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Founding Fathers Encounter Expansion Mod 3.1

DISCLAIMERS: THIS MOD IS ALWAYS IN DEVELOPMENT! - All features may not properly function! It also now requires TFF Server Mod 2.2 to function correctly. I am sorry if you don't like that, but we use this mod in conjunction with the Server Mod, so it was a natural move for us.

ALSO, THIS MOD IS NOT COMPATABLE WITH THRUSTER DAMAGE!
You need to enable cargo ship spawning, enable in-game scripts, and disable thruster damage for these to work correctly. While we attempt to make realistic designs, we sometimes set physics aside to obtain our design objectives.

Update: Version 3.1 is basically complete! There are new features, mainly faction spawns and re-organized spawn groups, but not all the vanilla cargo ships have been converted yet, plus we're still working on the newest cargo and encounter spawns, plus more of our own ships! The description below will remain until 3.2 is ready to be published, when all the NEW ships have been converted.

Update 2/2023
Added vanilla cargo ships at some point, plus several more custom spawns. The variations of changes below is out of date.


Old Description:
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This mod adds cargo ships, response drones, pirates, and a few random encounters. The drone response has been revamped for cargo ships (no more pirate drones coming to "rescue" cargo ships). Different "classes" of ships will have different drones that respond to distress calls. With the vanilla faction system, classes of ships will be easier to identify when they spawn; eg. cargo ships now have a prefix "CHU" for Cargo Hauler's Union before the ship name. Civilian ships will have CIVI. Military ships will all say "MILT" Etc.

Currently in the works:

Revising the Pirate faction ships - adding drones, changing spawn lists, and adding more bases.
Expanding the IMDC faction - adding transports, attack ships, miners, and drones.
Expanding Civilian faction - adding private ships, commercial bases, personal bases, random encounters (un-owned/abandoned), and drones. partially done
Adding a new faction - very early stage "AI" faction, no details yet! Not sure if this is going to happen.




Below is a detailed list of changes and additions:

Added New cargo ships:
Cargo Mule
Freight Barge
Resource Hauler
Garbage Hauler


Added New civilian ships:
Thetis Prospector
Luxury Party Yacht
VIP Transport


Added cargo encounter:
Cargo Distribution Station


Added random encounter:
Rhombus Class Corvette


Added civilian encounter:
Deep Space Telemetry Station


Added military encounter:
Military Weapons Facility


Added New pirate encounter:
The Flying Dutchman - HARD TO DEFEAT
Pirate LAARC (Light Armored Attack Raiding Carrier) - HARD TO DEFEAT


Added the following antenna broadcasts and response drones:

Cargo Union Antenna: "Possible Situation - REQUEST INVESTIGATION"
Response Drones: "Union Worker" or "Hired Goon"

Cargo Union Antenna: "REQUESTING UNIONIZED MUSCLE"
Response Drones: "Hired Goon" or "Strict Enforcer"

Pirate Antenna: "Sending out The Beast"
Response Drones: "Black Beast of AAAAHHHHH"

Military Antenna: "Hostiles detected - Deploying drones"
Response Drones: "Military Defense Drone" 2x

Changed civilian antenna "EMERGENCY - REQUESTING ASSISTANCE" to dispatch a drone called "Civil Defense Responder", instead of a pirate drone.

Changed military cargo ship antennas to "Under attack - Requesting backup" to dispatch a modified Military Escort, instead of a pirate drone.