Alien Artifacts
Alien Artifacts (Examples, Concepts, Q&A) posted in Equipment, Cybertech and Weapons forum comment posted by derek_holland That is why I couldn't find it, I was looking up environments in the index, not planetary environments. (slight tic)
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| As a benefit/perk, this could be an effort at terraforming, which is probably the most obvious one. However, terraforming could also be a drawback, especially if the species is not native to a Class 1 environment. |
And that brings up another point, but one that has little impact on most species from Star Drive- all of the primary species live in Class 1 environments. The only one I can think of that doesn't is the Ravan (as they need the suits to survive in low pressure environments). Working with other species that do not may have a different set or effects for the Powers and Drawbacks. That makes my head hurt.
Overall, to make it easier the only classes that matter are 1-3 and so the artifact drawbacks emulate irritating 1 for Slight, harmful 2 for Moderate and deadly 3 for Extreme.
As for ranges and how long it takes for the effect to form and fade is all artifact dependent. Size matters not- remember the walnut-sized starship engines mentioned in the original Star Trek? It was in the episode with the energy beings stuck in basketball-sized spheres.
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