I am under the distinct impression that I have seen this idea posted here before, but for the life of me can't find it or remember where I saw it.

I propose giving weapons like flares/mines/rockets a mass-per-ammo. Such that if you fire off half of your flares, your mass will drop to a little over half of what it was listed for that particular weapon. (The only reason I say a little over half is because the launcher for the flares should not be without mass.)

I think this would add a couple of things to the game:

* For traders who carry mines as a way to deal with pirates, dropping a mine will not only cause the pirate to change course (if deployed correctly), but it will increase your maneuverability.

* For fighters, if you find yourself in a fight where you need the mobility, and your massive weapons aren't helping as much, you can dump them to gain an edge. Or simply as a benefit to carrying massive weapons you gain maneuverability as the fight goes on.

As aforementioned, I swear I have seen this elsewhere, but couldn't find it for the life of me. Feel free to post the link if you know it.

Comments welcome, and encouraged...

Would require the need to widget-ize ammo (for the dumping aspect anyway), which would be cool. New widgets are always welcome :)