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Currently, apart from aggro-ing stations, EMP does not have consequences. This makes it possible to become a complete monster and EMP ships so they fall into Sirius-B's gravity well. I'm not sure if it's even possible to track this and penalise it (eg. Commonwealth convictions), but it should probably be attempted.

It's too much fun to leave in as-is.

the_shrike 12 Apr 2015:

Note: I made this seperate from ticket 1883 because this is a current issue with the game. While it would be made a lot easier by that suggestion, it's still possible (and very funny) to try it now. And if you pull it off in 1.6b2 it's a 100% kill, since EMP'd ships lose all velocity and thus have no chance of getting a slingshot.

george moromisato 18 Apr 2015:

I 100% agree with you. Probably this should be similar to the code that detects piracy. If some other ship sees you hitting a friendly with EMP, they should report you.

the_shrike 19 Apr 2015:

Penalties should be fairly low unless the EMP'd ship dies while EMP'd. Should also keep the piracy thing of scanning for hostiles, since a stray shot could be a serious problem.