PT-BVRM Pteranodon OXZ - Revision history

Reval: rationalized prices link

2026-06-06T07:11:11Z

rationalized prices link

Reval: version 1.4 amendments

2026-06-05T06:09:00Z

version 1.4 amendments

Reval: Police IFF Scanner Upgrade link removed - PT-BVRM now incorporates its own similar scanner-recolouring.

2026-06-05T04:27:58Z

Police IFF Scanner Upgrade link removed - PT-BVRM now incorporates its own similar scanner-recolouring.

Reval at 04:25, 5 June 2026

2026-06-05T04:25:26Z

Reval at 04:02, 5 June 2026

2026-06-05T04:02:45Z

Reval: 'weapons operable/inoperable' option...

2026-06-05T03:58:56Z

'weapons operable/inoperable' option...

Reval: ancillary F5 functions

2026-06-05T03:17:01Z

ancillary F5 functions

Reval: version 1.3 amendments & downloads

2026-06-02T03:57:48Z

version 1.3 amendments & downloads

Reval: '..., or very little,...' de-fused the 'punch'.

2026-05-31T01:17:59Z

'..., or very little,...' de-fused the 'punch'.

Reval: added Witch-Charger link

2026-05-30T04:47:37Z

added Witch-Charger link

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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 1.3 of PT-BVRM Pteranodon (zipped OXP):
+Download Version 1.4 of PT-BVRM Pteranodon (zipped OXP):
 https://wiki.alioth.net/img_auth.php/e/ef/PT-BVRM_Pteranodon.oxp.zip
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 '''OR'''
-Download Version 1.3 of PT-BVRM Pteranodon (OXZ):
+Download Version 1.4 of PT-BVRM Pteranodon (OXZ):
 https://wiki.alioth.net/img_auth.php/e/e5/PT-BVRM_Pteranodon.oxz
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 <pre>
 	Version 1.3
 		* An Irradiated ship's scanner blip flashes original colour + grey.
 		* High Offenders (often 'Fugitives') coloured magenta on scan.
-		* Low Offenders coloured orange on scan.
+		* Low Offenders coloured orange on scan (peach v.1.4).
 		* In absence of data, ie. no irradiations or boons, show nothing on F5F5.
 		* Added shipDied w.s. event handler for final cleanup.
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 [[File:Tag-colour-violet.png]]
 {{OXPLevel|1}}{{Infobox OXPb| title = PT-BVRM Pteranodon
-|version = 1.3
+|version = 1.4
-|release = 2026-06-01
+|release = 2026-06-05
 |features = Revamps Combat
 |license = CC BY-NC-SA 4

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	Sound, not to say essential, choices for those donning vigilante Harvester garb:		Sound, not to say essential, choices for those donning vigilante Harvester garb:
−
−	* [[Police IFF Scanner Upgrade\|'''Police IFF Scanner Upgrade''']]

	* [[Police Player OXZ\|'''Police Player''']]		* [[Police Player OXZ\|'''Police Player''']]

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 == Option ==
-Version 1.4+ offers the top-of-script OPTION to keep an NPB-irradiated ship's weapons in an operable condition. Since this is '''highly unrealistic''' in terms of a neutral particle beam's known effects - to whit, complete disablement of all critical systems - the default setting has been kept at 'no' (''this.$ptmWeaponsIntact = <b>false</b>;'').
+Version 1.4+ offers the top-of-script OPTION to keep an NPB-irradiated ship's weapons in an operable condition. Since this is '''highly unrealistic''' in terms of a [[NPB Neutralizer OXZ#NPB in Depth (Real World)|<u>neutral particle beam's known effects</u>]] - to whit, complete disablement of all critical systems - the default setting has been kept at 'no' (''this.$ptmWeaponsIntact = <b>false</b>;'').
 Otherwise, the NPC-infractor victim's Javascript PriorityAI is switched to behaviour in keeping with a pirate commander's likely reaction to irreparable damage by such an unprecedented weapon, namely avoidance, fleeing, evasion.

