Thy kingdom come, your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.
In other news, I still cannot get the Bloodstone Battlecruiser's beam ability to utilize both hardpoints. They are both named Ability-0 but only one is used for the attack. Otherwise, I am getting closer and closer to finishing the Anahn portion of Episode 1. I only need to model a few more ships and make a few dozen more sound effects/particles, and then a couple of generic abilities and their related assets. However, as I cannot get a ship to fire two beams for its special ability, I may need to redesign several ships.
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I've also concluded that the max-difficulty AI gets a truly absurd multiplier on its research times. In an effort to segregate generation levels I added a multiplier of, like, 24x to the low research speed (enough to catapult the Kodiak research to 1500 seconds) but they still seem to get researches nearly instantly. It's kind of hilarious, actually, but could be useful in the long run.
I am nearly ready for civil war recordings. The Dreadnaught goes in next, followed by the Razzador. I was going to make a battlestation but I may skip it.
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"Field tests of the new battleship began a few hours ago, my Prince. You remember the Patriarch, don't you? You wanted us to push ahead with elemental weaponry, but alas... the core schematics you give us still cannot be replicated so easily. I thought that, until we have perfected fabrication of the Proteus cores, that we should utilize Flame Lance weaponry to its maximum potential while it still makes a difference. Granted, we already have so many Champions to lead our fleets, but perhaps we'll need something more... specialized.
"He is gorgeous, my Prince. His blades cut through Tiran as though it were butter. Smaller than the battlecruiser, yes, but still larger than all Warlord battleships we possess in our research. His shield allows him to jump anywhere... even into a star if he must, and it protects him from the electromagnetic interference from such a locale that unshielded ships would have to deal with. All the better to guide a sword so perfect into the throat of those still foolish enough to challenge your word. It has less cannon than the Champion... many less... but the fusion bolters can pierce the heart of any solar body that draws your ire in a single shot, and require no upkeep! What battleship can boast the longetivity to endure fighting a dozen such classes at once and still be completely operational? Even the Champion has its ammunition restrictions.
"Alas, I did remember my Prince's fondness of redundancy. The penetrator cannons present on the dreadnaught are the first of their kind. Their shells far exceed the three-fourth C boundary standard rails tend to be limited by. A byproduct of the subspace engineering you opened up to us a few decades back. What? Are you not pleased, Adashim? I have not even spoken of the beam weapons yet!
... Why do you look at me like that? Do you think it is not enough? What Warlord can stand against the might of the regime now?! With such weapons at our disposal, the very Gods would kneel before us!"
"It is not mere Gods I fear, Haktish."
