Defence Rider Drones OXZ - Revision history

Reval: rationalized prices link

2026-06-06T07:10:03Z

rationalized prices link

Reval: version 1.9 amendments

2026-06-05T06:24:17Z

version 1.9 amendments

Reval: version 1.8 amendments & downloads

2026-06-02T03:48:48Z

version 1.8 amendments & downloads

Reval: added Witch-Charger link

2026-05-30T04:42:28Z

added Witch-Charger link

Reval: amendments & downloads for version 1.7

2026-05-28T08:36:49Z

amendments & downloads for version 1.7

Reval: added Pteranodon link and description

2026-05-27T21:08:45Z

added Pteranodon link and description

Reval at 18:35, 21 May 2026

2026-05-21T18:35:22Z

Reval at 18:33, 21 May 2026

2026-05-21T18:33:24Z

Reval at 10:58, 21 May 2026

2026-05-21T10:58:33Z

Reval at 10:56, 21 May 2026

2026-05-21T10:56:09Z

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 * [[Small Ships OXZ|'''Small Ships''']]
-Flyable and essentially unaltered versions of the '''Asp Mk II''', Constrictor, Fer-de-Lance, Gecko, Krait, Mamba, Sidewinder, '''Viper''', '''Viper Interceptor''', Worm, and Transporter. Those ships originally sans Hyperdrive now have one; those without cargo space remain without. Newly rationalized prices applied.
+Flyable and essentially unaltered versions of the '''Asp Mk II''', Constrictor, Fer-de-Lance, Gecko, Krait, Mamba, Sidewinder, '''Viper''', '''Viper Interceptor''', Worm, and Transporter. Those ships originally sans Hyperdrive now have one; those without cargo space remain without. Newly [[Small Ships OXZ#New Prices|'''rationalized prices''']] applied.
 * [[Media:GETTER HUD 1.6.oxp.zip|'''GETter HUD v.1.6''' - available only here!]]

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 == Download ==
-Download Version 1.8 of Defence Rider Drones (zipped OXP):
+Download Version 1.9 of Defence Rider Drones (zipped OXP):
 https://wiki.alioth.net/img_auth.php/3/3b/Defence_Rider_Drones.oxp.zip
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 '''OR'''
-Download Version 1.8 of Defence Rider Drones (OXZ):
+Download Version 1.9 of Defence Rider Drones (OXZ):
 https://wiki.alioth.net/img_auth.php/3/3e/Defence_Rider_Drones.oxz
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 Highly advisable if you intend to hunt for Offenders is:
 * [[Police Player OXZ|'''Police Player''']]
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 <pre>
 	Version 1.8
 		* High Offenders (often 'Fugitives') coloured magenta on scan.
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 [[File:Tag-colour-blue.png]]
 {{OXPLevel|1}}{{Infobox OXPb| title = Defence Rider Drones
-|version = 1.8
+|version = 1.9
-|release = 2026-06-01
+|release = 2026-06-05
 |features = Enhances Combat
 |license = CC BY-NC-SA 4

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 == Download ==
-Download Version 1.7 of Defence Rider Drones (zipped OXP):
+Download Version 1.8 of Defence Rider Drones (zipped OXP):
 https://wiki.alioth.net/img_auth.php/3/3b/Defence_Rider_Drones.oxp.zip
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 '''OR'''
-Download Version 1.7 of Defence Rider Drones (OXZ):
+Download Version 1.8 of Defence Rider Drones (OXZ):
 https://wiki.alioth.net/img_auth.php/3/3e/Defence_Rider_Drones.oxz
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 <pre>
 	Version 1.7
 		* F5->[t] Cycle H.O. targets: selection will be tracked in realtime on GETter HUD.
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 [[File:Tag-colour-blue.png]]
 {{OXPLevel|1}}{{Infobox OXPb| title = Defence Rider Drones
-|version = 1.7
+|version = 1.8
-|release = 2026-05-28
+|release = 2026-06-01
 |features = Enhances Combat
 |license = CC BY-NC-SA 4

← Older revision		Revision as of 04:42, 30 May 2026
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	The most notable observed effect of this tiny tweak is that ships of class Pirate no longer openly threaten or attack the player's ship. You are essentially transformed into a police vigilante, or proxy copper. Best results with an Asp or Viper!		The most notable observed effect of this tiny tweak is that ships of class Pirate no longer openly threaten or attack the player's ship. You are essentially transformed into a police vigilante, or proxy copper. Best results with an Asp or Viper!
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		+	* [[Witch-Charger OXZ\|\|'''Witch-Charger''']]
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		+	This emergency '''capacitor''' conducts potential energy from the Witchdrive to shore up '''shield resistance''' when hull integrity is critical. If the ship remains under fire, the unit's last-ditch replenishing action will finally drain all fuel. But it represents a highly desirable trade-off between short-term mobility and '''survival'''.

