MITOSIS/MEIOSIS
SHORT SUMMARY AS OF 11/26/23
The Design Paradigm for Mitosis, which was created back in 2016, includes War Destroyer sized Heavy Cruisers (at the start of the Timeline), PH-1’s as the standard offensive Phaser (not PH-2’s), and FX/RX Heavy Weapons (including Drones/Plasmas) that cannot Overload (at the start of the Timeline). This means Mitosis Heavy Cruisers will have a 1/2 Movement Cost, Less Internals, and Less Shields.
The concept behind Mitosis is simpler ships which play faster (similar to Omega Design Philosophy), but that require tactics that are focused on firing to the Sides, rather than to the Front. Obviously, this is an extension and expansion upon the design idea originally presented by the Frax, but without the limitations of that particular Simulator Empire. As the Mitosis Timeline progresses, the empires of Mitosis will develop Overloads for their Heavy Weapons, New Technology/Weapons, and build Larger (slower) Ships.
As I reviewed the Mitosis SSD’s, I noticed an inconsistency with the number of Warp Engines each Heavy Cruiser has. Some have 16 Warp (32 Movement) and some have 12 Warp (24 Movement). This is incorrect. All the Mitosis Heavy Cruisers should have 16 Warp (32 Movement) to start for balance reasons, in order to have enough energy for weapons/shields/etc., and for movement. I believe the original idea was to have some empires as “major forces” and some empires as “minor forces.” This idea will be discarded. The first task for Mitosis is to level out the playing field and give all starting Heavy Cruisers 16 Warp (32 Movement).
These are the current SSD’s:
1) Brittani Heavy Cruiser SSD (Photons FX/RX)
2) Brittani Heavy Cruiser II SSD (Photons FX/RX, New Phaser Arcs)
3) Gallia Heavy Cruiser SSD (PL-F FP/RP)
4) Germania Heavy Cruiser SSD (Drones FH/RH)
5) Hispania Heavy Cruiser SSD (Disruptors FX/RX)
6) Thrace Heavy Cruiser SSD (ESGs)
7) Visigoth Heavy Cruiser SSD (Displacement Device-Self Only)
Meiosis utilizes the same Design Paradigm as Mitosis, except with Omega Technology. To date, there is only one SSD for Meiosis:
1) Jomon Heavy Cruiser SSD (Tachyon Guns)
There is currently no Fiction to support Mitosis/Meiosis, but there certainly will be in the future.
* TASKS TO COMPLETE FOR MITOSIS/MEIOSIS:
1) Correct all Mitosis Heavy Cruiser SSD’s so they have 16 Warp *HIGH PRIORITY*
2) Create SSD’s for New Mitosis Empires *HIGH PRIORITY*
3) Create SSD’s for New Meiosis Empires *HIGH PRIORITY*
4) Playtest existing Mitosis/Meiosis SSD’s *MEDIUM PRIORITY*
5) Write Scenarios for Mitosis *MEDIUM PRIORITY*
6) Create Map for Mitosis *MEDIUM PRIORITY*
7) Create Heavy Cruiser Variants for existing Mitosis Empires *LOW PRIORITY*
8) Create other Ship Classes for existing Mitosis Empires *LOW PRIORITY*
