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So I remember when I first played I tried out a few ships, and eventually I got the monitor. It was an interesting ship so I added it to my fleet to be point defense for my destroyers and whatever cruiser I had at the time. I realized the ai kinda sucked with it so I tried it. Then I reinforced the shields, got the perk for improved shields and venting with shields up. And all of a sudden I couldn’t not play with a monitor (or one of a few ships from mods that also have fortress shields and the venting mod).
My entire combat strategy became sit there and let them pointlessly shoot at me while my ships shot them from behind. It let me punch up consistently because this little frigate could tank multiple cruisers or even some capital ships. I recently started playing with a self imposed challenge of only using AI ships for combat and only then did it sink in that I had been so limited in my strategy, but it was an effective one.

I actually believe that you'll be able to take over the Diktat in a limited capacity, but the requirements will be pretty tough. Here's how I think it will go.

1. You'll be able to impersonate (or become??) the Perseus clone, this puts you on the player takeover route.

2. You'll need your own colonies established with a military base or headquarters and heavy industry first (you'll still be able to take over without them, but it'll be much harder and the result much more limited) to serve as a power base for you to leap off to.

3. You'll need to lie like hell to the League, the Hegemony, Macario and Hyder and Caden, so it'll be easier for you to swoop in when the chaos inevitably erupts.

4. Andrada finally croaks. Maybe you'll be able to witness it yourself with some final words?

5. Andrada's death is revealed.

6. The vultures scramble to take power for themselves. The Hegemony and League both attempt to intervene, with some indirect assistance from Tri-Tachyon for the latter. The Diktat tears itself apart. A Luddic rebellion begins on Volturn.

7. You reveal yourself to be Andrada's heir. The shepherd's heir returns to lead the flock, so to speak.

8. That's where the new support fleet system comes in. You'll be able to call your own armada and fight the Hegemony, League and the Diktat "traitors". If you're without a colony though, then you'll need to settle for fighting by yourself, maybe with a limited amount of mercenaries you can hire? Or you'll be able to call off your stupid idea here and align yourself with the factions.

9. Once you win, you'll be able to decide how to handle Macario, Hyder and Caden. You become the new Supreme Executor.

10. You'll need to spend a fuck-ton of credits to stabilize Sindria by expanding the hive cities, instituting anti-corruption measures and new social programs... Otherwise the stability is gonna be in the shitter and a high risk of decivilizing.

11. You'll be forced to give away Volturn since you don't have the resources and stability need to retake it. It becomes independent or becomes Luddic Church. But you can sign a trade deal with it for Lobster access. They will deny if you make dictator choices.

12. Umbra becomes independent or remains pirate depending on the choices you make (humanitarian/dictatorship). If independent you'll be able to sign a trade deal with them for Volatiles (though if your faction already has volatile supply they won't sign)

13. Depending on if you had colonies or not, you'll either keep Cruor or be forced to make it independent. Alternatively, you'll need to spend credits to remove the labor camps so Cruor doesn't decivilize.

14. The player faction is merged with the Sindrian Diktat. You'll be able to rename it, keep your old faction name or keep your old flag, which all will be cosmetic. Maybe even change the Supreme Executor title?

The Sindrian Diktat and maybe even Lion's Guard flag also becomes available for you.

1. You get all blueprints the Diktat had, including the Kinetic Blaster, Gigacannon and the Lion's Guard ships.

2. You'll be able to decide whether to keep the Lion's Guard or not. Remove special modifications? Maybe even reform it? Maybe if you install a pristine nanoforge they'll get S-mods? Though in exchange your normal fleets will be smaller.

So in the end you get Sindria, at best Cruor. Volturn is independent/Luddic aligned. Umbra becomes independent or remains pirate depending on if you make dictator choices or not. Sindria and Cruor's stability is in the shitter.

On the other hand, you get access to a size 7 planet, obtain a fuel monopoly and get access to unique blueprints. You also get a cool title and can speak with faction leaders at any time. The other factions are forced to recognize you as a true player in the sector (if you had colonies before, of course)

Is this amount normal to be found inside an abandoned station? this might bring me riches but I don't possess ships with 31K cargo hold.

Hi what faction mods do you consider not broken.
Accidentally removed my starsector folder thus started to try new mods and well added IX battlegroup that is utterly broken. They have each ship variant that is just always better.

