EpisparhAleksander MajjamHere's a question. Can overheating push you over the 100% power cap? Are there weapons that can directly do it? Am I right saying the more damage my power plant takes that it makes my power cap go up? I'm doing some experimentation and I am dangerously close to the cap. I don't want it to start shutting down systems because I fire a salvo of packhounds and it heats me up like I'm in the sahara with no water.
If you have enough power at 20% heat you will have enough at 1000%. Power consumption do not increase with heat.
The only way your power output can drop is by taking damage to power plant.
Yep. Heat levels do not change power output levels. Though, once the power plant (or any module) gets to about ~80% integrity it will have intermittent failures and modules will shutdown and reboot according to your power priorities. I believe when it reaches ~40% integrity it only outputs at half power. Something like that.
Edit: Ooof... ninja'd by Saka. I'm sure her numbers are more accurate.