[RFC] Pinball of DOOM

[HRogge]

This could be an effect of the unusual force-/drivefield variant... maybe its very flexible and "bounce" ?

Good idea... it's not that the pinball are indestructible, it that the metal never actually gets to touch the obstacle before the XXXX ("Kinetic Shield" ?) sends it on another direction.

Its a Mass Effect field

And somehow, everytime it gets thrown out of its path, it never ends lost in deep space, no... it always finds another obstacle until it gets to its destination (eventually... but there was that Luna-Australia trip that crashed into some moron in a joyride, and ended up bouncing in Stellvia, Phobos, seven asteroids, Ganimede, back to Phobos, three warsie and two trekkie ships, the Kandor dome, and Uluru before it finally stopped in Avalon-Point Wilson Spaceport)

Not sure that makes that much sense...

Even at their closest position, it takes the fastest Fencraft 15 minutes from Earth to Mars, even more to the Asteroid belt. What you describe would take hours...

I would suggest the ability to bounce of objects is part of the drivefield, but lets keep it to sane levels. If it bounce of something, neither object is damaged, but that doesn't mean it can bounce of all kinetic ammunition. These would have to be blocked/absorbed by the Mass Effect field as usual.

You know, once the drive variant is studied and developed, it would be perfect for escape pods.

It will most likely stay a "one of a kind" (or two of a kind) for centuries... because CI likes their "not that much quirked" variants of Handwavium more. And maybe it was also difficult to replicate.

Edit: To prevent too much insanity, the drive probably should not scale properly. Pinalls and escape pods, yes; spaceships are too big

2.5 meters diameter is the maximum this Eezo Handwavium mixture supports. Maybe more with a full AI on board, but nobody ever tried.