Entropy Device
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Entropy Device
this device will make entropy on the planets surface 10x stronger causeing these random events to occur, 1 per planet planets only, and they can be placed on the planet by owner or invader.
basically when placed on a planet it makes the planet unstable. every time an enemy ship lands theres a 20% chance his/her ship will be ripped to shreds. there is also a 20% chance that lasers will weaken to 1 nuke per shot, 20% chance that lasers and solar become much more damaging(3x what they normally do), 20% chance that the device blows and causes 50% damage to everything on the col, enemy ships, lasers, and halves the colonists on the col so if there were 5k only 2.5k survive, 20% chance that the device will malfunction and entropy is no longer magnefied for that landing. only 1 effect can take place each land. the instant its dropped the effects set in. also the effects last 3 minutes and a new one can only be activated 3 min later, so if a person lands and is blown up, any 1 who lands will be blown up for the next 5 minutes.
this would make invading a little bit more interesting and risky at the same time, same for defending.
EDIT: 3 minutes changed to 5 minutes
basically when placed on a planet it makes the planet unstable. every time an enemy ship lands theres a 20% chance his/her ship will be ripped to shreds. there is also a 20% chance that lasers will weaken to 1 nuke per shot, 20% chance that lasers and solar become much more damaging(3x what they normally do), 20% chance that the device blows and causes 50% damage to everything on the col, enemy ships, lasers, and halves the colonists on the col so if there were 5k only 2.5k survive, 20% chance that the device will malfunction and entropy is no longer magnefied for that landing. only 1 effect can take place each land. the instant its dropped the effects set in. also the effects last 3 minutes and a new one can only be activated 3 min later, so if a person lands and is blown up, any 1 who lands will be blown up for the next 5 minutes.
this would make invading a little bit more interesting and risky at the same time, same for defending.
EDIT: 3 minutes changed to 5 minutes
Last edited by Cheesy on Fri Aug 29, 2008 9:44 pm, edited 1 time in total.
Re: Entropy Device
NovaThe Pope wrote:Erm, yeh.. ok... hm... nahhhh
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That makes no sense...what is thing supposed to do?Cheesy wrote:this device will make entropy on the planets surface 10x stronger causeing these random events to occur, 1 per planet planets only, and they can be placed on the planet by owner or invader.
basically when placed on a planet it makes the planet unstable. every time an enemy ship lands theres a 20% chance his/her ship will be ripped to shreds. there is also a 20% chance that lasers will weaken to 1 nuke per shot, 20% chance that lasers and solar become much more damaging(3x what they normally do), 20% chance that the device blows and causes 50% damage to everything on the col, enemy ships, lasers, and halves the colonists on the col so if there were 5k only 2.5k survive, 20% chance that the device will malfunction and entropy is no longer magnefied for that landing. only 1 effect can take place each land. the instant its dropped the effects set in. also the effects last 3 minutes and a new one can only be activated 3 min later, so if a person lands and is blown up, any 1 who lands will be blown up for the next 3 minutes.
this would make invading a little bit more interesting and risky at the same time, same for defending.
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lmfaoBlackNova wrote:NovaThe Pope wrote:Erm, yeh.. ok... hm... nahhhh
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nova- funny
paneak- reread the post, it makes it more dangerous to land on a col but at the same time makes it risky to use it in defence aswell
hydr- that depends on how long you stay on the planet, if your drop nuking then once you know that for example the lasers and solar are 3 times as damaging that effect lasts for 5 minutes. so if you die you should refrain from landing for 5 minutes.
EDIT: 3minutes changed 2 5 minutes
paneak- reread the post, it makes it more dangerous to land on a col but at the same time makes it risky to use it in defence aswell
hydr- that depends on how long you stay on the planet, if your drop nuking then once you know that for example the lasers and solar are 3 times as damaging that effect lasts for 5 minutes. so if you die you should refrain from landing for 5 minutes.
EDIT: 3minutes changed 2 5 minutes
Entropy is not, unlike gravity, a single force that you can manipulate to be ten times stronger. That is, there is no such thing as the "strength" of entropy. There just tends to be more of it as time goes on. The whole point of entropy is that it tells you how much you can't manipulate.
What you are describing is called a point finite improbability flux compressor. Or something.
*Runs from the real physicists*
In any case, a random one-shot kill device is... hard to balance. Nice idea though.
Edit: Stklr: *Phew* I thought I was wrong to the point of being corrected right after I posted.
What you are describing is called a point finite improbability flux compressor. Or something.
