Damage Effects

[deontologician]

Migrated from original Mech Wiki:

Standard Damage Effects

Note: These damage effects are from wikipedia (in the sidebar on the right are the mechanical failure modes)

Passive / Maintenance Effects

• Wear/Fatigue — the erosion of materials and the progressive structural damage that occurs when a material is subjected to cyclic loading
• Creep — the tendency of a ‘solid’ material to slowly move or deform permanently to relieve stresses. Functionally, creep is the movement of the yield point of a material from flexible to inflexible. If a material flexes past its yield point in battle it buckles.

  Active / In-Battle Effects

• Buckling — a failure mode characterized by a sudden failure of a structural member subjected to high compressive stresses.
• Corrosion — the deterioration of the properties of a material due to chemical reaction
• Fracture/Rupture — the (local) separation of an object or material into two, or more, pieces under the action of stress.
• Melting — a process that results in the phase change of a substance from a solid to a liquid.
• Thermal Shock — the name given to cracking as a result of rapid temperature change.

  Exotic Damage effects

• Annihilation — Annihilation of a material’s molecular structure due to bombardment by anti-particles

[deontologician]

Migrated Comments:

• maybe we could summarize creep and fatigue as “warping” or “structural warping” —Jason March 20, 5:39 pm

The following is a copy from a message sent from Jason to Josh

Wear and Tear Over Time

(should only be viewable after engagements and should not immediately affect in-battle performance [should use prebattle stats to calculate])

Fatigue

Fatigue should be a slow moving counter (though faster than creep) based on the number of loads and frequency during battles.

Creep

Creep should be a slow moving counter for the wear and tear of an object. It should spike slightly after a battle when the part has been exposed to an extreme temperature.

In-Battle Effects

Buckling

I like that

Melting

I like that (great for when the energy weps are firing Likwid Plazma!)

Fracture

I like this but can we apply this to everything except the core?

Rupture

I think this would be a better notification than an effect stat. If your arm falls off you get a “Part ruptured” notification.

Thermal Shock

This should be mostly for cold damage I think. Melting can be applied to heat effects.

Yield

Use this as a stat for the other things (mainly buckling, fracture, etc.) Nothing more.

Debatable Items

Wear

Wear should not be incorporated into battles. I think we could use fractures or “Breaches” to make the point understood.

Corrosion

I don’t think we need corrosion because melting, creep, and thermal shock will be able to cover most of our environmental damages.