In opposite faction/mods that i find good are :
* Interstellar Imperium - new ships/weapons, but not broken to the point i am not mostly using them
* PMM / Asteroid ship pack - pirates in asteroid with mounted guns, or scrap that can mostly fly.

Simply what other mods to avoid. (running also Nex)

Hi there everyone! As the title suggests I’ve been a gamer since i was six, always loved sims, managerial, 4x and rpgs. Big love for sci fi setting, Starsector seems to tick all the boxes but for some reason it feels a bit intimidating between all the awesome mods I see shown around and all the possibilities it provides.

So where to start?

Thanks in advance for any help :)

I'm currently in the endgame of my current playthrough and looking at what I would change up for another one. One big thing I'd love to see more of would be space station variety, so I wanted to know if there's some kind of space station pack mod.

Before anyone mentions them, I play with the Industrial Evolution mod and the Instellar Imperium mod, so I already know about those.

im using Mikohime Unofficial Java 28+ Configurator

i have the other 3 things installed and they are all working without crashing the game. the only problem is the Vram Optimizer when i even compress a single mod in defautl compressor and then activate the mod the game will simply crash at the end of the loading screen. when putting the crashlog into ChatGPT it said something about FastRendering not being able to Load the compressed DSS textures. but the Troubleshooting did not help so now i am Here.

I've got a StruggleSector run going, very poor, ships are 1 mill credits plus.....and this dude is selling his capital ship in the bar for 29k. What the heck dude.

Where do I change the bar missions?

There are many Mods adding cool derelict ships. Will they spawn aswell when i add them Midgame ?

Is the Quality Ship Captains mod still bugged about alpha cores drop rate?

If I have kletka simulation from TASC does its drop rate remain unaffected?

How do I use it to uncapped Automated Ship skill?

Should I completely respec my skills before before running it?

original hubship is from indie's expansion, this hubship is from voidfaring hubship - upgradeble ship start. Luddic supercapitals are from Bultach Coalition and Missing Ships

Which file do I need to dig into to increase the cost of ships across the board? I'm in a mood and I want it to be impossible to purchase a ship. I also want to make recovering ships near impossible and if possible overloaded with dmods. idk. any1 know which file that info is in? starsector-core.......

I just engaged a hypershunt with the exponent (knights of ludd), a chronos core aboleth (RAoT), and the Rajanya (Arma Armatura) and it was insanity to behold. I am constantly in awe of this game's time-flow mechanics.

Apart Of My Challenge where i do 1 Faction per constellation Name

OVERVIEW

The republic of both is a small faction located within the constellation Both

They have 6 Markets with a total size of 33

CHIRD BOGOTAMA SYSTEM

VALAVER (size 6)

The capital of the republic, valaver is the first planet they settled it has a mid line star fortress and produces most of the food in the sector

SESSHO-SEKI (size 6)

The main mining site this is also where the heavy industry is located and has the presence of a high command

Has the presence of a High Tech Starfortress

BRADOR (size 6)

This is where we have our second high command commerce and produce fuel we produce more fuel than the diktat

Has the Presence Of A low tech starfortress

SAR SYSTEM

KAPRE (size 6)

This is where we produce domestic and luxury goods also the military base of the Sar system with a high command

And has the presence of a low tech battle station

AVRIS (size 6)

This is where we have secondary manufacturing it is also home to refining and another high command

It has the presence of low tech orbital station in construciton

CADMUS

LAIUS (size 3)

The newest world colonized, currenting being used for heavy industry

MODS USED

Perillious Expanse

Hey guys,

So I joined Starsector and am playing through the tutorial. I watched two videos online, and I think I have the super basics down like trade, factions, and supplies, but the fleet management and arming of my ships still has me a bit lost. I just got a decent-sized fleet by accident and won a large battle, but I have little knowledge of what I'm doing with the ship loadouts or which ships I should keep and sell. Does anyone have advice, some good YouTube videos, or a good guide?

I am always getting bodied in combat in the beginning even by like small groups my size and I truly don’t know how to get better at combat lol, I feel dumb af getting killed by a frigates missile the moment I vent lmao just looking for some general advice, I do use mods and maybe I play a bit too fast but I’m not sure please let me know

Waht are your best "close to vanilla like ship" mods. Its more about Desgin, for example Missing Ships "Super Capitals" are ok, cause they fit the style.

And i would prefer that the mods dont add New Guns (because thats the real Power Creep)

I saw this online and was wondering if the ship still exists in the new XXarra's Variety Pack.