Spindizzy

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[edit] Overview

When activated the Spindizzy can tow entire fleets and even planets (including bases on them) along with it, but will not move minefields, jump gates, or worm holes.

500 fuel is required to use the Spindizzy effect in addition to the normal cost to move the Spindizzy ship itself.

[edit] Towing Ships, Pods, Wings

Spindizzy ignores normal tow restrictions of engines and mass.
Will "tow" all ships, wings, pods with the Spindizzy ship when enabled.
When under the effects of a Spindizzy, pods and wings cannot undock from a ship. They will just continue to be swept along with the Spindizzy effect.
A pod/wing cannot dock with a ship/base unless it is under the effect of the same Spindizzy ship effect.
All objects under the effect of a Spindizzy device have 0 scan range (like standard tow).
Ships/wings under the Spindizzy effect will not auto-intercept.

[edit] Limitations

Ships/wings that want to avoid all Spindizzy effects can use the NSD Command Codes.
A Spindizzy ship cannot affect another ship with the Spindizzy enabled.
Spindizzy effect cannot work on ships with gravitional stabilizers. Ships with gravitional stabilizers are:

[edit] Towing Planets

Will "tow" a planet that you target with the Nav/Tow target and Spindizzy is enabled. If a base is targeted, it shifts the target to the planet that the base is on.

[edit] Limitations

Spindizzy will not affect the King of the Hill planet.
The Spindizzy cannot tow a planet within 5 ly of another planet. If this is attempted, then the Spindizzy device will shut down and all tow targets are dropped.
It cannot activate a Spindizzy effect around a planet that is already within 5 ly of another planet.
The Spindizzy effect is able to be activated if at range 5 with another planet. Range 4 or less is not allowed. The idea here is to allow the planet to be moved away so that you cannot box planets in and make it so that a rival IMT player cannot move it again.
If you attempt to move a planet within 5 ly of another planet then the planet will stay at its prior coordinates.
When a Spindizzy effect encounters another planet while towing a planet, it will stop the Spindizzy ship.
A planet will not move with the Spindizzy effect if the Spindizzy ship is jumppoint jumped or warp chunneled.
The Spindizzy device will fail if 20% or more control system damage is present.
A Spindizzy effect will not take a planet through a jumpgate or wormhole with the Spindizzy ship.

[edit] Tow Contest

Spindizzy will break all other active tows if those tows are under the effect of the Spindizzy.
Two Spindizzy ships competing for the ability to tow something will compete using a random value between 0 to 10 + the ship experience.
If the result of a Spindizzy contest results in 1 of the Spindizzy ships not having any targets then it will shut down the Spindizzy effect to save fuel.

[edit] Interference with other Ship Devices

A jumppoint cannot be generated from within a Spindizzy effect.
The Gravitonic Accelerator cannot be enabled at the same time as the Spindizzy. The Spindizzy will win.
Gravity Rift interferes with the Spindizzy effect within 150 ly.
- If a Spindizzy effect encounters a Gravity Rift, it should shut it down and stop the ship. That happens when either: moving normally, escorting, or intercepting.