ehsumrell1
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RELEASED!!! ***Distant Worlds:Universe ~ STAR TREK THE PICARD ERA Version 1.0 *** Originator & Creator: Igard Lead Developer & Trek Team Manager: ehsumrell1 ------ Trek Team ------- Tophat1812 Gyrospeck Carl4243 FingNewGuy ------Galactic Adviser -------- Das123 (a.k.a. Das24680) ----- DW Creator ----- elliotg {Elliot Gibbs} 22 Star Trek Races & 4 pirate groupings; The Shakturi and Mechanoids are not playable but are available for non-canon play. PLAYABLE STAR TREK RACES ANDORIAN, BAJORAN, BENZITE, BORG, BREEN, CARDASSIAN, CHALNOTH, DOMINION, FEDERATION FERENGI, GORN, HIROGEN, KAZON, KLINGON, KTARIAN, REMAN, ROMULAN, SHELIAK, SON'A TAMARIAN, THOLIAN & YRIDIAN ** More coming in Version 2.0. PLAYABLE PIRATE GROUPINGS THE ORION SYNDICATE, THE MAQUIS, THE KORGATH BARBARIANS & THE KHAN PRIVATEERS - Shipsets - All 22 playable races have their own set. Pirates have 2 specific shipsets. Phantom Pirates have their own. - Characters - Currently 524 specific images, over 1000 characters (some share a generic image or symbol) ** More coming in Version 2.0. - Troop images - All races have their own set. - Dialogue - All races have their own dialog. - Flagshapes - All races have their own flag and color schemes. - Music - 36 tracks from Star Trek The Next Generation's first 3 seasons composed by Ron Jones (Fair Use Respected) - System names - 9000+ Star Trek and other astronomical system names for variety. - Race files- Completed. May require balance tweaking, please report any major issues - Bias settings - Completed. May require balance tweaking, please report any major issues - Policy files - Completed. May require balance tweaking, please report any issues - Victory conditions - Complete. Please report any issues - Race Event types - Complete. Please report any issues - The Borg race shipset size-scaled to near-canon (at least closely!) - New government added - Religious Unity (Race specific ~ Bajoran only) ** More being added in Version 2.0. - Each Race may have their own specific UI icons and graphics {OPTIONAL} (located in the images\UI\chrome\[The Race Name]\ folder) - Minimum garrisoned troop per colony set to 4 for defense against invasion or pirate raids. - Rumors of Crystalline Entity sightings (replaces the Silvermist) - A few select Star Trek resource images and Component names. Galactopedia entries have been modified. - Some weapon effect replacements - Message pop ups appear as Starfleet PADDs - Numerous Star Trek sound effects - Shakturi and Mechanoids are not overwritten so you can still play the story, just with your choice of the Star Trek races. - Milky Way Galaxy map with Star Trek race placements - NOTE: [WIP] Not completed yet - Will be included in Version 2.0 coming soon! ** More to come in the near future with Version 2.0; Galaxy maps for 1400 & 700 stars, more race characters, more minor races, etcetera. Installation of Distant Worlds Universe Star Trek The Picard Era Mod: 1. Download the mod from MediaFire. Unzip the file to a temporary folder. 2. Copy the folder 'Star Trek The Picard Era' to your Matrix Games\Distant Worlds\Customization\ folder 3. Start Distant Worlds and at game main menu select 'Change Theme', then select the Star Trek Picard Era mod and click 'Switch Theme' 4. If you wish to play a 'close to canon' immersive game, select start a custom game as a Standard Empire, then make sure to deselect 'Enable Return of the Shakturi story Events' from the last game setup screen. 5. You may also choose to play ANY of the other game-type selections with this mod except for 'The Ancient Galaxy' selection, which is its own mod in itself. *** This Theme should be compatible with many of the UI, AI and Graphic Mods made for Distant Worlds Universe *** Please contact a member of the aforementioned 'Trek Team' if you have any issues or post inquiries in the forum. Thanks and Credits Original Mod creation, structure, trailblazing and most importantly Romulan Ale supply by Igard Character groundwork, version updating and compilation, team moderating and testing by ehsumrell1 Additional sounds by fulgaris Music by Ron Jones Additional planet images and ship graphics by Kalthaniell Additional weapons images by msnevil Select shipsets by Woodman Select ships, and stations by unusualsuspex at DeviantArt Religious Unity Government by dwaine *Inspiration and Cargo Bay Defense testing by DATA *Special thanks to tjhkkr over time for sending images, giving massive support and some very helpful advice. *Special thanks to Shark7 and his massive Destroyer Fleet for Cargo Bay security from DATA. *Special thanks to the Trek Team for sending images, testing, critique, giving ideas and most of all, your support! Thanks and credit to all the modders at battleclinic.com who created some of the wonderful ship models and textures used in this mod. **Very special shout out to Patrick Stewart (Captain Jean Luc Picard)! And of course, Gene Roddenberry and Paramount Pictures. Copyright Notice and Disclaimer This is a fan-made game modification. Star Trek is owned by CBS studios Inc. and Paramount Pictures. We do not make any profit from this material nor do we request or accept donations. We cannot accept responsibility for any damage that may be caused by downloading these files. All files are thoroughly virus checked. Happy Trekking! EDIT - 8/21/2014 *** Forgot to mention the the "colonyNames" file in the theme directory will name the initial homeworld "Genesis", and will name new planets according to the name order inside the file. Just either remove the file or just rename the file with an underscore (i.e. _colonyNames) if you don't wish to use this feature. Or, just fill the file with your colony names of choice. *** Download the mod from MediaFire here: http://www.mediafire.com/download/mkq1cbcpxf2a6ew/DW_Universe-ST_Picard_Era.zip Alternate Download Site: at Strategy Informer here: http://www.strategyinformer.com/pc/distantworldsuniverse/mod/53122.html Watch Star Trek The Picard Era You Tube "Lets' Play's" recorded by Das24680 (a.k.a Das123) here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rLIqajj26wk
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Shields are useless in "The Briar Patch"...
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