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About this mod
Scale Plate Pact gets more ship variety.
They get some more blueprints as well.
- Permissions and credits
- Changelogs
Compatibility
-- 7.50 - tested - working
-- NOT compatibile with other mods changing SCA ship groups in 'shipgroups.xml', or SCA blueprints in 'wares.xml'.
Examples (and inspiration actually):
- X4-RE Expansion - Skull and Bones by Entissus and Rothank - unless you remove appropriate lines in theirs mod files
- upb Bail by netUpb/fikrethos - unless you remove 'shipgroups.xml' entirely from his mod
-- should be save friendly - if added into savefile, wait until SCA ships respawn, if removed from save file, you wait for changes to return to vanilla.
Description
Now Scale Plate Pact have more ships to choose from. M-class and fighter-class ships are more common among them. Although, scout-class ships still make up bulk of their forces.
They own more blueprints as well, as they (at least in lore perspective) would need them for repairs and outfitting captured ships, even though they use other factions equipment docks. Now they can properly outfit their ships at their backyard for pirate tasks using Teladi technology.
Also, as player may want to go to war with the universe while staying pirate-friendly, The Cove can be some kind of Teladi technology shelter (it is very late-game scenario, but one may use Custom Gamestart).
BTW, why they have ARG Behemoth E blueprint, but not TEL Phoenix E, or older variants?
Lore-wise, when Argon and Teladi were decomissioning Vanguard and Sentinel variants of their destroyers, Scale Plate Pact took the opportunity. Argons, still recovering from war with Terrans and being involved in military operations on various frontlines, decided to trade their older destroyer variants to SCA for temporary cease-fire. As the story unfolded, it did not take long for greedy ScalePactanians to break the agreement in pursuit of profits. Speaking of profits, decomissioning of older Phoenix ships has awaken Teladi profit-oriented nature. Ministry of Finance representatives with no hesitation sold Vanguard and Sentinel variants of afromentioned vessels to Scale Plate officials, despite possibilities of increased pirate incursions. How it came to be that Phoenix E and Behemoth E blueprints are now in possesion of Scale Plate Pact, Dal Busta only knows.
Choice of ships was dictated by usefullness for pirate operations:
-- spacious cargo hold
-- large crew
-- decent speed
-- cheap price
Choice of ships was also dictated by factions:
-- mainly Teladi
-- some Argon
-- rarely captured destroyer of Paranid or Split origin
-- don't mess with Terrans
-- SCA dislike VIG and BUC pirates, but they're brothers in arms
-- nothing from distant Borons
What this mod DOES NOT do
-- It does NOT add new jobs to SCA, they do not have new tasks, more ships or stations.
-- It does NOT change nor unlock player relations with SCA.
-- It does NOT change the fact that SCA spawns ships rather than building them.
Installation
Extract folder ScalePlateVariety to your X4 Foundations\extensions directory
Spawn probability changes, added ships, added ship blueprints
LARGE GROUP ('sca_pirate_l')
-Behemoth E = 14% (blueprint already owned)
-Phoenix E = 16% +blueprint
-added Behemoth Vanguard = 16% (blueprint already owned)
-added Behemoth Sentinel = 9% +blueprint
-added Phoenix Vanguard = 17% +blueprint
-added Phoenix Sentinel = 10% +blueprint
-added Odysseus Vanguard = 9%
-added Odysseus Sentinel = 5%
-added Rattlesnake = 4%
MEDIUM & SMALL GROUP ('sca_pirate_sm')
Medium-class = 12.5% ____gunboats provide intimidating firepower, while frigates provide spacious cargo hold and above average boarding capabilites
-Minotaur Raider = 0.5% (vanilla as they seem to have 34 of them independently of shipgroups) (blueprint already owned)
-added Peregrine Vanguard = 2.5% +blueprint
-added Peregrine Sentinel = 2.5% +blueprint
-added Osprey Vanguard = 3.5% +blueprint
-added Cerberus Sentinel = 3.5% +blueprint
Heavy Fighter-class = 8% ___provide some more intimidating firepower at lower cost
-added Eclipse Vanguard = 3.5% +blueprint
-added Buzzard Vanguard = 2.5% +blueprint
-added Buzzard Sentinel = 2% +blueprint
Fighter-class = 21.5% ____finally someone using those Nodans, and it makes sense - they are fast, nimble, have big cargo and SCA-ALI relations are at 0, so they could even buy them
-Falcon Vanguard = 6% (blueprint already owned)
-Falcon Sentinel = 5% (blueprint already owned)
-added Nodan Vanguard = 4.5% +blueprint
-added Nodan Sentinel = 6% +blueprint
Scout-class = 55% ____still majority, added Guillermot is more expensive but with bigger cargo hold
-Discoverer Vanguard = 7% (blueprint already owned)
-Discoverer Sentinel = 7% (blueprint already owned)
-Kestrel Vanguard = 10.5% (blueprint already owned)
-Kestrel Sentinel = 10.5% (blueprint already owned)
-added Guillermot Vanguard = 10% +blueprint
-added Guillermot Sentinel = 10% +blueprint
Courier-class = 3% ____they have forward-facing weapon, bigger cargo hold, and are cheap so should be used, like Ace!
