Operator ruling, 2026-09-30: "Hardpoint fit is loose: nobody's gonna stop you
from putting a small reactor in a large reactor's hardpoint." There is one rule,
HardpointData.Takes: gear of the hardpoint's type fits when its shape, at the
hardpoint's rotation, lies within the hardpoint's cells. TakesAt is the same
rule at one offset, and Entity.ItemFits (equipping, save load, presets) now
asks it instead of repeating the containment test. Generation's hardpoint
picks, HasHome (so station stock and loadouts), product reuse and `AetherDb
hardpoint-fit` all read Takes.
Generation keeps its own placement preference, named IsFilledBy and not a fit
rule: it offers gear that fills the hardpoint when any is on offer and falls
back to anything that fits only when none is, so loadouts change only where a
hardpoint used to stay empty. RestoredHullsTests pick fillers through
IsFilledBy.
Consequence: the Autocannon, Vulcan, scorched void policy, Notorious, pretty
pretty bang bang, Manhattan, plight, DeathCluster, Small Drive and pswarm now
have a home and are offered. Still homeless: CShot RainbowLite Lazer,
ChargeBlast SG, ChargeBlast+-, OK Disperser.
Tests: generation offers exactly the sold hardpoint gear some hull fits; a 7x7
design no hull fits is offered only once a hull that takes it exists; a 5x5
Reactor hardpoint nothing fills still gets a reactor; equipping and the rule
agree for every hull, hardpoint and design; the homeless list is stated.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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