I was thinkking about a small addon (equip on a S port) that gives you +50 (or more) speed when you hit the weapon key. this could be aviable for a limitted time (let's say 30 seconds) and ineffective when the time is finished... well in other words something like Nitro in other games.

Could be cool in sectors like Odia/sedina Wh, for traders and/or racers.

Lol I LIKE it. I could just see the pirate going...
you there inthe moth halt and hand over your money and cargo or I shoot.......WTF Moths cant move like that....As you Turbo/Turbo away at a faster speed then they though you could

Woodstock {EnB}, Commander of the UIT Vessel YellowBird

I'm all over this. Yes.

Maybe if the duration was shorter. What if you carried two? What about battery drain?

Yes, I've always wanted this sort of thing.

It needs to have a flame animation come out of the ship's heatsinks. >:-D

That would be awesome! lol

I usually have flame animations around my ship. Oh wait, that's because I'm SMOKING...

Heh, but yeah, if these little boosters get made, I'll equip an Orion Hornet with 4 of 'em and break Ghost's Deneb Run record. HA.

sounds cool, and sounds like it needs more planning for implementation.

Good idea, gives speed where it's wanted, without creating an advantage in pvp. I think that it should definitely drain bats though. Heck, I'd like an energy-boosting 'weapon' as well.

Well, if it doesn't drain battery, it should at least reduce recharge rates. So each booster maybe reduces recharge by 10/s, so a Hornet with 4 boosters on an FC batt would only have 10/s recharge.

i think the idea is that its a single shot device, not something which permanently adds top speed.

ie. gives you a colossal thrust boost, ups your top speed by 50m/s, and cuts out after 20-30 seconds. then it's extra mass to weigh you down.

Which would be even cooler if we could "eject" weapons in space. :P

that's a good point. now that weapons and batteries can be dropped by destroyed vessels, how much more would be needed to eject mounted weapons?

Ejection of weapons doesn't make sense, in my opinion. At least not from a mechanical point of view, unless we had repair/service drones on board. But those could be introduced anyway.