Voided: Expansion Mod (WIP) 0.2.1

Warnings
This mod contains flashing lights and other content that may cause discomfort in people with photosensitive epilepsy.
This mod will also permanently alter your players and universe. It is recommended that you backup your storage folder.

Description
Voided: Expansion Mod (or simply Voided) is the Extended Story Mod rethought from the ground up. It focuses on adding post-game content to the game, but it is currently a work in progress and only features the Ancient Stronghold as well as the Voltage biome. This mod is designed to be primarily a single player experience, but I will note and attempt to fix multiplayer-related bugs. In the far future, it aims to add seven new biomes and some content associated with those biomes.

Features:

• A new mission: The Ancient Stronghold
• A new and challenging boss encounter
• Ancient weapons and armor (with a new set bonus), all with a new rarity
• Two new tech
  
• Voltage planet types as well as unique equipment you can get from it
• A new dungeon you can find at the core of Voltage worlds, with a miniboss at the end of it.
  
• More to come at a later date!

Installation
Installing this mod is straightforward for the most part. Simply follow the download link, download the .pak file or the source code and place it in your "mods" folder.

Getting Started
Since this mod is intended to be post-game, it is recommended that you use an existing tier 6 character. To access the Ancient Stronghold, you must find and unlock its entrance on a Magma planet. Note: You do not need to beat the main story in order to access it.
I recommend turning on Tutorial Messages in the Options menu because Voided adds some tutorial radio messages for the Voltage biome.

Compatibility
Supper's Combat Overhaul causes issues with some of the enemies in Voided, especially bosses. However, Voided includes support for More Planet Info.

It is compatible with Frackin' Universe and Extended Story.

This mod uses the prefix "v-" in all of its IDs.

Credits

1. /sfx/weather/v_lightning_strike.ogg: "Lightning Strike" by Turrus on Freesound.org (URL: https://freesound.org/people/Turrus/sounds/242048/). Trimmed with fade-out applied at the end.
2. /sfx/weather/v_lightning_strike2.ogg: "LightningCrash.wav" by NoiseNoir on Freesound.org (URL: https://freesound.org/people/NoiseNoir/sounds/238302/). Applied noise reduction with fade out and trimmed.
3. /sfx/weather/v_lightning_strike3.ogg: "Lightning Storm.wav" by Ambientsoundapp on Freesound.org (URL: https://freesound.org/people/Ambientsoundapp/sounds/537985/). Amplified and trimmed with fade out.
4. /sfx/weather/v_lightning_strike_far.ogg: "Lightning Strike" by Turrus on Freesound.org (URL: https://freesound.org/people/Turrus/sounds/242048/). Heavily altered to sound like distant thunder.
5. /sfx/weather/v_lightning_strike2_far.ogg: "LightningCrash.wav" by NoiseNoir on Freesound.org (URL: https://freesound.org/people/NoiseNoir/sounds/238302/). Heavily altered to sound like distant thunder.
6. /sfx/weather/v_lightning_strike3_far.ogg: "Lightning Storm.wav" by Ambientsoundapp on Freesound.org (URL: https://freesound.org/people/Ambientsoundapp/sounds/537985/). Heavily altered to sound like distant thunder.

All custom sounds were made in Audacity using vanilla Starbound's assets, except for the aforementioned lightning sound effects.

I would like to thank Portal Mech for playtesting the Ancient Stronghold and the Voltage biome and providing feedback and ideas for them.

I would also like to thank the members on the Starbound Discord for their feedback, advice, and ideas.

Screenshots were taken using the Steam version of Starbound and mods installed on the Steam Workshop. Additional mods used in screenshots: Frackin' Interface, Stardust Core Lite, Improved Damage Particles, Stack Enlarger SE, Better (C) Pick Ups, Better Action Bar & Icons, Refined Cursors

Feedback
Feedback describing how your experience was overall will be greatly appreciated. All feedback is to be posted in the discussion section of this mod or as a review on the mod page.

Please report all bugs you encounter in the discussion section of this mod. I especially encourage you to report any multiplayer-related bugs.

Links
Steam Version
GitHub Repository
Known Bugs

Screenshots
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Mod Pack Permissions:

You must get the author's consent before including this mod in a compilation.

Mod Assets Permissions:

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