Legion Auxilia – Senator Expansion
A new era is dawning in Elysium, the Empire is fracturing, new powers are rising, ambitious senators rally their legions and set forth to claim the Principate for their own. Desperate times call for desperate measures – every legion having turned to vigorously bolstering their forces with foreigners, mercenaries and all manner of sorceries. Take the reins of this new age, adapt and overcome and lead your Triumph in the streets of the imperial city!
This mod adds two primary features to the Senator Class, the first is an Outpost Garrison and construction system somewhat similar in function to my Autonomous Vassals mod with a Praefectus Castrorum and his camp officers providing strong benefits and abilities to your legionary outposts. The second feature which makes up the bulk of this mod’s content is an expansive Auxiliaries system, featuring 9 different regionally-dependent Auxiliary sub-factions the Senator can now access to bolster his forces and augment the general shortcomings of his legions. No two games as the Senator are likely to play quite the same depending on what terrains spawn in your capitol’s vicinity.
[This mod was a commission project, though the commissioner wishes to remain anonymous. If you’d like to commission me to make a mod check out the ‘Support Me’ section below!]
The mod has been extensively tested almost exclusively on the following settings and is intended to be played on them as a baseline:
Map Size: Enormous
Era: Empire, Fallen Empire or Dawn of a New Empire
# of AI: 8-16 (teams of 1-3)
AI Difficulty: Count
Wilder: Enabled
Multiplayer: Co-op (optional) [Never Tested in Versus, YMMV]
(I’d like to add a thanks to the Dominions Nation Generator[github.com] project as it was quite helpful in creating the Khemet Tribe and their Mage-Priests.)
This mod is standalone and does not require any other mods to be played, however it is fully compatible with my other Senator mod Latifundia, Limes, Legion, and for a more thematic and significantly more difficult experience I recommend using my Romanized Empire Era mod.
Summary
145+ Units
– Legionary Outpost Staff
– 9 Different Auxiliary Tribes/sub-factions
– Auxiliary Leaders can Rally/Freespawn their faction’s related warriors
– Each Tribe comes with unique benefits and playstyles
– Significantly more ranged units, siege weapons & spellcasters
– Every Tribe contributes its own professionally trained Auxiliaries as mercenary recruits
– New and expanded Syncretic Pantheon of Pretender God level end game summons
75+ Rituals
– Construct new Legionary Outposts and heavily fortify them
– Recruit Auxilia Chieftans and access their associated Tribe’s units and rituals
– Every Auxilia Tribe has a unique Auxiliary Garrison that can be added to an Outpost to further bolster its defenses and out of combat abilities
– Economic boons and special summons
– A host of abilities and features unique to each tribe
– Conquer the southern tribes, gain dominion over the seas, call upon ancient warriors of legend and much more!
– Release the Kraken!
Legionary Castrum
Your legions will now be able to expand your influence by constructing Outposts and expanding the Limes frontiers. Each Outpost can be assigned a Praefectus Castrorum – the highest ranking legionary officer responsible for the focal hubs of the legion. The Praefectus will assemble his own staff officers to enhance both the Outpost’s defenses as well as its ability to project power over its surrounding area. These include things like the Optio who heads patrols to safeguard the surrounding settlements, the Medicus Cohortis capable of healing diseases and many afflictions, and the Praefectus Fabrum or Siege Master who can construct additional stationary defenses for the Outpost as well as crafting more mobile Scorpio siege engines for the legion to utilize on the march. Additionally every Outpost can contain up to 3 different Auxiliary Garrisons of your choosing, allowing you to further customize and enhance your Outposts to suit your needs.
Auxiliary Sub-Factions
There are many different Auxilia factions present in the mod, each located in regional locales requiring certain specific terrains to be recruited to your service. Auxiliary Chiefs are summoned by Auxiliary Centurions in their respective terrains. From the C’tissians of the swamplands, to the Lion Tribe in the savannahs, the Nordic tribe in the northern tundras and even the Tritons far out to sea, you will always find formidable allies with which to bolster your forces. Auxiliary Chiefs are able to Rally – spawn – their tribe’s associated units in Outposts near their related Terrain, they also allow the recruitment of specialized Mercenaries who have been fully inducted into the legion proper that can be recruited anywhere in Elysium.
Syncretic Pantheon Expansion
Several of the Auxilia Tribes are capable of summoning their own deities to serve in the God-Emperor’s ever expanding pantheon. This currently includes the Neters – ancient deities who once made claim to rule over Elysium, the savage Desert Lords who yearly scourge the southern lands, the King Beneath the Waves – sovereign of the seas, and the Allfather with his ever growing host of immortal Einherjar preparing for the final days.
Future Updates
This mod is complete, however I do plan to include several sizeable content updates in the future, including more siege weaponry, new rituals and additional members of the Pantheon and even potentially several more entire Auxilia Tribes!
The mod should be compatible with pretty much any other mod, as it alters very little of the base game.
If there is a compatibility issue it is probably related to conflicting numbers being used, if that is the case simply find the conflicting numbers and alter them in the c5m of this or the other mod. The following are the relevant numbers used in the mod:
Custom Terrains N/A
Terrain Groups -1035 to -1040 and -1055/-1060
Variables 8525 to 8538
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