This is the second BETA version of Advanced SE4, a mod project that aims to combine the best concepts from all other mods into one coherent package.
Advanced Ships contains re-designed ship hull sizes to make capital ships feel like capital ships.
Sizes range from the 75kt short range Patrol Ship to the 50000kt Battlemoon.
Large ships are much larger than stock, can mount more weapons, and are more expensive to build. For example, a dreadnought is extremely powerful and efficient in battle, but your economy may not be able to sustain more than a handful of them.
Light ships can be built quicker and cheaper, but are higher maintenance-per-tonnage, and generally less effective in combat than large ships.
Advanced Ships uses a two-tiered QNP system, one propulsion scale for light ships, and another scale for heavy.
Standard Armor is now Light Armor, and Emissive Armor has been replaced with Heavy Armor, which is leaky, high tonnage, high damage-resistance, and contains the stock emissive ability.
This version includes an updated version of Advanced Quadrants, a combination of FQM Deluxe, Krsqk's System Mod, Kwok's Galaxy Mod, with some additions and balance changes.
This beta version is entirely playable in single- or multi-player, but the AI still has some trouble with the new hull sizes and propulsion system.
The unit sizes, tech tree, most components, and some other items have not yet been touched, and will be updated in another version.
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