SONAR: New Ideas, Updates, Brainstorms

Well, as per many suggestions and comments. I'll jot down a few updates that will be implemented in near future. (As I get free from MiRRors of Fate)

Updates Planned

- A Dock Screen
This is where most of the other activities take place, You will be able to select your ship from the available ones. Plus, you will be able to individually upgrade each ship using the upgrade points.

- Multiple Ships
As you must have guessed by now, You get variety of ships to choose from. Each ship has its own pros and cons. Plus each ship can be upgraded individually. The upgrades are consistent and will be available throughout the game. Each ship is unique about which upgrades as well.

- Upgrades
They will not be traditional upgrades like increasing Health / Armour or Energy Capacity. But the gear that you must purchase for the ship. Each ship can be upgraded to have number of gears. Of course, some ships offer a wider variety of upgrades than other ones.

List of Upgrades
- Sonar Beacon
Replaces the default Sonar Field that the ship has, once fired, the beacon shoots out and deploys itself after a short duration. Once deployed, it emits the Sonar Field from itself, that increases in intensity over time. The beacon can be picked back up again, and used again. Once beacon is deployed, The ship reverts to using the Sonar Field again until its picked up.

- Sonar Cluster
Upgrades the Sonar Pulse to simultaneously release 3 pulses. The additional pulses are not counted while grading. The angle of projections can be varied by Mouse-wheel or PgUp / PgDown keys. Thus, giving players a smartest move available so far.

- Nuclear Mini-Reactor
Allows much faster regeneration of Energy. Not all ships can be equipped with this. The only drawback of this upgrade is if the Energy falls below 20%, the reactor would overload causing damage to the ship till energy is back over 20% again.

Sonic Cannon
- Sonic Cannon is available to only a few ships. It doesn't reveal much, plus consumes a tremendous amount of energy. But the only advantage is, you can destroy mines and other hazards with it. It does not replace any of ships existing gear.

That's it so far, I'll update this list whenever I find time / ideas.