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Deep Space Terraformer Fleet Spawn

-MOD FEATURES

This mod adds a medium-sized economic support fleet of terraformer fleets (H, B, F) that spawn in the Xenon sector.

These fleets are intentionally not built in shipyards.

A simple, minimal patch gives the H and B classes the ability to mine and be energy transports, supplying materials to the Xenon shipyards, in addition to their usual combat activities.

Also adds an L docking module to the Xenon faction, allowing the H class to dock at Xenon stations.

Naturally, fleets do not spawn in sectors of factions other than Xenon (unlike the irritating Khaak).

This mod does not replace the vanilla Xenon main fleet of I and K classes, nor does it add an extremely large invasion fleet at all.

Instead, it is intended to prevent the collapse of the economy due to the depletion of materials at the Xenon shipyards, which is the cause of Xenon's easy annihilation by other factions, and the extreme decline in the SE-class population that causes this, and to prolong the life of the universe.

-MOD purpose

The economy of vanilla Xenon is supported only by the medium-sized SE-class, but this economy is weak to support the entire Xenon, which is at war with the entire universe, to put it mildly. And this cannot be solved at all by simply increasing the number of SE-class. It will only increase the number of SE-class destroyed and put a huge burden on the Xenon shipyards.

In vanilla Xenon is hostile to all factions, and Xenon territories are scattered all over the place, so the SE-class encounters its opponents every time it mines or transports, and its numbers decrease.
If the number of SE-class decreases, the shipyards will no longer operate, and the number of SE-class will decrease further, creating a vicious cycle.
This eventually causes the entire Xenon faction to fail, and Xenon, exhausting its main fleet of I- and K-classes and unable to replenish them, is overrun by factions with fewer opponents and stronger economies, such as Argon and Teladi.

The economic support fleet of H- and B-classes does not burden the shipyards and is always mining and transporting, so Xenon at least does not suffer from a shortage of forces or lose without fighting.
If it is to perish, it will be when its fully-fledged Xenon main fleet is destroyed in a head-on fleet battle.

Just to be clear, I loved the X4 universe, which is "alive" through economic activity.
Well, as long as the universe is alive, it may die someday.
But in my opinion, its lifespan is too short. The X4 universe is fragile.
It's fun for the first few hours, but within a few days it becomes weak and the universe dies and becomes unplayable unless the player takes care of it.
Even if you start a new game again, the factions will be destroyed as usual due to the lifespan of the economy, and before you know it, only the Teladi, which has no enemies, will remain alive and well in the universe.

There is no effective and fundamental solution for players to prevent this in the game.

The basis of this MOD's approach is the stability of the universe by fleet spawning that does not depend on the economy, so it may be nonsense that destroys the characteristics of economic simulation games.

Personally, I have no interest in the play style of players rushing to run the economy of the entire universe and secretly controlling space nations to prevent the death of the universe, or going to war with the Teladi for the reason that "I don't have any particular grudge against them, but they are disrupting the balance of the universe," so I thought it would be nice to have the option to prevent the universe from dying even if it means turning the universe into a cyborg state with modifications.

Personally, I like traveling the universe freely with a small number of small and medium-sized fleets like a bounty hunter in Star Wars, and participating in fleet battles and dogfights with Xenons and the like, so to be honest, a "universe that once had a living economy but is now dead" is boring.