Talk:NPB Neutralizer OXZ

Some points:

• Getting a "kill" using this weapon won't count for most mission OXP's - you will still need to keep firing until the ship is destroyed.
• Every weapon will end up working as an NPB Neutralizer, as long as you have one installed, as the code doesn't check which view is being used and what weapon is installed there.
• Info says you need to be clean, but code doesn't prevent an Offender/Fugitive install.
• Info also says Police have these retro fitted, but there's no code granting it specifically to police ships, and "available_to_NPCs = false;" in the equipment.plist
• Given the uber-ness of this weapon, I'm curious as to why you've rated it "Neutral". I think this should be "Some bias in the players favour/Makes the game a little easier".

phkb

Theory

"... Neutral Particle Beam weapon that works by accelerating hydrogen atoms to near-light speed and then neutralizing their charge. Upon hitting a target, the high-energy particles penetrate deep into a ship's structure, depositing their energy inside critical systems like electronics and power conduits."

Umm... neither hydrogen molecules or hydrogen atoms have a charge, as far as I know. Hydrogen ions do - either anions (for hydrogen: a proton with two electrons) or cations (for hydrogen: protons on their tod).

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ion#Anions_and_cations which talks about hydrogen in particular

Cholmondeley 10:44, 11 May 2026 (BST)