I played the HTS and got the following bonuses. The faction bonuses were another factor that made this a very worthwhile experience. Strikecraft are much more easily damaged after taking a hit from the shrapnel of this missile.

Shrapnel Warhead-This special warhead explodes, releasing shrapnel, that damages ships and fighters, and slows down shield regeneration.

This is a result of his extensive past experience at battering enemy planets into submission.

Maraud-Commander Dyrenov can bombard enemy planets really well, better than any other ship in the fleet.

Solid Nitrovium Payloads-The missile tubes of his Marzda Battleship have been modified, which deals additional damage to enemy ships, even through shields.

Resolve-Admiral Kol targets a friendly ship and inspires it fight at a heightened level of proficiency.Ĭommander Dyrenov is a Marzda captain who gives the following bonuses to a fleet.

Expert Instructor-Admiral Kol can bring fleet commanders quickly up to speed by providing them with his unique style of guidance, which increases their experience level.

Targeting Network-Ships near Admiral Kol’s flagship are patched into its targeting system, increasing range and damage output.

I tried two heroes, Admiral Kol and Commander Dyrnov.Īdmiral Kol is an “effective commander best used for support” and he uses a modified Cielo Command Cruiser versus the capital ships his counterparts prefer to use. After a few failed attempts I finally figured it out. All I had to do was click on the actual planet I was summoning the hero to and not just anywhere in the gravity well. It took a minute or two for me to figure out how to actually summon a hero but if I would have paid attention to the tool tip it would have been easy. This mod added an immense amount of interest to an already addicting game. Same as the heroes, who doesn’t like customizing their ships? What do I like about it? Most games seem to neglect this particular part. This seemed to offer an improvement over the diplomacy aspect of the game.

New racial and subfaction bonuses makes more strategic decisions available.

Liked the idea of adding more to the other “3X’s”, it sounded like it rounded the game out a little more.

I liked all the new features listed for this mod, the ones below are my favorites. Not only does SINs hold my interest, no matter how many times I’ve played it, this mod makes the game all the more addictive. I played as Human Trader State (HTS) and usually try to limit my time for a First Impression to about an hour but ended up playing this for almost three, I just didn’t want to quit.

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