Witch-Charger OXZ

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 Witch-Charger.

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 1.1 of Witch-Charger (zipped OXP):

https://wiki.alioth.net/img_auth.php/7/77/Witch-Charger.oxp.zip

Simply unzip to your Oolite AddOns folder.

OR

Download Version 1.1 of Witch-Charger (OXZ):

https://wiki.alioth.net/img_auth.php/b/b5/Witch-Charger.oxz

Place this file in your Oolite AddOns folder.

OR

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

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Versions

	Version 1.1
		* In addition to shoring up shields, Charger feeds sufficient energy to prevent core equipment damage.


	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)

Quick Facts

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Version	Released	License	Features	Category	Author(s)	Feedback
1.1	2026-06-05	CC BY-NC-SA 4	Boosts Defences	Equipment OXPs	Reval	N/A