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Point Defense Systems v7.3.2

"Point Defense Systems" [PDS] is a simulation-oriented, lore-friendly gameplay improvement and conversion for Homeworld 2. PDS has several iterators and forks dating as far back as 2004. A current "Remastered and Reimagined" mod of PDS is under development for HW:RM. This is version 7.3.2 of the original PDS mod, for Homeworld 2 Classic. PDS gets rid of the paper-scissor-rock gameplay of HW2. Focus has been made on "realistic" space warfare, inspired by the current military facts of air and naval combat.

The PDS mod started with the idea to equip large capital ships with the point defense systems that have been lacking in the original Homeworld 2. Later versions became much more ambitious, completely overhauling the designs and armaments of both Vaygr and Hiigaran navies. Features such as defensive shields, hypervelocity munitions, and Newtonian flight modelling were added. The overall result was an exponential increase in the tactical depth of game play. The mod also includes a large number of custom maps and artificial intelligence enhancements.

Features:
--Adding several weapons and hardpoints to original ships.
--Faster, high-octane space battle gameplay.
--New models, units, and re-skins of some existing units.

Visit the PDS community in the following link: http://www.pds.homeworldaccess.net/

Original development credit for the 1G PDS Dev Team (v3.x to v5.2): Apocalypse7000, Atheonyirh, BigFish, Berrik, Cannonjack, Cobalt Shiva, DatonKallandor, Deathblow, GhostPsalm, jodonnell, Inert, Locutus, yasotay, Retired_commodore, ONLINEMERC, Winejug, Inert, UnknownWarrior, Relaxation/[G], ThomastheCat, mrWHO, Les-R, Mr_Pete, Thorin, Snuff, Solaufein, Sovrin1, Norsehound, Methuselah, Valaraukar.

Original development credit for the PDS (v7) Team: Apocalypse7000, Ar-Khanis, BigFish, cannonjack, Cobalt Shiva, Marie Hawke, dojoyoda, Drachen, El Mambo, Ghostpsalm, Glacialis, Homeboy, Fu, Inert, Jhereg, mrWHO, myrddin, Natathel, Retired_Commodore, ONLINEMERC, Orion, paladin1, Phyrexus, Relaxation/[G], Roadrunner101, ShibbyAv, Sovrin1, tan79, TekGnosis, Teufel, Thorin, Tribesman2004, Valaraukar, voyagerd, yasotay, zenprime, zgrillo2004.

PDS7.3.0-1 UI improvements by LeSunTzu and Inert. PDS Universe galaxy map based on Norsehound original work. Universe fluff rewritten by Relaxation. Loading screens based on HW2 concept art work by Rob Cunningham from Relic. Most of the documentation included in the Information and Universe screens as been derived from writings of Relaxation, Tel'Quessir, Thorin, Yasotay and other community contributors to the website and the PDS wiki page. Javelin model by Thorin. Scenarios 4, 5 and 6 scripted by Mostly_harmless.