implants onto silicate based asteroids only, emits 'force' field sphere (or 2d circle?) of 100m diameter that basically renders penetration of the force field space impossible.

shooting into the field degrades it but it has a lot of armor, like 100,000.

shooting at the small beacon, though, will blow it up pretty quick. only like 10,000 armor.

And whats the good in giving a big piece of rock a fancy destructible force field, when you can't even blow up the damn thing in the first place? just saying...

Udjuk/Jubjub Marwen

He's ananzi, this is exactly the thing he TRIES to do. Find suggestions that would be COMPLETELY unproductive and pointless, and the blab them all over the forums.

-Calder

It'd make a nice hiding spot, though.

Calder, i just have one question for you.

why do you hate freedom?

Please people, on topic.

Here's one use:

-Miner approaches asteroid, which requires you be within 100m.
-Miner activates the force beacon. The 200m sphere envelops him and the asteroid.
-Miner mines the hell out of the asteroid.
-Miner fills his ship, disengages the field and leaves.

Perfect for solo mining in hostile AI sectors without that "running in circles" thingie. Of course, since destroying the beacon is easy, this thing only works against AI; people will figure it out quickly, and thus the field won't be any help for miners around players, though for AFK miners it could be a boon. Then again, the force field will eventually go down, and if they aren't back by that time...

Even if players know that the field generator is the source of the field, and that it can't take that much damage, how would they destroy it?

In order to make a "bouble" the generator would have to be at the center of it. Right?

Heh, make it a triangle with coverage area inversely proportional to shield strength, and where destroying any of the three corner emitters will down the shield.

... or make it like the shield generator whatshammacallits in HomeWorld?

What I had thought about was making shields for the ships, based on the backstory of the game. But I'm sure this is being planned.

The backstory-based shields will appear soon(tm), and will only be available to Itani players. Who will, in turn, get weaker ships.

/me goes sell snake oil to some country bumpkins