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Picket Bow Parity (Legacy v2.1, Original Model)

This version has been discontinued, because updating two separate versions of this mod is more trouble than it's worth. The current (v2.2 Le Guin) version is here: https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1584768540

This mod alters the Destroyer's Picket Bow section to have one Medium and two Point Defence weapon slots. This version of the mod uses the standard Picket Bow model, which makes identification easier, but looks slightly off with certain shipsets. An alternative version that uses the Gunship Bow model can be found at: https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1365359776&tscn=1524208458

Stellaris has a universal system of weapon equivalence: A point defence is equivalent to a small weapon and a medium weapon is equivalent to two small weapons. For every ship section in the game, all alternatives add up to the same "total" - except for the Destroyer's Picket Bow, which has one less equivalent slot than any of its contemporaries. It used to have an additional Utility slot to compensate for this, but that is no longer the case, so it is now an objectively inferior option. After becoming increasingly bothered by this, I have improved its weapon loadout to match the other Destroyer Bow options.

Because the Picket Bow models weren't designed for a Medium turret, certain shipsets look odd - notably the Avian and Molluscoid sets. The Arthropoid layout is actually asymmetrical because the turret locations are labelled in the incorrect order, but I don't know how to fix it without introducing asymmetry into other shipsets in the process.

Compatibility: Made in Stellaris 2.0.3, rolled back to 2.0.2, also tested with the 2.0.4 beta. Replaces the vanilla destroyer ship sections (common/section_templates/destroyers.txt) so will conflict with other mods that do that. Should be compatible with custom shipsets.