Since I know there are many smart folks here with scientific/technical/engineering backgrounds (and I'm a techno-peasant), I thought I might prevail upon them for their knowledge re: potential ideas for starship battle damage.
I'm a little tired of telling my players: "Your drives are hit. (scrambles for specifics) Um... you have a plasma fire in your port engine."
So I guess what I'm looking for is a partially detailed list of things that could explode/fail/go boom as a result of damage to a starship (combat, sabotage, etc). It doesn't have to be scientifically exact, just contextually plausible. Something like "coolant leak - could result in damage to deck and superconducting wires".
Thoughts?
I'm a little tired of telling my players: "Your drives are hit. (scrambles for specifics) Um... you have a plasma fire in your port engine."
So I guess what I'm looking for is a partially detailed list of things that could explode/fail/go boom as a result of damage to a starship (combat, sabotage, etc). It doesn't have to be scientifically exact, just contextually plausible. Something like "coolant leak - could result in damage to deck and superconducting wires".
Thoughts?