	* [[NPB Neutralizer OXZ\|'''NPB Neutralizer''']]		* [[NPB Neutralizer OXZ\|'''NPB Neutralizer''']]

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 == Download ==
-Download Version 1.6 of Defence Rider Drones (zipped OXP):
+Download Version 1.7 of Defence Rider Drones (zipped OXP):
 https://wiki.alioth.net/img_auth.php/3/3b/Defence_Rider_Drones.oxp.zip
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 '''OR'''
-Download Version 1.6 of Defence Rider Drones (OXZ):
+Download Version 1.7 of Defence Rider Drones (OXZ):
 https://wiki.alioth.net/img_auth.php/3/3e/Defence_Rider_Drones.oxz
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 <pre>
 	Version 1.6
 		* OPTION: SDD Rider made CLASS_POLICE if masslock is desired. It will assume game-coded Police - coupled with scripted - behaviour. Careful not to hit one!
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 {{OXPLevel|1}}{{Infobox OXPb| title = Defence Rider Drones
-|version = 1.6
+|version = 1.7
-|release = 2026-05-19
+|release = 2026-05-28
 |features = Enhances Combat
 |license = CC BY-NC-SA 4

← Older revision		Revision as of 21:08, 27 May 2026
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	Galcop's '''Neutral Particle Beam''' weapon causes catastrophic '''internal damage''' - frying computers, disabling power, knocking out weapons and critical systems - while throwing off little energy as surface heat. A direct hit leaves the target a '''drifting derelict''' without triggering fatal explosions of fuel or ordinance.		Galcop's '''Neutral Particle Beam''' weapon causes catastrophic '''internal damage''' - frying computers, disabling power, knocking out weapons and critical systems - while throwing off little energy as surface heat. A direct hit leaves the target a '''drifting derelict''' without triggering fatal explosions of fuel or ordinance.
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		+	* [[PT-BVRM Pteranodon OXZ\|'''PT-BVRM Pteranodon''']]
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		+	The ultimate '''standoff missile''', Galcop's PT-BVRM 'Pteranodon' engages prioritized targets at full-system ranges. The PT fires neutral particles on proximity, causing mine-like '''irradiative effects''' on ships inside sensor radius, partially '''disabling''' the victims. Mostly non-fatal to crew. Not a killer weapon; it expects followup action by its operator.

	* [[Small Ships OXZ\|'''Small Ships''']]		* [[Small Ships OXZ\|'''Small Ships''']]

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 SDD capability requires one thing and '''one thing only''' of any applicant: an impeccable Galcop record: Oh yes, Tuners - a ''life'' of '''complete compliance''' with galactic laws. How many of us could pull ''that'' one off? A ''chosen'' few have, it seems.
-The SDD Authority, thus satisfied, will grant approval and a duly legitimized '''licence''' for the carrying of Rider drones. Our hitherto faceless source intriguingly added, "and any other armaments Galcop might later put into use."
+The SDD Authority, thus satisfied, will grant approval and a duly legitimized '''licence''' for the carrying of Rider drones. Our hitherto faceless source intriguingly added, "and any other special armaments Galcop might later put into use."
 Repeated claims are that there is little scope for abuse of the system: "'''unique codes''' are issued and hardwired in to every drone allotted; no drone can function without them. Hardpoints are mated with a '''singular encrypted link'''; an SDD will not attach itself without such a coupling. Every 'drop' is logged, every retrieval, every kill, every loss."

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 == Civilian SDD ==
-At some stage in this initiative, an un-named Galcop nabob had a brainwave: A de facto space police force might soon become unnecessary. All that would be required was ''licensing'' - a stringent, Galcop controlled form of licensing, granted; a licensing of SDD for the use of '''approved civilian vessels'''. A trader vessel, for example, sporting its own Rider drone hardpoints and Mambita complement, could effectively carry its own police enforcers along with it.
+At some stage in this initiative, an un-named Galcop nabob had a brainwave: <u>A de facto space police force could soon become unnecessary</u>. All that would be required was ''licensing'' - a stringent, Galcop controlled form of licensing, granted; a licensing of SDD for the use of '''approved civilian vessels'''. A trader vessel, for example, sporting its own Rider drone hardpoints and Mambita complement, could effectively carry its own police enforcers along with it.
 Plans crystallized quickly for the formation of a new '''Civilian SDD Authority''', whose tasks include screening, approval and licensing of applicants, along with outsourcing of Mambita production for the general market. All reflecting a close and seamless integration of the 'product' not only with individual ship systems, but with the Galcop communications network itself, every aspect of SDD deployment monitored and recorded.

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 Some '''crews''' - and this your reporter had from several horse's mouths - are noticing there can be '''profit''' in it. Some tell they are turning themselves into hunters using SDDs only. Most are styling themselves 'Harvesters' - including two of yours truly's ''old friends'' - yet another burgeoning shibboleth among SDD-packing 'commanders'.
-Galcop Administration are smirking like fat felines. They get a ''free'' Police Force demanding ''no wages'' or great expenditure, merely ongoing production and licensing. Licensing fees, with taxes and penalties, swell the Comptroller's coffers and the spacelanes become safer for all (except ''perhaps'' offenders). Win-win, they brightly assure ''us''.
+Galcop Administration are smirking like fat felines. They get a ''free'' Police Force demanding ''no wages'' or great expenditure, merely ongoing production and licensing. Licensing fees, with taxes and penalties, swell the Comptroller's coffers and the spacelanes become safer for all (except ''perhaps'' real offenders). Win-win, they brightly assure ''us''.
 <small>[*Deputy Chief Constable. Would you buy ''that'' for a Lave penny, Tuners? Our 'humble' Grocer has rocketed up in the gal if we can believe our source, and we ''know'' you believe ''us''. Now it's ''we'' who <u>must</u> meet ''them'' again - and you'll be right here with your devoted sleuth when ''that'' happens.]</small>