← Older revision		Revision as of 04:02, 5 June 2026
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	Version 1.4+ offers the top-of-script OPTION to keep an NPB-irradiated ship's weapons in an operable condition. Since this is '''highly unrealistic''' in terms of a neutral particle beam's known effects - to whit, complete disablement of all critical systems - the default setting has been kept at 'no' (''this.$ptmWeaponsIntact = <b>false</b>;'').		Version 1.4+ offers the top-of-script OPTION to keep an NPB-irradiated ship's weapons in an operable condition. Since this is '''highly unrealistic''' in terms of a neutral particle beam's known effects - to whit, complete disablement of all critical systems - the default setting has been kept at 'no' (''this.$ptmWeaponsIntact = <b>false</b>;'').

−	Otherwise, the NPC-infractor victim's Javascript PriorityAI is switched to behaviour in keeping with a pirate commander's likely reaction to damage by such an unprecedented weapon, namely avoidance, fleeing, evasion.	+	Otherwise, the NPC-infractor victim's Javascript PriorityAI is switched to behaviour in keeping with a pirate commander's likely reaction to irreparable damage by such an unprecedented weapon, namely avoidance, fleeing, evasion.

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	</pre>		</pre>
		+
		+
		+	== Option ==
		+
		+	Version 1.4+ offers the top-of-script OPTION to keep an NPB-irradiated ship's weapons in an operable condition. Since this is '''highly unrealistic''' in terms of a neutral particle beam's known effects - to whit, complete disablement of all critical systems - the default setting has been kept at 'no' (''this.$ptmWeaponsIntact = <b>false</b>;'').
		+
		+	Otherwise, the NPC-infractor victim's Javascript PriorityAI is switched to behaviour in keeping with a pirate commander's likely reaction to damage by such an unprecedented weapon, namely avoidance, fleeing, evasion.

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 'LOCARS' is a useful mnemonic.
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 		* In absence of data, ie. no irradiations or boons, show nothing on F5F5.
 		* Added shipDied w.s. event handler for final cleanup.
-		* In an attempt to shore up 'damaged or disabled lasers?' logic, ran into the Oolite BUG (GitHub Issue #369) preventing effectual swapping in of equipment on-the-fly.
+		* In an attempt to shore up 'damaged or disabled lasers?' logic, ran into the Oolite BUG (GitHub Issue #369) preventing effectual removal and/or swapping in of equipment on-the-fly.
 		* Added _updateTargetInfo() + GETter HUD 1.6 timer integration, identical to SDD.
 		* Tightened checks for non-zero length of HighOffenders array.

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 And their darkly innovative <u>PT-BVRM Pteranodon</u> is already <u>third</u> in a line - or suite - of '''licensable weapons'''.
-But PT is unquestionably the most frightening. It scares the Giles out of ''us'' because it will never be seen, detected, or known about by its victims, whose '''vessels will silently fail''', ceasing to respond or function in an instant. That's ''no warning'' and no ''bang'', Tuners. Nothing, or very little, on a viewscreen, port, or scanner. Our Black Lab-Rat goes on:
+But PT is unquestionably the most frightening. It scares the Giles out of ''us'' because it will never be seen, detected, or known about by its victims, whose '''vessels will silently fail''', ceasing to respond or function in an instant. That's ''no warning'' and no ''bang'', Tuners. ''Nothing'' on a viewscreen, port, or scanner. Our Black Lab-Rat goes on:
 "The PT-BVRM was an inevitable outgrowth of the [[NPB Neutralizer OXZ|'''NPB Neutralizer''']], in turn a child of a bout of intense brainstorming in the R&D think-tank, spurred by a need to curb the increasing and unnecessary slaughter of '''infracting entities and vessels''' in ever more lawless systems like Riedquat, Uszaa, Atriso, and a host of others with similar societal and governmental problems: Locales where Police personnel and outmoded vehicles are perpetually spread thinly. [[Defence Rider Drones OXZ#Civilian SDD|'''Licensing of Galcop assets''']] has come in the nick of time. We now have an experienced vigilante police force of growing confidence and unheard-of power to prevent the escalation of offences via fully autonomous [[Defence Rider Drones OXZ|'''Rider Drones (SDD)''']] and now the Pteranodon, which extends the enforcement circumference to the System as a whole."

← Older revision		Revision as of 04:47, 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''']]
		+
		+	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''']]