-added Magpie Vanguard = 1.5% (blueprint already owned)
-added Courier Vanguard = 1.5% (blueprint already owned)
SMALL GROUP ('sca_pirate_s')
Fighter-class = 10%
-Falcon Vanguard = 2% (blueprint already owned)
-Falcon Sentinel = 2% (blueprint already owned)
-added Nodan Vanguard = 2.5% +blueprint
-added Nodan Sentinel = 3.5% +blueprint
Scout-class = 87%
-Discoverer Vanguard = 11% (blueprint already owned)
-Discoverer Sentinel =11% (blueprint already owned)
-Kestrel Vanguard = 16.5% (blueprint already owned)
-Kestrel Sentinel = 16.5% (blueprint already owned)
-added Guillermot Vanguard = 16% +blueprint
-added Guillermot Sentinel = 16% +blueprint
Courier-class = 3%
-added Magpie Vanguard = 1.5% (blueprint already owned)
-added Courier Vanguard = 1.5% (blueprint already owned)
Added equipment blueprints
Engines:
-- ARG L All-round Mk1
-- TEL M Combat Mk3
-- TEL S Combat Mk3
Shields:
-- TEL L Shield Mk2
-- TEL M Shield Mk2
-- TEL S Shield Mk2
-- TEL S Shield Mk3
Turrets: (no Plasma as pirates do not want to destroy their targets or siege stations)
-- TEL L Beam
-- TEL L Mining
-- TEL L Dumbfire
-- TEL M Beam
-- TEL M Bolt
-- TEL M Dumbfire
Weapons: (no Plasma as pirates do not want to destroy their targets or siege stations)
-- TEL Phoenix Main Battery
-- M Pulse Mk2
-- M Beam Mk1
-- M Beam Mk2
-- M Bolt Mk1
-- M Bolt Mk2
-- S Pulse Mk2
-- S Beam Mk1
-- S Beam Mk2
-- S Bolt Mk1
-- S Bolt Mk2
-- S Mining Mk1
Cheers and have fun
-- 7.50 - tested - working
-- NOT compatibile with other mods changing SCA ship groups in 'shipgroups.xml', or SCA blueprints in 'wares.xml'.
Examples (and inspiration actually):
- X4-RE Expansion - Skull and Bones by Entissus and Rothank - unless you remove appropriate lines in theirs mod files
- upb Bail by netUpb/fikrethos - unless you remove 'shipgroups.xml' entirely from his mod
-- should be save friendly - if added into savefile, wait until SCA ships respawn, if removed from save file, you wait for changes to return to vanilla.
Description
Now Scale Plate Pact have more ships to choose from. M-class and fighter-class ships are more common among them. Although, scout-class ships still make up bulk of their forces.
They own more blueprints as well, as they (at least in lore perspective) would need them for repairs and outfitting captured ships, even though they use other factions equipment docks. Now they can properly outfit their ships at their backyard for pirate tasks using Teladi technology.
Also, as player may want to go to war with the universe while staying pirate-friendly, The Cove can be some kind of Teladi technology shelter (it is very late-game scenario, but one may use Custom Gamestart).
BTW, why they have ARG Behemoth E blueprint, but not TEL Phoenix E, or older variants?
Lore-wise, when Argon and Teladi were decomissioning Vanguard and Sentinel variants of their destroyers, Scale Plate Pact took the opportunity. Argons, still recovering from war with Terrans and being involved in military operations on various frontlines, decided to trade their older destroyer variants to SCA for temporary cease-fire. As the story unfolded, it did not take long for greedy ScalePactanians to break the agreement in pursuit of profits. Speaking of profits, decomissioning of older Phoenix ships has awaken Teladi profit-oriented nature. Ministry of Finance representatives with no hesitation sold Vanguard and Sentinel variants of afromentioned vessels to Scale Plate officials, despite possibilities of increased pirate incursions. How it came to be that Phoenix E and Behemoth E blueprints are now in possesion of Scale Plate Pact, Dal Busta only knows.
Choice of ships was dictated by usefullness for pirate operations:
-- spacious cargo hold
-- large crew
-- decent speed
-- cheap price
Choice of ships was also dictated by factions:
-- mainly Teladi
-- some Argon
-- rarely captured destroyer of Paranid or Split origin
-- don't mess with Terrans
-- SCA dislike VIG and BUC pirates, but they're brothers in arms
-- nothing from distant Borons
What this mod DOES NOT do
-- It does NOT add new jobs to SCA, they do not have new tasks, more ships or stations.
