What is this? It's a lot of things in one package, lovingly assembled from my terrible ideas and a love for Starsector. This mod adds a bunch of new ships that I thought would be fun, a new optional boss faction for those looking for a challenge, an isolated world at the edge of the sector housing the remains of a fallen nobility, secret things to find for those who go out to explore the stars and a few things more. There's no clear design goal here beyond me making what I feel like making. I hope you find something to enjoy amongst my various creations.
Download and changelog:
PatreonVersion 1.3GitHub mirrorVarious settings for the mod can be configured either via the tahlan_settings.json file in the mod folder or the LunaLib mod configuration screen. If you have LunaLib enabled, those settings will take priority over the config file.Requires:LazyLibMagicLibRecommended:LunaLibVersion CheckerGraphicsLibFeatures:- A decent number of new ships, lovingly handcrafted by me without excessive use of purple paint for once -
- A handful of new fancy weapons in a unique style linked to the Great Houses of Kassadar -
- A set of custom variant skins of vanilla and mod ships related to the same -
- Cool new ship systems and fancy synergetic ship designs -
- The Legio Infernalis, a pirate splinter faction with greater ambitions -
- The faraway Lethia system, home to the isolated Kassadar -
- Secret things to discover -
Some Ship Previews:This is not a complete list of everything in the mod as listing every single ship here would both spoil some surprises and is also getting unfeasible with how much stuff I've been adding. Some of these sprites may be somewhat outdated, too, as I don't run much maintenance on these previews.New ships found amongst the lawful factions of the sector:New pirate threats:New holy tools of Ludd:Spoiler
Bento (LP)A spicy lunchCastella (LP)Fewer fighters, more hammers The Great Houses' equipment Rarely found in independent markets and fleetsCustom bounties:and a new unknown threat, rarely seen amongst [REDACTED] fleetsF.A.Q.Spoiler
Q: Is this mod balanced?
A: The general intent for most of the content in Tahlan Shipworks is to be balanced around vanilla power levels, but balance is in many ways a process and I won't always get it right. Adjustments are made all the time to improve balance. That said, there are certain pieces of content that are deliberately slightly overtuned to have some rare but powerful things for players to find and enjoy.
Q: Will the Great Houses ever be a faction?
A: NO. STOP. ASKING. THE ANSWER IS NO. IT WILL STAY NO. NO, YOU AREN'T THE FIRST PERSON WITH A COOL IDEA FOR HOW THERE COULD BE A MISSION/QUEST/WHATEVER TO BRING THEM BACK. NO. NO. AND AGAIN, NO.
No, at least not in the usual way. Their faction exists primarily as a piece of background lore. They have little power in the time period of the game and are just one of many independent planetary governments.
Bonus - List of things that are in fact NOT in this mod:- R2D2 Commodities
- The Shadowclaw
- Lightning Bombers
- Imhotep
- The Cathedral
- Khopesh (M)
- Manta (LP)
- The Carolina
- The Attrition
- Antidiluvian Equipment
- Blessed Reach
- Infernus
- Pharrek
- Outlander
- too much stuff to list at this point
Credits:Nicke535 - For helping me out with his scripting wizardry
MesoTroniK - For advice here and there and keeping me from overdoing it again, and the Legio market themes, of course
Haplogynae - Those sweet Legio fleet encounter themes
SirHartley - For some beautiful artwork and motivating me to make players suffer
Sylva - For giving me bad ideas and the original design of the Providence
Tartiflette, DR, MShadowy - Various code snippets and other advice
Luzaitis, Alfonzo - For giving me a hand on some of the sprites
Selkie, Techpriest and the gang - For being ever helpful and great to bounce ideas off of
Avanitia - Literally the best mod tester
The Discord folks - For feedback and keeping me motivated to keep working on this
Some portraits used in this were generated using the SeverianVoid LORA in combination with the GhostMix model
Some illustrations for markets and industries were generated with Midjourney
Changelogs:on GitHub