Broken Lords

JetstreamLee

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JetstreamLee

Horatio Mirror

18 800g2g pts

6 years ago

Apr 15, 2019, 2:05:21 PM

I personally think the Broken Lords would be a nice add in Endless Space. Their aesthetic as Space Knights would really feel cool, and they could easily be tweaked to not be Vodyani 2.

Race: Broken Lords

"For they are the King's Space Knights, they are the Defenders of the Broken Lords...and they shall know no fear."

Unique Traits:

- Like in Endless Legend you still buy your population, but the price of buying your population depends on the amount of people you already have in your system.

- To make them stand out more from the Vodyani, they will gain the Knight Chapters. Your systems will gain unique improvements like the Hissho ones, that vary from Chapter to Chapter. There are corresponding Chapters for each Political Party, and the level of influence those parties have reflect the level of the Chapters. Depending on the level of Chapters your ships will also gain acess to unique weapon and defense upgrades derived from the chapters. However, these upgrades are only upgrades of your current tech. For example, once you have unlocked Adamantian Weapons, you will gain the Upgraded Chapter Weapons instead of the regular ones if you already have the right amount of influence in that Chapter.

- Different Chapters give different Module upgrades. Militarists give better Weapons. Scientists give better engines. Industrialists give better Armor and Shields.

- Some Chapters have unique system improvements as well.

- Power must come at a price so their ships will also cost more industry to create.

Updated 2 days ago.

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OmegaDerpington

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Gloria Dei homo vivens!

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OmegaDerpington

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73 800g2g pts

6 years ago

Apr 16, 2019, 2:48:57 PM

I've always liked that the Broken Lords can only heal via Dust so maybe this mechanic can make a comeback. Also, they were able to earn a bit more Dust after a fight, which fed into the whole mechanic. I know that brings them dangerously close to Vodyani territory, but I hope the devs can make it work.

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Astrocricket

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Astrocricket

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23 200g2g pts

6 years ago

Apr 16, 2019, 7:12:20 PM

Love the Broken Lords.

Interesting thing though, is that you would still need food. In ES2, you are likely to have populations of different races among your empire, and all of them require food. So you wouldn't be able to ignore food like in Legend.

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Chroma

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13 600g2g pts

6 years ago

Apr 16, 2019, 8:05:13 PM

Astrocricket wrote:
Love the Broken Lords.

Interesting thing though, is that you would still need food. In ES2, you are likely to have populations of different races among your empire, and all of them require food. So you wouldn't be able to ignore food like in Legend.

An easy fix; introduce a mechanic that prevents any non-Broken Lords pop from living on a planet. Like Vodyani or Umbral Choir.

OR, introduce a Broken Lords faction-unique research that replaces food production research options, which allows you to translate between Dust and Food.

Updated 6 years ago.