-- It does NOT change nor unlock player relations with SCA.
-- It does NOT change the fact that SCA spawns ships rather than building them.
Installation
Extract folder ScalePlateVariety to your X4 Foundations\extensions directory
Spawn probability changes, added ships, added ship blueprints
LARGE GROUP ('sca_pirate_l')
-Behemoth E = 14% (blueprint already owned)
-Phoenix E = 16% +blueprint
-added Behemoth Vanguard = 16% (blueprint already owned)
-added Behemoth Sentinel = 9% +blueprint
-added Phoenix Vanguard = 17% +blueprint
-added Phoenix Sentinel = 10% +blueprint
-added Odysseus Vanguard = 9%
-added Odysseus Sentinel = 5%
-added Rattlesnake = 4%
MEDIUM & SMALL GROUP ('sca_pirate_sm')
Medium-class = 12.5% ____gunboats provide intimidating firepower, while frigates provide spacious cargo hold and above average boarding capabilites
-Minotaur Raider = 0.5% (vanilla as they seem to have 34 of them independently of shipgroups) (blueprint already owned)
-added Peregrine Vanguard = 2.5% +blueprint
-added Peregrine Sentinel = 2.5% +blueprint
-added Osprey Vanguard = 3.5% +blueprint
-added Cerberus Sentinel = 3.5% +blueprint
Heavy Fighter-class = 8% ___provide some more intimidating firepower at lower cost
-added Eclipse Vanguard = 3.5% +blueprint
-added Buzzard Vanguard = 2.5% +blueprint
-added Buzzard Sentinel = 2% +blueprint
Fighter-class = 21.5% ____finally someone using those Nodans, and it makes sense - they are fast, nimble, have big cargo and SCA-ALI relations are at 0, so they could even buy them
-Falcon Vanguard = 6% (blueprint already owned)
-Falcon Sentinel = 5% (blueprint already owned)
-added Nodan Vanguard = 4.5% +blueprint
-added Nodan Sentinel = 6% +blueprint
Scout-class = 55% ____still majority, added Guillermot is more expensive but with bigger cargo hold
-Discoverer Vanguard = 7% (blueprint already owned)
-Discoverer Sentinel = 7% (blueprint already owned)
-Kestrel Vanguard = 10.5% (blueprint already owned)
-Kestrel Sentinel = 10.5% (blueprint already owned)
-added Guillermot Vanguard = 10% +blueprint
-added Guillermot Sentinel = 10% +blueprint
Courier-class = 3% ____they have forward-facing weapon, bigger cargo hold, and are cheap so should be used, like Ace!
-added Magpie Vanguard = 1.5% (blueprint already owned)
-added Courier Vanguard = 1.5% (blueprint already owned)
SMALL GROUP ('sca_pirate_s')
Fighter-class = 10%
-Falcon Vanguard = 2% (blueprint already owned)
-Falcon Sentinel = 2% (blueprint already owned)
-added Nodan Vanguard = 2.5% +blueprint
-added Nodan Sentinel = 3.5% +blueprint
Scout-class = 87%
-Discoverer Vanguard = 11% (blueprint already owned)
-Discoverer Sentinel =11% (blueprint already owned)
-Kestrel Vanguard = 16.5% (blueprint already owned)
-Kestrel Sentinel = 16.5% (blueprint already owned)
-added Guillermot Vanguard = 16% +blueprint
-added Guillermot Sentinel = 16% +blueprint
Courier-class = 3%
-added Magpie Vanguard = 1.5% (blueprint already owned)
-added Courier Vanguard = 1.5% (blueprint already owned)
Added equipment blueprints
Engines:
-- ARG L All-round Mk1
-- TEL M Combat Mk3
-- TEL S Combat Mk3
Shields:
-- TEL L Shield Mk2
-- TEL M Shield Mk2
-- TEL S Shield Mk2
-- TEL S Shield Mk3
Turrets: (no Plasma as pirates do not want to destroy their targets or siege stations)
-- TEL L Beam
-- TEL L Mining
-- TEL L Dumbfire
-- TEL M Beam
-- TEL M Bolt
-- TEL M Dumbfire
Weapons: (no Plasma as pirates do not want to destroy their targets or siege stations)
-- TEL Phoenix Main Battery
-- M Pulse Mk2
-- M Beam Mk1
-- M Beam Mk2
-- M Bolt Mk1
-- M Bolt Mk2
-- S Pulse Mk2
-- S Beam Mk1
-- S Beam Mk2
-- S Bolt Mk1
-- S Bolt Mk2
-- S Mining Mk1
Cheers and have fun