I saw it mentioned in another thread that there was a vague desire to shake things up a bit for R60 by perhaps introducing another race or ship mechanic. So how about...
'Subvert' Type
Ships with the subvert type temporarily steal enemy ships for a single Tick of combat. The subverted ships switch sides and fight for the subverter fleet for the combat, then return to their original owner after all combat (including Roid capture) is complete. The temporary swapping would not effect player's respective values/scores.
I imagine subvert ships would generally (but not always) fire
after EMP but
before Normal. People may have to think twice about using Pods as defensive flak!
The only thing that needs a bit of thought is whether the temporarily subverted ships could be stolen back or not, as that'd be pretty harsh on Ziks, effectively forcing them to expend steal ships to get their own ships back!
This could be mixed in with existing races, or given to a brand new race as their main 'gimmick', mixed in with Normal ships of course.
Just an idea.
