SA: Close Blast Doors

[Asguard101]

Can someone explain why Closing Blast Doors is considered a Power Drain?

 

[Greg Smith]

Game balance - there needs to be a downside to every special action. In other versions of ACTA the restriction is that you may only fire one weapon. Power Drain simulates that.

Fluff: the ship closes bulkheads, reduces power output to minimal levels, locks down ammunition stores etc - all making it difficult to operate at full capacity.

 

[Democratus]

You are diverting crew from their normal duty stations to damage control stations, closing bulkheads, and generally battening the hatches.

Thus you have fewer people manning the weapons/engines/etc. while this is being done - impairing their normal operation.

 

[Iain McGhee]

It's not just a matter of securing bulkheads ("short range defences" probably covers a multitude of defensive measures), and I think it'd be too powerful without any penalty attached.

It is a bit more flexible in SF since in B5:ACTA you were stuck with only being able to fire a single weapons system when using it.

 

[Greg Smith]

It would certainly be too powerful with a penalty. Although it is a bit better in ACTA SF, it isn't neccesarily a good choice because a lot of damage goes to the shields.

It was pretty much a standard turn 1 choice in B5.

 

[Nomad]

a lot of damage goes to the shields.

Assuming you still *have* any shields. Once they're gone, closing the blast doors may be your...ahem...last best hope.

 

[Asguard101]

Ok Good enough, thanks. I was looking at too Literal, I think.

 

[GalagaGalaxian]

"Reroute power to the structural integrity fields!" and what not.

(I'm actually not sure if a line like that ever showed up in the original series, but whatever.)