random status idea

[Betelgeuse]

I just had an idea for a new status.
Drive misalignment. It would cause whenever you thrust forward your ship would turn.

[Fossaman]

Hmm...could be an interesting idea. What would cause drive misalignment, though? Being hit with momentum weapons could be a good trigger. That's the only time the player gets acceleration applied to the ship in a direction that's not aligned with the engines.

But I'd want it to be fairly rare. It would be obnoxious to lose maneuvering capability while fighting the Iocrym, for example.

[Prophet]

It could be a new cyber attack type. Your nav computer gets hacked and you can't maintain a straight vector. It would be great if it were a random vector set by an event every 15 seconds for 3-5 minutes?
Possibly an engine upgrade. It has great thrust and little power usage but you don't fly straight.
That certainly would be frustrating. (but funny)