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26 Feb, 2023 @ 2:44pm
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Description
This modification makes some changes to the game balance and introduces changes to the Technology tree.

Alternative download links for my workshop mods: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ivB4l26400Zy_XjQPv4LCmJmjb-xiiemFAshCo6jVNg

This mod requires the HRFanPatch to function.
WITHOUT THE FAN PATCH THIS WILL NOT WORK.
  • Reorganised and expanded Technology tree.
  • Research basecost lowered from 50 to 30 on most Technologies.
  • Some research now has prerequisite requirements before being unlocked.
  • Shipyards gain +25% storage space.
  • Fusion/Tokamak station requires 25% less Steel/Plastic/Tools to build.
  • Themis, Atlas and Anubis take more time to build.
  • Broken Moon will no longer initiate wars on their own but can join with other companies when they declare war.
  • Ghost Works Shipyards gain an inherent 20% resource consumption reduction at their shipyards.
  • Introduces the Adena Cartel company.
New Starting Scenarios
  • Growing Trader - begin in First Light but with an Omen and some additional money rather than a Solen.
  • Vested Trader - begin in The Forge with a Sphinx freighter and alternative sector knowledge.
  • Mining Company - begin in Shore of Ice with an Iron and Ice mining station with supporting ships. Alternative sector knowledge.
  • Remote Outpost - begin in Tranquility with a Repair Outpost, Habitation Center and Solar Power Plant. Limited sector knowledge.
  • Reclaimers - begin in Decay with a Solen, Kami and 2 Orcas, but no money.
Station/Economy changes
  • Orbital Telescope maximum level is now 1, added secondary factory 'Observational Research' which is slower but more efficient than a standard level 1 research station. Time to discover sectors increased from 60 days to 90.
  • Research station has a secondary production lab 'Advanced lab'. Using Electronics instead of tools.
  • Added new resources, 'Waste', 'Scrap Metal' and 'Scrap Plastic'.
  • Habitation Stations produce Waste.
  • Farms have a secondary production which uses Waste to produce Food.
  • New station, the Recycling Plant. Produces Scrap Metal and Plastic from Waste.
  • Steelworks and Plastic Refinery now each has a secondary production method using Scrap to produce their primary resource.
New Technologies
  • Advanced Weapons - unlocks new weapons (Hammer Cannon, Ares HEAT Turret)
  • Advanced Propulsion - unlocks engines/RCS (Piranha and Surtsey RCS, Fuji, Eldfell, Octopus engine pods)
  • Advanced Light Assembly - unlocks the ability for shipyard owners to build more ship types (Orca, Phalanx)
  • Advanced Heavy Assembly - unlocks the ability for shipyard owners to build more ship types (Kami, Invader, Themis)
  • Late Heavy Assembly - unlocks the ability for shipyard owners to build more ships (Leviathan, Anubis, Atlas)
  • Efficient Fabrication - Reduces resource cost of building ships at owned shipyards by 10%, passes on 5% of the savings to customers
Harmonic Resonance support
  • Certain ships are locked behind research before being available at shipyards
  • Shipyard tech unlocks Shade
  • Advanced Light Assembly tech unlocks Spearfish
  • Advanced Heavy Assembly tech unlocks Dora, Wyvern and Solaris variants
  • Late Heavy Assembly tech unlocks Basilisk, Nautilus
  • Kelvin cost has been increased and combat points reduced from 15 to 10.
  • Spearfish takes 2 more days to manufacture.
  • Dora has reduced its combat value from 70 to 65
  • Wyvern has increased its combat value from 65 to 70. Resource cost brought up.
  • Basilisk mass reduced, combat points set to 90. Internal components are stronger.
  • Baltazhar has been disabled due to a crash issue
  • Osiris gains a larger cargo hold from 1X150 to 2X400, placing it between the Omen and Sphinx.
  • Solaris Freighter line gains a much larger cargo hold, from a total of 750 cargo to 3,000. They are positioned between the Sphinx and Themis.
  • Nautilus build time increased from 132 days to 180 days. Increased resource requirements a small amount. Dorsal turrets are limited to Artemis turrets only.
HRFM Ships support
  • Certain ships are locked behind research before being available at shipyards.
  • Shipyard Tech unlocks Plutus and Fate
  • Advanced Heavy tech unlocks Tachi and Demeter.
  • Late Heavy Assembly tech unlocks Daisho.
  • Advanced Weapons tech unlocks Ghost drone.
  • Flak technology unlocks Porpoise drone.
  • Pirate faction starts out with an additional Fate Drone Carrier.