[WOTC] Rescue Denmother

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Authors: Kexx, Iridar

Last revision: 2 Sep, 2023 at 06:14 UTC (7)

File size: 29.16 MB

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Description:

Allows to rescue Denmother from the first retaliation mission of the campaign and have her join your crew as a soldier. When you deploy on the mission, Denmother will be bleeding out somewhere in the middle of the map, and it’s up to you to stabilize, evac her or kill all enemies before she bleeds out. You get 8 turns to do so.

If you manage to keep her alive, she will join your crew as a regular soldier. She does not have a custom character template, so once you get her, you can customize her however you like.

Included features:

  • Cosmetic body parts by Kexx to recreate Denmother’s appearance from the cinematic.
  • Custom soldier class: Keeper.
  • Custom weapon for Denmother: Marksman Carbine.
  • Lore entry in XCOM Archives.

WOTC only. No vanilla version.

COSMETICS

Included into this mod are: Denmother’s torso with tactical gear, arms with shoulder plates, legs with ammo pouches, backpack and a beanie. All cosmetics are done by Kexx.
These cosmetics should not appear on randomly generated soldiers, but you can equip them on any female soldier manually.
You can also edit the mod’s config to add her torso and tactical gear separately.
The in-game cosmetics are not a perfect mirror of what you see in the cinematic, but it’s close enough to be recognizable.

KEEPER CLASS

Two skill rows of perks, some of the perks are completely new. Same stat progression as Sharpshooter.
Primary weapon: assault rifle.
Secondary Weapon: none.
Armor: regular soldier and sharpshooter armor.

Rank
Overseer
Logistician
Comment
Squaddie
Grapple Gun
Resupply Ammo
Corporal
Deep Cover
Bandage Throw
Safety vs Utility
Sergeant
Aim
Supply Run
Accuracy vs Mobility
Lieutenant
Waylay
Reposition
More Overwatch shots vs Utility
Captain
Covering Fire
Holo Targeting
Accuracy buff when firing multiple shots vs triggering reaction shots more reliably
Major
Rifle Return Fire
Reflex
Immediate retaliation vs Utility next turn
Colonel
Guardian
Cool Under Pressure
Even more Overwatch shots vs Better Overwatch shots

Some commentary and description of the new perks can be found >>> HERE <<<.

Denmother herself also gains an additional flavor perk: One Good Eye – works similarly to Zero In, but resets only when switching targets.

Rookies will not be randomly promoted to the Keeper class. To be able to train Rookies to Keepers in GTS, you have to promote a Keeper (so, Denmother) to a Captain and then purchase an unlock in GTS. Doing so will also grant Steady Aim perk to all Keepers.

Eventually I want to add more custom abilities to the class and release it as a standalone thing, but that is unlikely to happen soon.

MARKSMAN CARBINE

This Assault Rifle will be equipped on Denmother when she joins your crew. Or the weapon will be added to Avenger’s inventory if she dies on the retaliation mission and you recover Denmother’s body or kill all enemies.

Marksman Carbine deals the same base damage as a Magnetic Rifle, and has +1 Magazine Size. However, it deals only +1 damage on critical strikes and its critical chance is reduced by 20%. All of this to provide an incentive of using this weapon more for Overwatch rather than for flank shots on some other class.

You can equip this weapon on any other soldier, if you want. You will have only this one Marksman Carbine, you cannot produce any more. It is intended to be unique.

Compatible will all the standard weapon upgrades and has 2 upgrade slots.
It will be converted into a regular Plasma Rifle when you purchase the Plasma Rifle upgrade schematic.

LORE

Once the first retaliation mission is over, XCOM Archives will be updated with Denmother’s dossier. The dossier, as well as Denmother’s background, will be different based on your performance on the retaliation mission. There are three variants in total. The dossier is not canon, but it is based on canon and some hints left in game’s unused assets.

REQUIREMENTS

The mod does not require a new campaign start, but obviously you want it to be active before you deploy on the first retaliation mission.

COMPATIBILITY

Compatible with LWOTC, but you might want to use the Mod Jam mod to expand Denmother’s ability tree to include the Brigadier rank.

COMPANION MODS

[WotC] Infirmaria Ex Mortis – if Denmother dies on the retaliation mission, you should be able to bring her back to life in the Infirmary, as long as you recover her body by evacuating it or killing all enemies on the map.

[WOTC] Iridar’s Underbarrel Attachments – the Marksman Carbine has a unique Underbarrel Grenade Launcher model. It will also replace the appearance of all underbarrel attachments, but you’re not really meant to be able to equip them on this weapon anyway.

CONFIGURATION

The mod is highly configurable through various configuration files in:

..steamappsworkshopcontent2685002189770689Config

You can use this console command to add Denmother to your crew at any point during the campaign:

GiveDenmother

COOKED ASSETS

This mod’s packages are cooked to reduce their size and improve loading times. However, Unreal Editor is unable to open cooked packages, so if for whatever reason you need to inspect this mod’s packages, you can find the uncooked version of the mod on GitHub[github.com].

CREDITS

Cosmetics by Kexx.
Class icon by NeIVIeSiS.
Keeper class description by lago502
Credit to Aks for Russian translation.

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