Terran Cruisers

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Authors: Arkblade, SimonPlaysGames

Last revision: 7 May, 2022 at 17:41 UTC (2)

File size: 18.85 MB

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Description:

This mod aims to add a new class of ships to the game – cruisers. Cruisers are meant to provide the player with a middle-ground between destroyers and battleships. They are fast and durable but lack the powerful forward weaponry of other L and XL ships, instead relying on large turrets. They have decent S ships docking capabilities and a large crew component which makes them competent at boarding and mining protection operations.

FOR VRO USERS: if you are using VRO you do not need to subscribe to this mod. Ships from Terran Cruisers will be available with the main VRO mod when it is updated. I do not recommend using both mods at once.

Ships added by the mod:
-Miyagi, Light Cruiser, Terran Protectorate
-Yamagata, Medium Cruiser, Terran Protectorate
-Okayama, Heavy Cruiser, Terran Protectorate
-Kagawa, Battlecruiser, Terran Protectorate
-Nagano, Medium Cruiser, Segaris Pioneers
-Akita, Light Cruiser, Segaris Pioneers

Bonus ships:
-Yokohama, Destroyer, Terran Protectorate
-Kumamoto, Strike Destroyer, Terran Protectorate
-Scabbard, Boarding Frigate, Segaris Pioneers
-Aomori, Freighter, Terran Protectorate
-Shizuoka, Heavy Freighter, Segaris Pioneers
-Fu’kuoka, Armed Freighter, Terran Protectorate
-Hakodate, Mineral Miner, Segaris Pioneers
-Toyama, Gas Miner, Segaris Pioneers

NOTES:
-AI factions should now be able to build the ships and employ them in their fleets.
-Player can buy the ships at the terran shipyards and the ship’s blueprint at the faction representative.
-The ships were tested for vanillia game only. Might be unbalanced/underpowered for heavily modded games.
-Ships from this mod will be added to the main VRO mod. I do not recommend using both this mod and VRO.
-The mod was tested for several hours on modded and vanillia saves, no problems were detected.
-I plan on adding several ships for each faction in this mod, starting with Terran Protectorate and the Segaris Pioneers.

WHAT IS PLANNED:
-Ships for TER (focus on L turrets and extra speed, no forward weapons)
*Battlecruiser, heavy cruiser, medium cruiser, light cruiser,
-Ships for PIO (overall balanced designs, most firepower at the front)
*Battlecruiser, command cruiser, medium cruiser, light cruiser,
-Ships for ZYA (focus on firepower and hull strength, weaker shields and smaller S/M docking capacity)
*Battlecruiser, heavy cruiser, medium cruiser,
-Ships for FRF/CUB (overall balanced designs, good mix of strengths with each individual ship)
*Command cruiser, medium cruiser, light cruiser,
-Ships for PAR/TRI (focus on forward weapons, worse anti-fighter turrets and speed)
*Battlecruiser, heavy cruiser, medium cruiser,
-Ships for HOP (focus on docking ability with M best docks, less firepower overall)
*Command cruiser, heavy cruiser, light command cruiser,
-Ships for ANT (focus on missiles and drones, no forward weapons)
*Heavy cruiser, medium cruiser, light cruiser,
-Ships for ARG (overall balanced designs, good anti-fighter capacity)
*Battlecruiser, medium cruiser, light cruiser,
-Ships for TEL (focus on shields and hull strength, very slow)
*Battlecruiser, heavy cruiser, medium cruiser,
-Ships for MIN (focus on low price and crew capacity, overall slightly weaker)
*Command cruiser, medium cruiser, light cruiser,

-Bonus ships (only for TER, as there are few mods out there that add new vessels for them, and I am a very proud earthling o7 )
*Yokohama, Kumamoto, Scabbard, Aomori, Shizuoka, Fu’kuoka, Hakodate, Toyama,

Battlecruisers (The most powerful an L ship can be. Meant for serious combat and as fleet lead ships)
Heavy cruisers (Extra firepower and durability at the cost of speed and $$$. Heavy combat vessels)
Medium cruisers (Swift and deadly ships, stronger than a destroyer)
Light cruisers (Fast ships that can patrol important sectors well, at a reasonable price)
Command cruisers (Basically armed light carriers, that can serve as small flagships)

CREDITS:

An excellent Japanese translation provided by Arkblade.
Big thanks for Shuulo for incorporating the ships in the main VRO mod.
Aladinaleks for providing Russian translation.
=EaSy= matou78 for providing French translation.

Special thanks to Aurum, Shuulo, UniTrader, dtaco and others who helped me and advised me during creation of this mod. Also great thanks to BrummBear and Axeface who made the X4 forums tutorials and explanations that allowed me to get started with X4 modding.

Version history:
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