Change list:

• The last tier of weapons on the tech tree before Ultimate weapons take much longer to research.
  • This makes it worthwhile pursuing weapons research that takes less time.
  • Ultimate weapons research takes significantly longer than before.
• The Nano Ripper (new name: Singularity Ripper) has been scaled up so that it is more of a capital ship weapon.
• A number of starbase modules have been stripped along with their pre-requisite techs.
  • There are still defensive and ship assist modules available, but not as many.
  • Some production assist and culture modules have been removed.
  • All but one of the sensor modules have been removed.
  • Mining modules are basically untouched.
  • The reason for this is because as has been mentioned, the AI cannot read past a certain arbitrary limit.  Accordingly, the module list below has been shortened.
    

    Module	Properties	Requires Tech	Requires Module	Cost (bc)
    Laser Cannon	+2 Beam Attack (Starbase)	Laser V	Battlestations	50
    Kinectic Diffuser	+2 Beam Attack (Starbase)	Kinetic Streams III (Yor)	BattleStations	50
    Railgun Battery	+2 MD Attack (Starbase)	Mass Drivers III	BattleStations	50
    Pulveriser Cannon	+2 MD Attack (Starbase)	Scatter Blaster III (Yor)	BattleStations	50
    Stinger Missiles	+2 Missile Attack (Starbase)	Stinger IV	BattleStations	50
    Seeker Missiles	+2 Missile Attack (Starbase)	Seeker III (Yor)	BattleStations	50
    Nordstrom Shields	+6 Beam Defence (Starbase)	Shields	Battlestations	200
    Duranthium Plating	+6 MD Defence (Starbase)	Duranthium	Battlestations	200
    PD Batteries	+6 Missile Defence (Starbase)	Point Defence	Battlestations	200
    Plasma Diffuser	+7 Beam Attack (Starbase)	Plasma Weapons	Battlestations	200
    Graviton Mauler	+7 MD Attack (Starbase)	Graviton Driver	Battlestations	200
    Photonic Charges	+7 Missile Attack (Starbase)	Photonic Torpedo	Battlestations	200
    Nordstrom Force Fields	+12 Beam Defence (Starbase)	Force Fields	Battlestations	400
    Kanvium Plating	+12 MD Defence (Starbase)	Kanvium	Battlestations	400
    Drone Sentries	+12 Missile Defence (Starbase)	Droid Sentries	Battlestations	400

Change list:

• Added a new firing sound for the Ion Cannon (Drengin).
• Nerfed Torian Basic Mine and removed the Core Mine altogether (the Adapted Factory now upgrades the Basic Mine).
• Limited the basic Particle Beam to just the Drengin, Korath, Arcean and Thalan racesm and added 5bc to its cost.
• Reduced the cost of Ion Cannons.
• Massively reduced the research time for Drengin to research Planetary Invasion and Ultimate Shock Troops.  However all but the first in the line of Planetary Defence techs is stripped from their tech tree.

Change list:

• Overhauled the Drengin tech tree.
• Obsoleted Basic Pits, Slaveling Imagination Lab, and Black Market, but added three Super Projects for the Drengin to build at the start.

Change list:

• Dialed back the maintenance on Research Matrix a couple of bc, given that it’s a one-per planet building.
• More streamlining of the early tech tree for the Yor and Terrans.
  • Made Xeno Communications and Universal Translator part of Core Technologies II for Terrans.
  • Moved Xeno Communications and Universal Translator to later in the tech tree for the Yor because, basically, they do not need to be negotiating with other races in the early stages of the game.
• Also, split up extreme planet terraforming technologies, the first stage can be researched fairly early on, the second comes a bit later with Advanced/Expert Colonisation.  Well, not for all races, because I haven’t had nearly enough time to look at all of them, but the basic idea here was to stop the AI from burning lots of turns trying to make a few worlds 100% productive.

Change list:

• Yor improvements toned back a bit, Collectives have an increased maintenance, but are still cheaper to build than they were.
• Logistics, miniaturisation and manufacturing techs moved to later positions in the Yor tech tree.
• Revised Yor/Iconian starting weaponry and research time.
• Also, made Mass Drivers or Ion Cannons research a bit cheaper because it seemed totally overpriced in comparison to Yor or Iconian mass drivers research.  That basically affects anyone who is not Yor or Iconian.
• Also adjusted cost of Technology Progression II in Terran tech tree to make it cheaper, redistributing TPs back to techs which come after it.

Change list:

• Adds Technology Progression and Core Technologies to Yor tech tree.
• Collectives are initially limited in number per planet, but gain small manufacturing bonuses.
• Research Matrix gains a research bonus.
• Terran tech tree is changed around slightly – New Propulsion Techniques isn’t opened until Starport Upgrades.

Change list:

• Scaled back the module requirements for the weapon and defence starbase modules. So for example, Laser Cannon now only requires Battlestations, before it required Battlestations II.
• Also, fixed module requirements (they were broken, you could add modules without having pre-requisite modules).

Change list:

• Fixes some of the mistakes I made when editing Starbase Modules.
• Adds new starbase modules and makes the Stellar Fortification modules a bit less powerful (but they’re still free, which is nice).  Version 4C was just an earlier version of this fix.

Change list:

• Scales back the Torian mines to two-thirds what they pulled in 4A.
• Adapted Factories lose a point of industry.  Torians still put a lot of colony ships out there, but the rush is not so overpowered now.

Change list:

• Adds Technology Progression research to Torian and Altarian tech trees.  I’ve limited the early choice of technologies in the Torian tech tree in an attempt to speed them through the early stuff faster.
• Also in this version, defensive and offensive starbase modules require additional techs (from the weapon and defence trees) to unlock.
  • The Warp Disruption Field requires Warp Drive now, and the Yor get a module that reduces ship speed by 1, making it harder to travel through their territory.
• The Torians and Altarians have new industrial improvements.  I’ve worked up some recoloured icons for them and the other improvements I’ve added.  Nothing fancy, just so you can tell them apart from other improvements.