Witch-Charger OXZ - Revision history

Reval: link

2026-06-06T06:45:24Z

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Reval: version 1.1 amendments

2026-06-05T07:11:03Z

version 1.1 amendments

Reval: added SDD link

2026-05-30T04:58:34Z

added SDD link

Reval: Downloads for version 1.0

2026-05-30T03:43:21Z

Downloads for version 1.0

Reval: Witch-Charger OXZ page creation

2026-05-30T03:35:56Z

Witch-Charger OXZ page creation

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== Life Saving Capacitor ==

A ship's '''Witchdrive''' with its Quirium fuel represents a vast reserve of '''potential energy''', essential for forming the brief wormhole that allows entry into Witchspace and transit to another planetary system.

In a recent communiqué, '''Galcop''' has reported development and final testing of a means to harness this potential energy for a different purpose.

Channeled through a Black Labs-designed '''conduit and capacitor unit''', their new defensive asset will shore up '''shield strength''' when an enforcement vessel comes under intensive and prolonged laser fire. They have dubbed the new piece of equipment <u>Witch-Charger</u>.

The Witch-Charger unit '''continuously monitors''' the ship's hull, shields, and energy status, actuating when one of these enters '''critical condition'''. Shield resistance is maintained and '''shored up''' during a potentially losing encounter situation, but at the expense of the vessel's fuel.

Eventually the Quirium will deplete itself but, in typical cases, well before the hostile's lasers penetrate the hull.

It has been called by newly-appointed Galcop DCC Dor Reval "a simple trade-off between short-term mobility and survival. In light of our Police Corps' current manpower predicament, this innovation has arrived not a moment too soon."

== Download ==

Download Version 1.0 of Witch-Charger (zipped OXP):

https://wiki.alioth.net/img_auth.php/

Simply unzip to your Oolite AddOns folder.

'''OR'''

Download Version 1.0 of Witch-Charger (OXZ):

https://wiki.alioth.net/img_auth.php/

Place this file in your Oolite AddOns folder.

'''OR'''

Get the latest version in-game from the Oolite Expansions Manager.

== Recommended OXPs ==

Sound, not to say essential, choices for those donning vigilante Police garb:

* [[Police IFF Scanner Upgrade|'''Police IFF Scanner Upgrade''']]

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

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!

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

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.

* [[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.

* [[Media:GETTER HUD 1.6.oxp.zip|'''GETter HUD v.1.6''' - available only here!]]

FE Shipyards' premier trader/vigilante HUD now '''integrates realtime tracking''' of SDD-Net's closest High Offender in-system. Unzip the file to your Oolite AddOns folder.

== Versions ==

<pre>
Version 1.0
* Added anunciator for cumulative Witchdrive fuel drain.
* Added adjustable W.C. factors / multipliers as options.
* Added witch-drive capacitor 'drain and flow' sound.
* Added use-requirement that player must be 'clean'.
* Added check for presence of equipment.
* Added check for clean legal record before purchase.
* Added saving-cutoff for a shield if at full capacity.
* Global flag for status of Witch Charge capacitor (viable or drained)
</pre>

== Quick Facts ==
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[[File:Tag-colour-blue.png]]
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|version = 1.0
|release = 2026-05-29
|features = Boosts Defences
|license = CC BY-NC-SA 4
|category = Equipment OXPs
|author = [[User:Reval|Reval]]
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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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		+	* [[Defence Rider Drones OXZ\|\|'''Defence Rider Drones''']]
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		+	Galcop authorizes you to carry Mambita Defence Rider Drones, known as '''SDD''', these fully autonomous weapons to be deployed from hardpoints on your ship's hull. A Rider's single purpose is to eliminate your attackers or any other Offender you target or fire upon.

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

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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 1.0 of Witch-Charger (zipped OXP):
+Download Version 1.1 of Witch-Charger (zipped OXP):
 https://wiki.alioth.net/img_auth.php/7/77/Witch-Charger.oxp.zip
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 '''OR'''
-Download Version 1.0 of Witch-Charger (OXZ):
+Download Version 1.1 of Witch-Charger (OXZ):
 https://wiki.alioth.net/img_auth.php/b/b5/Witch-Charger.oxz
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 	Version 1.0
 		* Added anunciator for cumulative Witchdrive fuel drain.
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 [[File:Tag-colour-blue.png]]
 {{OXPLevel|1}}{{Infobox OXPb| title = Witch-Charger OXZ
-|version = 1.0
+|version = 1.1
-|release = 2026-05-29
+|release = 2026-06-05
 |features = Boosts Defences
 |license = CC BY-NC-SA 4