Another update. This one includes more weapons and a hidden enemy fleet with special item rewards.

Slaves are "Soul" items. Soul items add one disposition per level of the item. Slave coffins are level V, and worth five disposition. Compare that to one disposition per luxury food item regardless of level (except Ringer ambrosia, which is worth five). Another example of a "Soul" item: CDM archive....

Kaidun: I am not fond it because it is too heavy (12 tons) for the Sapphire or Wolfen, and 200 MW is a noticeable drain on fuel even with a Hyperion. It takes forever to recharge. Lazarus: It is more trouble than it is worth. To make it usable, the player needs to get the Efficiency mod on Lazarus (...

Killing gladiators quickly enough, despite what Katami says, is enough. If the enemy is very weak, I may disable shields before the finishing blow to raise approval. Spamming missiles (such as Stilettos) also raises approval, and lets you kill faster. Solon shield is excellent against melee and earl...

It does not matter what the dreadnought AI is if the ship is so slow it cannot prevent a faster enemy (i.e., the player) from closing in to exploit its weakness. The dreadnought should have some point defense weapons to shred enemies who fly too close.

First insurance claim costs 10,000. Second costs 50,000. Third and final costs 100,000. Insurance will refuse to offer more insurance after the third respawn. Since permadeath is not enforced in this game, random insurance stations need to go. If I want to honor permadeath, I see insurance as a loop...

The slicer cannon has less DPS (displayed stats ingame are incorrect), less range, and higher power use than either the dual particle beam weapon or lancer cannon. In other words, the slicer cannon is overrated and underpowered. Also, consider that systems beyond St. K's are no man's land or war zon...

As Atarlost wrote, exploiting that "something", known as a fabricator, with food requires precise knowledge of a table. If you do not want to be spoiled, ignore it. At best, you will lose items. At worst, you will die.

Secondary weapons usable by player-controlled capital ships: I would like to see a detailed design on this. For instance, are there more keys that the player has to hit? Are the weapons automatic? How are they installed? Best bet is to reduce this to a set of simple features of the engine and imple...

Another day, another munchkin. I bet in an alternate universe far, far away, the Druuge (from Star Control 2) are rolling on the floor laughing. They have been feeding people to their furnaces for decades.

Another bad thing about insurance is their stations can crowd out other possible station spawns. I had games where multiple insurance stations spawned in a given system.

* Secondary weapons usable by player-controlled capital ships. * Auto defense devices with more flexible criteria and slot requirements. * (I know this will not be ready until later, but...) Part II with the aliens and their higher level ships and toys. Players need the right tools to smash the rest...

Uploaded a new mod Auton Assembly Hangar to Xelerus. First post has been updated with a link.

New update (Apr 30, 2011). List of changes: * Added Antares V as a playable ship. They may be purchased. * Added Manticore and Molotok to the selectable starter ship list. Their configuration is weaker than their standard. * Aquila begins with four secondary TeV 9 blasters instead of two Katana star...

(To RPC) You answered your own question.