[Spaceships] Life Pods as Habitat Options

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Originally Posted by ericbsmith

Life Pods don't need much in the way of a launch mechanism; basically explosive bolts to eject the outer hull plating (if you're using Life Pods you really shouldn't care about hull integrity anymore).

Yeah, that's a far better description then what I came up with last night. And because each one is able to launch on it's own there would be no limit to the number that could be launched each turn, although you might say it takes a minute to preform all the launch prep and maybe give the ejected hull plating a chance to get clear of the area, etc.

I have to admit I hadn't considered using a Habitat Cabin for the escape pods until I read this thread, I had always used Hanger Bays and it irked me to have to use a System slot just for that. I really like the idea of using a couple Cabins, like ericbsmith said, it makes more sense to have them there.