Introduction
Ever wanted to be an android mercenary?
No? please take a look,
Yes? then keep moving on
I present you the Mechanian race,
Lore
A huge part of their history is wiped out only a few original mechanian have their recorded their history and scatter them across the universe.
During the modern era mechanian have band together into a a mercenary force. Their leader, Black was a human remake of a mechanian, one of the batch with the latest system upgrades. During its regime it formed Systèmes Sans Frontières a company taking up contracts from the simple cargo convoy to support a faction in a full on war. Their main base is an orbital station on a dwarf star.
Over the years they we're building up immense war power that could rival any super power nation. Upon setting down on a planet a weapon platform is being developed there that is capable to strike anywhere. Their position didn't last long an infiltrator was sent to the planet to destroy the prototype weapon.
The operation was a success with Outer Arcane partially destroyed by a secondary explosion. Thankfully casualties are a minimum all units manage to escaped the firepit.
Your journey start here. Upon leaving Outer Arcane on your UCV-32C you go on for a stasis without a set duration leaving you in slumber for 15 years just to be waken up by low fuel alarm. By now you ship could traveled galaxies away from where you initially started. In this new area you have to rebuild, set up a beacon hope to be picked up by a familiar face.
Required mods
Kawa's xbawks-mode character creator By Kawa
Recommended Mods
Kulur's Japanese Pixel Fonts By Kulu (some codecs do contain Latin-1 fonts which the original fonts do not support)
How to Install
Simply move the folder in the .zip to steam/steamapps/common/starbound/mods folder and you're done (just to remember to have a character extender mod installed)
To install new update please remember to delete the mechanian mod folder before installing the new one
Current Features
-Equipable tech (jetpack and gunpod/shoulder cannon)
-genderless race
-multiple classes: Commando and Scout (actually it's just 2 but if it's genderless the gender selection option can be used for class selection)
-tier 1-8 gears and armors (anything tier 9-10 is placeholded with human gear)
-custom crafting stations (only used for upgrading armor and changing color)
-custom ship (note: the 2 seats does nothing different but it's always fun to have a co-pilot sitting beside you)
Classes
Having a genderless race means a left out an option on the gender on the character creation,
so I refurbish it and turn it into a class selection option. There are 2 class available: commando(gun icon) and scout(wing icon). Each class have unique back item to aid them in combat, currently a gunpod/shoulder cannon for commando and jetpack for scout.
Mechanian Commando
A commando uses shear firepower to overwhelm any opposition forces. Keep retracted all the time is their gunpods(shoulder cannon), better over rank(tier) to draw out the gunpod press F key on your keyboard and off you go running around with a bigass gun mounted to yuor back. You cant use any item in hotbar while the gunpod is drawn, to resume normal use of hotbar item press F again to retract your gunpod. At different tier you'll receive different upgrade including an alternative fire mode.
Mechanian Scout
A scout uses it's mobility to evade any unnecessary contact. Equipped with a jetpack it can just fly over a valley that may lead to your doom. Simply press space and your desired flight path while in mid air to fly. unlike a commando, while using your equipment you can use your hotbar items to you can attack hostiles while using the skies as your advantage. At different tier you'll gain a faster jetpack.
Planned Feature
-tier 9-10+1 gears and armors (ignore that weird bump there)
-better item tiering system
-randomly generated chests containing mechanian gear/artifact
-reworked sprite(if necessary)
-more color palettes
-Mech and hoverbike
-respawn animation
-a lot more(please do leave suggestions and give a helping hand in the discussion tab)
Goals to reach before considering this mod is in full release
-Tier 1-10(+1) gears including guns melee and armors)
-At least 2 types of back equipment for each class(being considered)
-Randomly generated tools/equipment and codecs (✓ tough I might add more)
-Randomly spawning mechanian guards in world(being considered or changed to armed merchant)
-Maybe a few more things in the future
-Final end game boss at tier 10 and random generated boss dungeon
Bug Report
Please attach your starbound log file (steam/steamapps/commom/starbound/starbound.log)
and do include a full list of mods you have installed before making a report.
Artworks
These are my designs that are used for creating this race
(Okay it's a character that I designed for a friend, and yes it is wolf ears)
All of the artwork (except mockups) are used on my fb's cover and they are not featured anywhere
There isn't any out there yet
Minor notes
This is my first mod and I'm fairly new to codding so please do excuse for poor quality and anything unacceptable.
Also this is heavily Work In Progress mod, expect major changed in the future.
- Mod Pack Permissions:
- You must get the author's consent before including this mod in a compilation.
- Mod Assets Permissions:
- You must get the author's consent before altering/redistributing any assets included in this mod.
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Militaristic mercenary android
Recent Updates
- Gear Up!! (guns version) May 22, 2014
- First Hotfix/patch Apr 22, 2014
- Gear Up!! Apr 19, 2014