Aggregator Class Interdictor

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The Aggregator is a new ship exclusively at Planets.nu. It was designed by Kallren, who was the champion of the Temporis war. It was put immediately into Standard immediately after its creation, which is highly unusual.

The interdictor is a "gravity well generator", like a giant tractor beam that prevents ships from moving away from the Interdictor. Any ship without enough power or hull mass cannot move away from the interdictor.

Built by

The Evil Empire

Hull specs

Name	Tech	Beams	T/F	En	MC	Dur	Tri	Mol	Mass	Cargo	Fuel	Crew	Abilities	Adv
Aggregator Class Interdictor	8	6	0/2	6	380	130	80	143	300	160	240	245	none	20

Notes

The base power of the interdictor depends on its engine type. E.g. it is 81 kt for Transwarp engines. When the ship is at warp 9, the range of field is 81 ly. You can stop any ship less than 81 kt from moving away.

If you reduce your warp speed, the range of the field will drop down (to the square of the warp speed). However the strength of the field will increase, according to the interdiction field strength chart (see below). E.g. with Transwarps at warp 4, the radius is 16 ly, but power is 410, which will prevent any ship 410 kt from moving away. (Note: it is believed this refers to hull mass and not total mass, but this is not yet confirmed).

This ability will also affects cloaked ships, but it does not decloak them.

You can have 2 Interdictors with overlapping fields, but does not increase the strength of either field. Each field is treated individually based on its own power. If you have 2 or 3 interdictors, you can stop a ship from moving in any direction.

No ship can tow within an interdiction field. So the moment a ship is towing and hits an interdiction field, the tow will get stopped. The towing ship will continue to move, and ship that was towed will stop. You can also use this to prevent your ships from being towed off of planets.

Interdictor Field Strength Chart

The number listed in each cell is the maximum mass (kt) of a ship that can be stopped from moving away, when it is in your interdiction field.

The radius of the field is determined by the square of your warp speed.

Engine Type	Base Power	Warp 9	Warp 8	Warp 7	Warp 6	Warp 5	Warp 4	Warp 3	Warp 2	Warp 1
Stardrive 1	1									1
Stardrive 2	4								4	16
Stardrive 3	9							9	20	81
Superstardrive 4	16						16	28	64	256
Nova Drive 5	25					25	39	69	156	625
Heavynova Drive 6	36				36	52	81	144	324	1296
Quantam Drive 7	49			49	67	96	150	257	600	2401
Hyper Drive 8	64		64	84	114	164	256	455	1024	4096
Transwarp Drive	81	81	103	134	182	262	410	729	1640	6561

Links

Planets Con 2025 announcement of the Interdictor.