This is more or less the idea that I had for jump interdiction before it was added to the game. If I looked hard enough I'm sure I could find myself making a very similar suggestion. I would like to see the ability to lock down areas with stations. This would prevent ships from jumping directly to a protected location and maybe even allow for a player to set up an ambush point along a known travel route by preventing ships from jumping past a certain point.

Quoting the ever-correct Dr. Zoidberg, 'Why not both?' It'd be a very interesting mechanic in a fleet battle if you were interdicting to stop an enemy from escaping, but needed friendly ships to enter the battle to assist you.

Why not allow it on both ships and stations, while only the latter will have reach beyond its own sector.
As for countermeasures, just use normal thrusters.

in all inevitability station blocks will at some point be placeable on ships so why not i guess. However i do feel that it has to be balanced in a way that it prevents trolling. i can already envision some one going around dropping hundreds of small self sustaining interdictor ships to completely lock down an entire system.

In T1737#67665, @Crimson-Artist wrote:

i can already envision some one going around dropping hundreds of small self sustaining interdictor ships to completely lock down an entire system.

what would be so bad about that? after all, normal thrusters will still operate normally.

In T1737#67666, @Megacrafter127 wrote:

In T1737#67665, @Crimson-Artist wrote:

i can already envision some one going around dropping hundreds of small self sustaining interdictor ships to completely lock down an entire system.

what would be so bad about that? after all, normal thrusters will still operate normally.

Like... an ion storm? :D

I very much dislike the idea that ships can use this! It would break PVP to a max level because when you hunt a player and use the scanner, you get cords then you type in the cords and find out he is using that thing then you need to open the map and move 1 sector so you can thrust in and attack. Normal pvp is hard as it is, finding a target willing and able to fight at a time you are also able to fight is like getting on a list for a super expensive restaurant. And then adding the perfect escape tool is way too OP even if balanced to use a shit ton of power. Plus the fact that it is very likely a certain faction will abuse this perfectly to form a blockade arround enemy factions.

Station is okey, I find it a bit unfair that a player can jump in drop a nuke and jump out if he/she wants.

ps: maybe make it possible for faction members to just jump? If using this thing creates a disadvantage for both the enemy and re-enforcements it kinda cancels out the whole thing

Yes to stations NO to ships

Short form:

Possible to implement,
but needs planning

First I missinterpret the request, but that's make me think to an idea : A jump attractor who don't forbide jump but deviate path less than 90° (prevent escapes) making destination the source emitor.