Instant Repair possible?

[Wenin]

Would it be possible to create a component that when activated instantly repairs X # of components?

I can't think of a way, but thought I'd ask.

[Ed Kolis]

No.

[NullAshton]

Yes, it is possible, with a little bit of thinking. Since drones have a limited lifespan, 'repair drones' could be launched from a ship to repair it and other ships in the vicinity, expiring after a while.

[Will]

That's still not instant, NA.

There isn't an ability that does instant repairs in the game, best you can do is have a lot of repair ability in the sector and wait for the turn to roll over.

[Alneyan]

Well, you can always mod in an Emergency Propulsion/Supply ability on all your components. That way, you can instantly destroy them!

I see. The question was actually about instant repairs, and not creating instant problems for the repair crew to dealing with.

(That was the verbose, failed attempt at skill use : Levity, way of saying "No")

[Wenin]

I like the repair drone idea though. =)

Thanks

[President_Elect_Shang]

So even if you gave a weapon the Emergency Supply ability it still would not blow itself up after one shot? I am asking as I toyed with an idea for a weapon like this once. As I understand it, correct me if I am wrong, the weapon would only be destroyed if I pressed the button in the main screen. So in the tactical screen the weapon would fire every x turns but not blow up after the first shot. I know that is wordy and repetitive but I want to be as clear as possible with my question.

[Suicide Junkie]

The "on use" part of the destroyed on use, is the USE COMPONENT command on the main screen, correct.

Repair drones are a bit micromanagey, but can do a lot of nifty things.
Put engines on them, and you can fly them to the scene of a warppoint battle to help clean up the mess.
They also represent a cost to repair, since they must be built, and cannot be recovered.

They can also make for "Emergency repairs"
For example, if you have 5 damage, and you have lots of drones with 1 repair point and a lifetime of 5 turns, you could:
- Spend 1 drone, and finish repairs in 5 turns
- Spend 5 drones, and finish repairs now, while wasting 20 points of repair ability.

[President_Elect_Shang]

I thought so, thanks SJ. Have you had a chance to look at my reply in the other thread? I was not following what you were saying but I want to follow through with all suggestions.

[NullAshton]

You could give a weapon or something like that the emergency supply trait, however, with a value of 0, so that if it's destroyed it can only be repaired by space yard ships and not repair bays. I think this is possible, since recent patches.