Component:fm200r-drive
In Game Description
This small-sized drive system provides power for the main engines of smaller warships, while also providing a small amount of reactor power.
The FM200R is a specially designed reinforced version of the mainstay drive module of the Alliance fleet.
Gameplay usage
Unlike the FM500R, the FM200R is actually quite useful, as the DT60 (Reinforced) tag allows small warships (Sprinter, Raines, and Keystone) to absorb the 50 damage rays of HE Impact warheads much like larger warships with higher damage reduction can - A full salvo of S2 missiles for example to the back of a Sprinter may be fully absorbed by the FM200R, which would normally otherwise obliterate the ship, a fact that is not too uncommon given the prevalence of WAKE and THERM validation in OSP missile designs.
Stats
| FM200R Drive | |
|---|---|
| Faction | ANS |
| Cost | 20 pts |
| Dimensions | 5x3x5 |
| Hitpoints | 500 |
| Hitpoints to Function | 25 |
| Damage Threshold | 60 (Reinforced) |
| Mass | 35 Tonnes |
| Catastrophic Event Prob. (Drive) | 5% |
| DC Priority | Critical |
| Crew | 10 |
| Power | +500 (kW) |
Notes
Multiple drives do not inherently affect the mobility of a ship, only provide redundancy, however, the modifiers to a ship's mobility are a combination of all installed drives' modifiers, so installing drives with multiple of the same effect can further affect it's capability (two whiplash drives will provide more speed than one, but a whiplash and standard drive will provide no different speed than a single whiplash). If some drives are disabled, only those drives' modifiers will be removed, which may even result in the ship's mobility improving in some cases (such as a prowled drive being disabled). If all drives on a ship are knocked out, it will not be able to move altogether.
Most drives have a small and large counterpart. Asides their sizes, small variants of drives tend to have weaker negative modifiers, but are more fragile, produce less power and may or may not have better or worse positive modifiers.
The FM200R's Large counterpart is the FM500R, which simply provides more power and durability.
Lore
Same thing as a base FM200, just now with armored housing so you don't have to worry about the occasional micro-meteorite perforating the drive controller or a missile impact shaking the radial loose. Not fun to work on, though, the armor weighs a ton.
- I. Parker, CMC
