Originally by: Mechakucha Kusari

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Have to agree with the above idea of NOS-nerfing... If a small one works the same on all the ships, but shuttles, a medium on cruiser-sized ships on up, and larges on Battleships on up, then I'm hip. With some percentage taken off for trying to snag energy from smaller ships, it keeps them in the battle, and would hopefully nix the complaint. Such that:
a E500 Prototype Energy Vampire, would normally drain 103.5 to 115 units of cap every 12 seconds on a Battleship or larger-sized opponent (including emplacements),
80.5 to 92 units of cap every 12 seconds from a Battlecruiser-sized opponent,
57.5 to 69 units of cap every 12 seconds from a Cruiser-sized opponent,
34.5 to 46 units of cap every 12 seconds from a Destroyer-sized opponent (including Industrials and ORE ships),
11.5 to 23 units of cap every 12 seconds from a Frigate-sized opponent,
2.875 to 8.625 units of cap every 12 seconds from a shuttle and drone-sized opponent.

This would include adding a skill to the Engineering series, "Energy Collecting Consolidation" or other title, and to be fair, should be a rank (training time modifier) 5 to 7 skill. Each level in the skill gives back a 2% bonus to what the equipped Energy Vampire was capable of doing. The above math is fairly simple, too, relative to a Heavy: 90 to 100% for the Battleships,
70 to 80% for Battlecruisers,
50 to 60% for Cruisers,
30 to 40% for Destroyers, Industrials, and ORE ships,
10 to 20% for the Frigates and
2.5 to 7.5% for drones and shuttles...

For a Medium Energy Vampire it would be:
Cruiser to larger sized opponent 90 to 100%,
Destroyer, Industrial, or ORE ship would be 70 to 80%,
Frigate-sized would be at 50 to 60%, and
Shuttle and drone-sized opponents would be 30 to 40% of the Energy Vampire's collecting ability per cycle.

For a Small, just use the same formula:
for frigates on up it would be 90 to 100% of the transfer amount, and for drones and shuttles, it would be 70 to 80%.

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