Arkon FACTION HEROES SHIPS

If you think the original hero ships are too small, this modification might be the solution …

With this mod, the heroes of the major factions uses the medium-sized ships instead of the white/red nutshells.

The heroes of the minor factions receive the medium ship designs of the pirates and minor factions.

Hero class Admiral
Ship class medium Attacker

Hero class Administrator
Ship class medium Defender

Hero class Adventurer
Ship class medium Explorer

Hero class Corporate
Ship class medium Supporter

Besides this the quest bound heroes of the United Empire uses following ship types:
Hadri Lenko
UE ship class medium Attacker

Lena Zelevas
UE ship class medium Supporter

Petra Mandzukic
UE ship class medium Explorer

The other QUEST heroes:
Sophons Mavro hero Krak "Cubed" Bleis uses a Sophons ship class medium Attacker

Horatio hero "Five" uses a Horatio ship class medium Attacker

Endless hero "Reyaryn Cious" uses a Cravers ship class medium Attacker

Endless hero "Tiaych Zhilleaq" uses an advanced minor faction ship class medium Defender

Rhync Raggiodri, a.k.a. The Photobomber uses an improved version of the classic Drop hero ship class.

Fluffpetal Gurk’Zvar uses the Bloody Hellhound, a deadly armed Pillager MkII class ship.
Be warned when hunting the Pirate Leader and be prepared for a tough fight with his large and fast rogue fleet!

The Survivor (ESG Mod Vodyani hero) uses a Vodyani medium size ship.

The new hero ship classes have a slightly improved core structure to match their HERO ship status.
And remember that the heroes of the opposing empires (human/AI) also use these hero ships!

This mod greatly enhances the ship designs of the pirates and minor factions.
Also the ships that are gained through purchase, explorations or quests are affected.
Thus, the pirates again represents a greater threat, especially at higher game difficulty levels.
Their original design was just too lax.
Keep an eye on your exploration ships.

"Preserve the Academy"
The Vodyani extremist fleets pose a great danger and threaten to destroy the Academy!
A real challenge for all empires …

Since this mod alters the files HeroDefinitions.xml, ShipDesignDefinitions(MinorFactions) and BattleActionDefinitions.xml, it will come to conflict with mods, which also change these files!

If you use other mods (like ESG) that also alters the files mentioned above,
put the FACTION HEROES SHIPS mod LAST in the loading order to ensure that the correct game mechanics changes are made.
The changes in the Droplists.xml file can be safely overwritten if necessary. The resulting events are then those of the base game.

This mod should be compatible with other HERO mods, if these mods ONLY define the variables of the new hero(es) in the file "HeroDefinitions".
Of course, these new heroes will then use the original little red/white vessels.

Mods with a similar functionality

Heroes ships based on the medium-sized ship types of the pirates and minor factions

Heroes ships based on the small-sized ship types of the respective factions

Heroes ships based on the medium-sized ship types of the respective factions
without further adjustments to quests and the other ships

This mod is a special version of FACTION HEROES SHIPS 2 to be used in combination with the modification TED’s HEROES.
With this mod, the Ted’s Heroes uses medium ship designs of the pirates and minor factions instead of the white/red nutshells