space environments

[Betelgeuse]

There is currently very little interaction between where the player is and its environment. So here is a brainstorm on various effects.

Disables shields
Degrades armor over time
sticky (allows effects to last even after you leave the space environment for a certain period of time)
opaque to ion
opaque to laser
opaque to partical
opaque to positron
opaque to plasma
expands ion weapons (expands the weapon shape)
expands positron weapons (expands the weapon shape)
changes resistance of shields
changes resistance of armor
"exploding" (when mixed by a weapon or ship makes small explosions)
makes shields opaque
decelerates non beam weapons
damages external devices
refuels with an correct device (fast)
pushes space objects away
pulls space objects tword

any others that you can think of?

[digdug]

.damages internal devices
.deactivate omnidirectional turret
.weapons misfire (interaction with the targeting system)
.sticky v2 (ships slow down until they stop completely)
.magnetize hulls (pull all metallic objects together: ships, ore, kinetic projectiles get deviated by neighboring ship)
.stuns pilots : the ship retain speed (if thrusting) and direction until it exit the spaceenviroment

[Betelgeuse]

some more effects from IRC

changes weapon path (like light through water)
larger hit area for shields
destroys wrecks
reverses controls
issue random commands


and the things that space objects can be are

planetary nebula
stellar nurseries
asteroid belts
near planets
near stars
space debris
traps (man made space environments)

[Petrus]

Gravity wells and making wrecks radioactive (over time) would be pretty cool.