*Runs from the real physicists*
In any case, a random one-shot kill device is... hard to balance. Nice idea though.
Edit: Stklr: *Phew* I thought I was wrong to the point of being corrected right after I posted.
Last edited by NeatLogs on Sun Aug 31, 2008 9:30 am, edited 2 times in total.
No no no.
In thermodynamics (a branch of physics), entropy, symbolized by S,[3] is a measure of the unavailability of a system’s energy to do work.[4][5]
It is a measure of the randomness of molecules in a system and is central to the second law of thermodynamics and the fundamental thermodynamic relation, which deal with physical processes and whether they occur spontaneously. Spontaneous changes, in isolated systems, occur with an increase in entropy. Spontaneous changes tend to smooth out differences in temperature, pressure, density, and chemical potential that may exist in a system, and entropy is thus a measure of how far this smoothing-out process has progressed.
The word "entropy" is derived from the Greek εντροπία "a turning toward" (εν- "in" + τροπή "a turning").
Meliza
In thermodynamics (a branch of physics), entropy, symbolized by S,[3] is a measure of the unavailability of a system’s energy to do work.[4][5]
It is a measure of the randomness of molecules in a system and is central to the second law of thermodynamics and the fundamental thermodynamic relation, which deal with physical processes and whether they occur spontaneously. Spontaneous changes, in isolated systems, occur with an increase in entropy. Spontaneous changes tend to smooth out differences in temperature, pressure, density, and chemical potential that may exist in a system, and entropy is thus a measure of how far this smoothing-out process has progressed.
The word "entropy" is derived from the Greek εντροπία "a turning toward" (εν- "in" + τροπή "a turning").
Meliza
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Thank you dictionary.com.... how insightful....Stklr wrote:No no no.
In thermodynamics (a branch of physics), entropy, symbolized by S,[3] is a measure of the unavailability of a system’s energy to do work.[4][5]
It is a measure of the randomness of molecules in a system and is central to the second law of thermodynamics and the fundamental thermodynamic relation, which deal with physical processes and whether they occur spontaneously. Spontaneous changes, in isolated systems, occur with an increase in entropy. Spontaneous changes tend to smooth out differences in temperature, pressure, density, and chemical potential that may exist in a system, and entropy is thus a measure of how far this smoothing-out process has progressed.
The word "entropy" is derived from the Greek εντροπία "a turning toward" (εν- "in" + τροπή "a turning").
Meliza
This is a horrible idea.......no matter what percentage this device will still be wayyyyyyyy overpowered.....since it takes quite a few lasers to kill someone....
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meanwhile the device will damage the col aswell.Smeagol... wrote:Thank you dictionary.com.... how insightful....Stklr wrote:No no no.
In thermodynamics (a branch of physics), entropy, symbolized by S,[3] is a measure of the unavailability of a system’s energy to do work.[4][5]
It is a measure of the randomness of molecules in a system and is central to the second law of thermodynamics and the fundamental thermodynamic relation, which deal with physical processes and whether they occur spontaneously. Spontaneous changes, in isolated systems, occur with an increase in entropy. Spontaneous changes tend to smooth out differences in temperature, pressure, density, and chemical potential that may exist in a system, and entropy is thus a measure of how far this smoothing-out process has progressed.
The word "entropy" is derived from the Greek εντροπία "a turning toward" (εν- "in" + τροπή "a turning").
Meliza
This is a horrible idea.......no matter what percentage this device will still be wayyyyyyyy overpowered.....since it takes quite a few lasers to kill someone....
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So why would I want to place one on my planet if it kills one person and it blasts 9k colonists off by destroying both domes?Cheesy wrote:meanwhile the device will damage the col aswell.Smeagol... wrote:Thank you dictionary.com.... how insightful....Stklr wrote:No no no.
In thermodynamics (a branch of physics), entropy, symbolized by S,[3] is a measure of the unavailability of a system’s energy to do work.[4][5]
It is a measure of the randomness of molecules in a system and is central to the second law of thermodynamics and the fundamental thermodynamic relation, which deal with physical processes and whether they occur spontaneously. Spontaneous changes, in isolated systems, occur with an increase in entropy. Spontaneous changes tend to smooth out differences in temperature, pressure, density, and chemical potential that may exist in a system, and entropy is thus a measure of how far this smoothing-out process has progressed.
The word "entropy" is derived from the Greek εντροπία "a turning toward" (εν- "in" + τροπή "a turning").
Meliza
This is a horrible idea.......no matter what percentage this device will still be wayyyyyyyy overpowered.....since it takes quite a few lasers to kill someone....