Bad Idea
Outer Rim monitor. Cheap, crude, charges in and refuses to die.
General
| Category | Combat |
| Class | Monitor |
| Faction | Outer Rim |
| Tier | 2 |
Requirements
| Piloting Skill | 10 |
Statistics
| Hull | 780 |
| Armor | 35 |
| Shield | 70 |
| Shield Recharge | 2/t |
| Speed | 2 AU/t |
| Fuel Capacity | 680 |
| Cargo Capacity | 110 |
Slots
| Weapon Slots | 3 |
| Defense Slots | 4 |
| Utility Slots | 2 |
Capacity
| Power Capacity | 75 |
| CPU Capacity | 22 |
Economy
| Price | 9500 cr |
| Build Time | 1300 ticks |
| Shipyard Tier | 1 |
Lore
The plan is to be where the shooting is and not be the first thing that dies. That is the entire design brief, and the Bad Idea meets it the way the Rim meets everything: with too much plate, not enough finesse, and a name that admits the problem up front. The frame is overbuilt to the point of stubbornness, slabs of salvaged armor stacked thick enough to shrug off hits that would gut a proper warship, and just enough guns bolted to the front to make charging in something more than a suicide gesture. It is slow, it is ugly, and it drinks fuel like the day owes it something. None of that matters once it's parked between your fleet and the enemy, soaking everything that comes its way while lighter ships do the clever work. It is, by name and by nature, a bad idea. It keeps working anyway.
Flavor Tags
Default Modules
| Module |
|---|
| Autocannon II |
| Autocannon II |
| Autocannon II |
| Outer Rim Scrap Armor |
| Outer Rim Scrap Armor |
| Armor Plate II |
| Damage Control System |
Build Materials
| Item | Quantity |
|---|---|
| Hull Plating | 60 |
| Steel Plate | 350 |
| Salvage Components | 80 |
| Reinforced Bulkhead | 6 |
| Engine Core | 5 |
| Weapon Housing | 18 |
| Weapon Core | 9 |
| Power Distribution Grid | 1 |
| Armor Plate | 66 |
| Salvage Metal | 200 |
| Titanium Alloy | 60 |
| Thruster Nozzle | 6 |
| Fuel Tank | 8 |
Construction
| Base Material | Quantity |
|---|---|
| Aluminum Ore | 2688 |
| Cobalt Ore | 20 |
| Copper Ore | 178 |
| Fluorine Gas | 12 |
| Hydrogen Gas | 64 |
| Ion Gas | 24 |
| Iridium Ore | 6 |
| Iron Ore | 1952 |
| Lead Ore | 12 |
| Nickel Ore | 95 |
| Nitrogen Ice | 12 |
| Palladium Ore | 38 |
| Platinum Ore | 5 |
| Salvage Components | 80 |
| Salvage Metal | 200 |
| Silicon Ore | 5 |
| Silver Ore | 24 |
| Titanium Ore | 947 |
| Tungsten Ore | 1627 |
| Uranium Ore | 36 |
View JSON Data
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