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Sentients

Don't download this mod. Its bad :(

Swarms of nanites controlled by a core mimicking sentiency, the Sentients are an adaptable faction capable of utilizing a diverse block set full of experimental weapons, armors, and miscellaneous components.

I made this with SGO 4, like the last one, so it is recommended that you also use SGO 4. However, it is not required.
So after the testing phases of The Back Door, I decided to abandon the thing and make a new one. Retained some key concepts and mechanics, but they're much more refined. Also, the colors aren't horrid.
The Sentient's armor and components are extremely heavy, about ten times as much in comparison to vanilla factions.
Extremely slow regeneration, but compensated with extensive repair drones. There is not a ship-based repair tool.
And a ridiculous amount of custom shapes.
Their palette shapes are a hex-square hybrid with the accompanying block shapes for some seamless transitions.

4 Armor types:
-Basic Light Armor While it is describes as light, it is only relatively light in comparison to other Sentient components. The solid carbon tetrahedral lattices makes this armor both dense and protective.
-Reactive Plating The main source of energy for Sentient ships. The structure is filled with reactor cells, giving a constant energy/volume ratio. It also does not explode.
-Composite Armor A porous carbon endoskeletal structure supports the metal alloy that is grown over top. Incredibly dense, the alloy also provides minor deflecting abilities. It's structure allows it to regenerate under constant fire.
-Nano Mesh Light nano-fibers stretch the length of this armor, allowing fast and constant regeneration.

6 Sizes of capacitors camouflaged as laser beams. They're like sticks of light that you can put cannons on, or whatever weaponry you prefer.

6 Sizes of Laser Torquer wings As the new modular thrusters are questionable in terms of turning, they're supplemented these to help you turn. They also sparkle.

3 Sizes of Solar Sail wings Also providing torque, but these are larger, armored, and can slice through asteroids, no matter how low I set the meleeDamage multiplier without my OCD screaming in agony. Also uses a new block render folding technique to make them look cooler.

4 Sizes of High-Capacity Shielding Weak regeneration with high capacity. They also get brighter when they're about to go down, just so you know when you should start panicking.

A new revamped ION Modular Thruster System Since the last take was bulky and horrible, this new one is small, in comparison, and looks so much better.

4 Sizes of Impulse Panels for when you're too lazy to use the new ION Modular Thrusters.

3 Sizes of Warp Boosters Charges and uses energy upon discharge to send you flying. Use with caution.

A bunch of Cannons, some using the new Fragmentation feature recently introduced in the beta branch.
-Includes Autocannons, Flaks, Mortars, RAILGUNS, and Sprayers.
-Also has 4 Experimental Fragmentation Cannons, making extensive use of the feature and manages to work some magic. I've added the Prefix of "Resonance" to them and made their bases sexy for distinguishment.

A revamped Custom Cannon System Still under the name of PAC, they now have four different cannon pieces providing more choices to dispense d e d. Also more compact and elegant.

A variety of lasers. Unfortunately nothing new from the beta here.
2 Variants of the Scatter Laser pried of the corpse of a space worm.
2 Variants of the Laser Battery featuring rapid fire lasers from multiple barrels.

A plethora of Missiles.
2 Sizes of the Flurry Missiles Capable of storing seven missiles per tube, they have unexpectedly high penetrating power. Insert Lenny.
2 Variants of Positron Warheads One homing and one unguided, these are relatively slow but deal quite a lot of damage. However, their size leaves them exposed on their racks. And might I say, they look sexy.
A magic sword launcher I spent a day testing and refining this bad boi.
Fragmentation Missiles One missile, a whole lotta explosive warheads.

Special Launcher-Cannons.
The Nano-Burst Cannon Fires slightly homing pellets that explode into flak when nearing an enemy. It's like a long ranged sprayer.
Shard RAILGUN A special weapon that uses an acceleration laser to propel a mine that grows armor-shredding shards. Has an amazing muzzle flash.
Magnetic Shredder Cannon Shoots tiny spinners that draws in nearby objects. Likes to eat bee structures. Fairly vicious.
Flak Plating Adapted from the dead space worm, a form of munitions defense. Quite effective against missile swarms and close range drones.

New "Sentinel Drones" Unlike the faction Sentinels, these drones are stationary but can anchor themselves to a passing ship if the ship were to pass through its tractor beam. Like the Sentinels, these drones do include a variant that produces nukes.

6 Variants of blueprint drones For all your combat needs.

New Modular Reactors For when the Reactive Plating isn't cutting it and you need something more robust for the doom weapons.