo is grabbed. A senseless attack? Not if your intention is to prove to the greedy trade corporations that their freighters are not safe - even in protected space.

I suppose for the game purposes....flying back through to scoop up the cargo would be useful, or just destroying it would be good too.

Anyway, this mine does not exist unless the powers that be allow it and someone codes it.

Just my cent and a half...