Threat Attribute
This mechanic is relevant to Encounters only. During an encounter, whichever pilot's ship has the most threat will draw the fire from NPC ships. At the beginning of an encounter, each ship has a threat score of zero. As the encounter progresses, each ship will generate threat. At the start of each NPC's turn, the system will check and see which ship has the most threat. That ship will be targeted and fired upon.
How is threat calculated?
Threat is calculated in a few ways.
Damage Done
100% of damage dealt to a NPC target will be added to the player's threat score.
Shield Boosts
Threat is also generated by boosting an ally ship's shields. The total amount of shields restored * 5 is added to the pilot's threat score. The receiving ship's threat score is unaffected.
A critical fail roll on a shield boost will result in the the pilot's threat score increasing by 100 * their ship's base shield boost bonus...Try not to crit fail :)
Damage Reflect
If an NPC ship attacks a pilot that has damage reflect mods installed, 100% of the reflected damage will be added to their threat score.
Augmenting Threat
A pilot's threat percentage can be raised or lowered, depending on desired role, by installing threat increase or decrease mods. Mods with "+VAL% Threat" will increase the amount of threat generated by whatever percentage is listed, while mods with "-VAL% Threat" will decrease the amount of threat generated.
Threat Caps
There is no cap for increasing threat. However there is a -90% Threat cap for decreasing it.
Ship Base Threat Levels
Each ship has a standard base threat modifier. These modifiers can be augmented using threat mods.
| Type | Class | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Light Fighter | Fighter | +1% |
| Standard Fighter | Fighter | +2% |
| Assault Fighter | Fighter | +3% |
| Tempest Fighter | Fighter | +5% |
| Recon Scout | Scout | +1% |
| Support Scout | Scout | +2% |
| Overwatch Scout | Scout | +3% |
| Harbinger | Scout | +5% |
| Light Freighter | Freighter | +50% |
| Medium Freighter | Freighter | +65% |
| Heavy Freighter | Freighter | +80% |
| Cerberus Freighter | Freighter | +95% |
| JayCo Tanker | Freighter | +0% |
| Gemini Sentinel | Scout | +5% |
| Terran Dreadnought | Freighter | +100% |
| Martian Crusader | Fighter | +5% |
| Wasp | Scout | +1% |