Lighter Than Fast

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Author: Gouda quiche

Last revision: 2 Oct, 2021 at 06:57 UTC (3)

File size: 23.41 MB

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Description:

Adds 5 playable races and their factions from the game Faster Than Light

Engi – An industrious race
  • Engi, poor at combat, yet skilled builders
  • An android like anatomy that allows modularity and specialization
Special
  • 85% shooting accuracy / 80% melee hit chance
  • 125% construction / drug / smithing / smefting / sculpting
  • 90% social
  • 120% Immunity gain speed
  • 4x sockets( each socket has 1 core slot and 1 rom slot); 8 slots to customize your engi efficiency
Race traits
  • Beauty 0%
  • Immunity 80%
  • Hard worker 30%
  • Industrious 20%

Mantis – A race to kill them all
  • Mantis, insectoid race, fast, feared fighter, poor builder
Special
  • 115% Speed
  • 130% Melee hit chance / 125% Shooting hit chance
  • 120% sharp damage / 105% Melee evasion
  • 75% Construction / 75% Drug production
  • 85% Mining / 90% Smelting Smithing Tailoring
Race traits
  • Bloodlust – 30%
  • Psychopath – 30 %
  • Cannibal – 30 %

Rockmen – A robust race
  • Rockmen, slow, lot of hp, fireproof, good miners
Special
  • + 150% Health scale
  • + 110% mining speed
  • + Fireproof, comfy temp over 9000 (frost may bite though)
  • + Natural armor
  • – 85% speed
  • – 150% Hunger rate
  • – 105% psychic sensitivity to depict religious inclination
Race traits
  • Ascetic 10%
  • Tough 10%

Slug – A psychic race
  • Strong-willed, socially awkward, xenophobic
  • Capable of weakening their enemies
Special
  • Psychic ability : Cast a debilitating area of effect power that will decrease the combat and defensive skills of the enemy humanlikes in the zone.
  • Drooling – they will generate some slug dew ressource now and then.
  • Drooling again – They will spill some rainbow puddles all day and night.
  • 50% psychic sensivity / 110% toxic sensivity.
  • 90% Social.
  • Immunity to slug powers and mind control.
Race traits
  • Xenophobic – 80%
  • Bisexual – 60 %

Zoltan – An electrical race
  • Diplomats
  • Ingenious experts of technology
  • Living powerplants
Special
  • Supply power to batteries that are close enough
  • 115% Recruit prisoner chance
  • 105% Research
  • 85% Health
  • Explode upon death without friendly fire
Race traits
  • Beautiful – 20%
  • Kind – 20%
  • Xenophile – 50%

  • Engie bench to craft roms / claws / shieldmet.
  • Shield bench helps synthethize shield layers for Shieldmet : prevents melee attacks.

  • Slug dew and kraptyl (2 new raw ressources and related walls/floors)
  • Eggs + new ressources = magic. Equipable too.
  • Synt claws for Mantis.
  • Roms cpus coolers for Engis.

  • over 150 Backstories, village names, colonist names.
  • Many faces for Engi, Mantis.
  • Corpses.
  • Races playable from regular tribal start.

  • ClodFish, Backstory teller, FTL races life destroyer.
  • Canute, Transcendent, for his feedbacks.
  • Erdelf, Humanoid framework creator.
  • Lilairen, Literary priestess
  • Mehni, Rimworld modder for releasing Pick Up and Haul and exposing my mod flaws.
  • Roski, Callistan race modder, for helping me patching pirates and outlanders.
  • Sentient_Worm, RimWorld veteran, for all the feedback.
  • Sera, Apini mod creator, for allowing me to use her sprites.
  • Wyvern, Mantis lover, for his feedbacks and errors hunting skills.
  • HAR discord, what a bunch of nice people!
  • Ludeon Forums for the feedback and discussions.

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