U.S.C.M. Alt. Progression Mod

About the Mod:

The U.S.C.M. may be gone, but that doesn’t mean that their equipment has to vanish as well…
This mod aims to add a new equipment progression line in the form of weapons armors and other assorted items.
These items are a stronger than their tier-respective counterparts but also are more costly to make.
To mix things up, players can open crafted weapon crates for different mixes of abilities and elements on their weapons.

Current Features:

1 new crafting station

7 tiers of armors

4 different types of turrets

1 shield

19 different weapons some with randomized elements and abilities

2 variants of flags in the form of radios

3 different back items

8 new very durable block types

1 new mining tool

20 U.S.C.M. themed furniture items

2 New Tenants

6 New Crew Members

1 New Vehicle

and equipment upgrade kits that can be used to level up your gear up to 6 times

Getting Started:

To get started with the mod simply kill Mother Poptop at the bottom of the mines.
This will give you a datapad which will unlock the basic crafting recipes for tier 1 equipment.
You can craft the new crafting station at the inventor’s table
As you craft more and more equipment more and more tiers and options will unlock.

Patches:
Armor augments patch: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3064312322
Frackin Universe patch: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3071398361
Hate being slown down by heavy armors? FUS has you covered: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3086202205

Special Thanks to:

Kiero Ashkore for mod advice and helping me figure some things out
SethYuikora for some of the armor sprites
Elithian Races for minigun mechanics
Ganransu for most (if not all) weapon sprites as well as the radios, new armor sprites, and the crafting station
Silver Sokolova for telling me to not quit on my ambitions as well as also helping me figure some things out
Southbird for helping me to fix a pesky sever-side crash

I might add more stuff to the mod so keep an eye out!

Also please do let me know if you encounter any bugs or have any suggestions.

Have Fun!