Sins of a Solar Empire: INVASION is an addon project aiming to expand upon the existing universe of the Sins of a Solar Empire, providing original and high-quality content on top of the original game. Aside from the new content, the addon will also include multiplayer-friendly gameplay changes as well as reworked or new visuals/sounds.
ETA: To Be Announced
Planned changes/content will include:
==MEDIA SECTION==
==SCREENSHOTS==
==TRAILERS==
DRONE SPOTLIGHT I
A short ingame exposition of the Scout, Assault and Siege drones.
==BACKGROUND LORE==
Pangalactic War Timeline
Clicking the above link will lead you to the download of a .pdf document detailing the rich and dynamic history of the factions which will play a major role in the Last Stand mod, so if you are into background lore, be sure to check it out!
==UNIT INFORMATION==
Pending.
You forgot the TCA doofus! And remember, the Empire has the Executor for when aliens think they are allowed to have supercapital-class ships.
Reading up on this idea, I only have one question, are you by chance going to make it an ability to ram other ships. i think it might be a good idea to kamikaze a crippled ship into another. Just a thought.
The Overlord capital ship should provide you with hours of screaming fun then.
The Remnant will actually have a dedicated fireship designed to go down in flames and take a few of them with it!
Progress report? any plz?
No. Just smilies.
i give up/
More eyecandy coming today! Work has been real slow past two weeks due to RL obligations, but what can you do.
start a kegger
I already posted in this thread but have to do again...
I mean seriously - this mod is turning me on more than all mini expansions put together!
How soon will we be able to play it?
Any ETA at all?
Awesome work man and PLEASE keep it up!
you can become a cyborg, link yourself to the computer, and work on the mod continuasly nonstop for the rest of your life makeing it betterand bigger every day.
which is good for us!!
Hey ManSh00ter, long time lurker first time poster here. I finally thought it necessary to post in this thread simply because this is by far one of the best mod projects I've ever seen, and that includes anything from Half-Life to Civilization and the Total War series... all great communities with great mod projects past and present.
I'd have to say however, that this mod stands out among most I've seen in that the release necessitates completion, and for that I must say thank you and keep up the strict adherence to detail and balance. Too many mod projects come out in a shamble and continue to lumber along under the sheer force of content.
Anyway, I know there are a lot of people here anxious and excited to see this project through (perhaps a bit too many in the last few posts ) but I've been waiting patiently since you first posted this thread and expect to wait a bit more for what looks to be one of the most well-done mods in recent memory. Thanks again for your work and a reason for many of us to look forward to playing Sins again.
we all very much thank you for your wonderful speech.
Xarchon, thank you very much! If creative urge is the engine behind mod making, then continued support like this is the "booster fuel" which gives that extra little oomph to the effort.
And now the eyecandy. You know me, when I say "today" I actually mean "tomorrow".
These are CGI renders of the Chimera Mothership - coming very soon are the ingame shots complete with the two types of Chimera-only drones which act as substitutes for its complete lack of weaponry.
Keep in mind, these are WIP, there are some minor details which need to be corrected, but nothing so glaring as to warrant making you all wait for that eyecandy fix (and possibly waylaying innocent hobbits suspected of carrying an early beta version of the mod...
Next in line is the Wyrm, and then finally, the Leviathan. That done, it will mark the completion of the entire ship line for the Episode I and the biggest chunk of work DONE! The Wyrm will have its debut as a standard update, but the allmighty Leviathan will have the honor to star in the second and final teaser movie for The Last Stand: Episode I. Expect to see epic fleet action, set against epic-sized planets, with epic score and epic pwnage, all rendered ingame! Did I say it will be epic? Well, it will be. Epic.
Here's to epic!
Here's to EPIC!
this is epic on steroids
EPIC
any ETA yet?
it is WEAPONLESS??? why??!!
Wow that is one beautiful ship! I can't wait till the release of this mod, one question though will you be allowing other modders (such as myself) to merge your mod to theirs immediately or will we have to wait a month or so till you have enough downloads of the stand alone?
it spawns it's own guns.....
Perhaps this has been asked ... but has there been ANY communication between you and Stardock as far as them picking this up as an actual expansion to the game? THAT would be very worthwhile and rewarding. Have you tried contacting them at all?
Reminds me of this dude. except less harmless: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ocean_sunfish
Soor, nice find. Exactly my inspiration.
Boshimi, well first and foremost I am interested in seeing how popular this mod is going to be when it goes live. That's a true test. Mods getting "adopted" is not unheard of, but as far as I know for that to happen the project has to show some real impact when it comes to people actually downloading and playing it. That still remains to be seen in the case of Last Stand.
Gamerking, as Mr_Blunt3d said, the Chimera can spawn a number of powerful "spore drones". These drones are somewhat equal to the actual frigate drones and can have either an anti-fighter/bomber role in the case of the Spiker Spore or an anti-ship role in the case of the Hunter Spore. For all intents and purposes, they act as fighters, but are larger and way tougher (takes longer to replace lost ones though).
This gives the Chimera some protection, but always keep in mind its a colony ship, not intended for frontline duty. Its actual greatest strength and worth is the ability to construct Xin Outposts in any gravity well, even around a star.
Yeah that happened with the Sisters of Battle MOD for Dawn of War. Relic used their mod to make the sisters of battle for Soulstorm (though don't get me started on that )
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