HERE WE GO! An unofficial expansion to the UNSC mod generously made by AppleMarine and expanded upon by myself.
Alongside Additional ships and weapons, some balancing has been made to fully convey the strengths, weaknesses and overall experience of how the UNSC ships would feel in an engagement.
Listed below is the additional content:
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SHIPS:
Lancer Corvette: This feels like a spinal MAC mounted to the frame of a racing car. Excels at capturing points and harassing larger ships.
Anlace Frigate: Thanks to Zanda for providing the lovely sprite for this one. The quintessential electronic Warfare ship which makes an amazing escort thanks to it’s EMP emitter. It’s also mounted with a Helios laser turret which can tear a chunk out of larger ships in pursuit.
Hillsborough light cruiser: A nice middleground between the Halberd and Halcyon, albeit probably worse overall than the Halberd (the way it was intended). Being as Lore accurate as possible, the Hillsborough lacks in armour, Power and efficiency, however strap enough Archer missiles to this ancient metal brick and it will be sure to do some damage. Personally, my favourite ship I’ve made, it just feels bad in the right kind of way.
Orion Assault Carrier: This replaced the role of the original “Punic II” from the mod. Larger than it’s predecessor, it’s faithful to it’s role in the Halo universe as a great all-rounder. It features an advanced ground support package and a salvage gantry. Due to the Orion’s ability to produce fuel and equipment, it’s supply cost and fuel cost are drastically lower for a ship of it’s size.
Valiant superheavy battlecruiser: An expensive, inefficient leviathan, outdated by several decades by it’s piers however overshadows it’s younger predecessor in raw firepower and tonnage. A true UNSC warship, Able to brawl with most of what the sector can throw at it. Still lacking in the Flux department but able to deliver a *** load of sustained firepower thanks to it’s extensive medium missile slots and Autofoge system to replenish them.
Autumn Class Battlecruiser: One of the more powerful ships in the expansion, with more efficient flux, higher speed, larger-efficient MAC and heavier armour than the Halcyon.
Vindication Class Battleship: A ship killer very faithful to the lore description. If unsc ships are railgins with a ship built around them, then the Vindication is an Orbital Defence Platform wrapped in a starship hull. Needs a considerable escort while engaging since it’s SMAC’s need time to charge and reload.
Punic Class Supercarriar: The OG Punic in all it’s glory! It’s a true leviathan, with 6 fighter bays and the reserve deployment system, you can overwhelm and saturate a target with 12 longswords (if you feel so inclined). Slap 4 Breakwater heavy coilguns on the large ballistic slots and watch pesky flankers get pulverized.
Infinity Class Supercarriar: A Re-worked version of ssthehunter's Infinity. It felt a little too game-ruining as it would literally solo entire 600+ DP fleets without breaking a sweat. I made it’s spite larger and added more missile slots. It’s still the most powerful UNSC ship in this mod by a LONG SHOT. (note: due to it being such a meme of a ship, the only way to obtain it is via a rare blueprint, or console commands)
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WEAPONS:
Archer Missiles: The mainstay of the UNSC arsenal with a nice variety of warheads. These come in 3 different flavours: Kinetic, High explosive and EMP.
Howler Missiles: Howlers lack the versatility of the Archer but make up for them with their sheer volume and speed when fired.
Shiva: A classic UNSC finisher is a middle ground between the Atropos and the reaper with a guided warhead. Comes in Medium and large.
Hyperion: The biggest baddest missile used by UNSC ships. It’s a very long range, gigantic nuclear warhead with good tracking and a terrible reload time.
Streak PD: A close range point defence missile launcher.
Breakwater: The largest externally mounted weapon system in the UNSC arsenal, fires a volley of 3 coil gun shots with high accuracy.
Installation notes:Just replace the original UNSC file with this one in the mod folder.
PLEASE NOTE: You will need to start a new save if you already have one with the original UNSC mod.
Let me know if you have any issues or problems with the MOD, If there’s anything screamingly obvious I missed out or something buggy let me know!
In closing
I hope this satiates your thirst of more Halo ship content, because making and playing this mod has definitely felt good.
If there are concerns about the balance and power of the ships and weapons in this mod, feel free to tinker with them yourself or send me a message and I’ll see what I can do. I sincerely hope you enjoy this unofficial expansion for this awesome mod.
Thank you for Apple Marine for making this mod and Zanda for the Anlace sprite
Cheers,
StargazerRJL
Download Link here:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1XEql9aDQK-nDOcwGxgVQGz3mvHnHQNaB/view?usp=sharing