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== Heat Damage == | == Heat Damage == | ||
The downside of overheating is '''heat damage'''. Heat damage is ''not'' related to normal damage: overheating does not cause damage to your shield, armour, or hull hit points. | The downside of overheating is '''heat damage'''. Heat damage is ''not'' related to normal damage: overheating does not cause damage to your shield, armour, or hull hit points. Heat damage has no link to the Thermal damage type. | ||
Rather, heat damage is dealt to the hitpoints of individual modules. If you "show info" on a module, and check its "Attributes" tab, you will see it has "Structure Hitpoints". Most modules have 40 hitpoints. '''TK find an image of this.''' Heat damage is dealt to these hitpoints. | Rather, heat damage is dealt to the hitpoints of individual modules. If you "show info" on a module, and check its "Attributes" tab, you will see it has "Structure Hitpoints". Most modules have 40 hitpoints. '''TK find an image of this.''' Heat damage is dealt to these hitpoints. | ||