Multi-Function Pod

• Type: Electrical
• Tech: Ener 11, Prop 11, Elec 11
• Cost: I=5,no B,G=5,Res=15 Mass: 2
• Abilities: Cloak=30%, Jam=10%, +1/4 Movement

Comments: This item is of somewhat-limited use, as it's only slightly better than the Maneuvering Jet and not generally as effective as the Overthruster which comes one techlevel later. The main use for this toy is that unlike those competitors it is an Electrical part, and can therefore be placed in Electrical-only slots (found on the Super Freighter, Destroyer, Battleship, Dreadnought, Rogue and Stealth Bomber hulls) to give additional battlespeed beyond that attainable with a hull's Mechanical slots. In particular, this allows construction of speed 2.5 battleships, and eases the construction of speed 2.25 battleships for races utilising ramscoops.

While starbases also possess Electrical-only slots, placing the Multi-Function Pod in them will not allow a starbase to move during combat, and as such this part is useless to them.