Jul 1, 2024

Star Conflict 1.12.7a Project Void Space

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We would like to invite you to take part in the closed testing of the combat system of a new online game under the working title “Project Void Space” that starts in the beginning of July 2024.

Join a squad of the first explorers of the farthest frontiers of the Universe, take part in fierce battles and share your experiences! Your feedback will help the developers make the right choices in creating a truly amazing game.

What will you need to do during the testing?

We expect you to regularly play the game (every day if possible) and actively participate in the discussion at the special forum: report any bugs you encounter, share reviews on various aspects of the game and make suggestions on how to improve it. Access to the forum is provided via email.

What are the requirements to take part in the testing?

All participants of the testing will have to sign a nondisclosure agreement. The participants are forbidden to spread any information they obtain during the testing: you can’t tell other parties about the game or share your impressions, send anyone screenshots or any other information in any form.

How to take part in the testing?

If you decide to take part in the testing, you will need to go to the Project Void Space website and register to have a chance to be selected for the closed alpha testing.

New packs “Star Conflict: Shrike” and “Star Conflict: Shrike. Deluxe edition”

Pilots! New packs “Star Conflict: Shrike” and “Star Conflict: Shrike. Deluxe edition” are now available in the official project store. The Deluxe pack will be available for a limited time until September 2. The ship will be available to pilots with no time limit.

If you purchase “Star Conflict: Shrike” or “Star Conflict: Shrike. Deluxe edition” at the official store https://store.gaijin.net/ you will get access to the closed alpha testing of a new online game under the working title “Project Void Space”.

Star Conflict: Shrike. Deluxe edition

This pack includes:

Rank 17 Federation cover frigate Shrike
Unique weapon Hybrid blaster “Alpha-N”
Active module “Universal repair module”
Rahil “Coin” Weintraub portrait
The owners of this pack will be given access to the closed testing of the combat system of a new online game with the working title “Project Void Space” ONLY if the purchase is made at https://store.gaijin.net/

Additionally, the pilot receives:

10% bonus to credits for 90 days
“Predatory colour” pattern
“Monte spheres” decor

Additionally, the pilot receives the modules:

Pulsar
Mass Propulsion Inhibitor
Emergency Shield Boost
Vernier Engines
Tetroxide Injector
Adaptation mechanism
EM-diffuser
Adaptive Shield
Crystal Plates
Reactive Armor
Reinforced Beams
Plasma summator

Special bonus for everyone who buys the bundle — Premium license for 90 days!

Star Conflict: Shrike

This pack includes:

Rank 17 Federation cover frigate Shrike
Unique weapon Hybrid blaster “Alpha-N”
Active module “Universal repair module”
Rahil “Coin” Weintraub portrait
The owners of this pack will be given access to the closed testing of the combat system of a new online game with the working title “Project Void Space” ONLY if the purchase is made at https://store.gaijin.net/

Special bonus for everyone who buys the bundle — Premium license for 30 days!

The Shrike is an Imperial cover frigate created by Boson Shipyard in 4622 with support from Undock Unlimited. It has a unique module that creates a plasma cloud for a powerful electromagnetic strike. After refinements in 4623, the propulsion system, shield generator, armor plates, and comfort+ life support system of the ship were upgraded, and its heavy thermal cannon was repurposed for producing electromagnetic effect on enemy shields and hulls.

Attention! Access to the closed testing of the battle system will only be available if you purchase the packs at https://store.gaijin.net/

Balance changes

Ellydium

Ships

Yith’Mor

Speed reduced from 313 to 276 m/sec.

Waz’Got

The “Engine boost” node (rank 7) — Bonus to strafe acceleration increased from 10 to 22.5%
The cost of the node “Additional bonus (Defence) — Shield resistance to all damage increased by 20 pts.” (rank 9) reduced from 15 to 10 points

Thar’Ga

The cost of the “Improved boosters” node (rank 15) reduced from 25 to 10 points
The cost of the “Engine boost” node (rank 15) reduced from 30 to 20 points

Weapons

“Tai’al” launcher

Projectile maneuvering speed increased from 35 to 45 deg./sec.

Th’ak’Len

Projectile trigger radius increased from 30 to 95 m

Waz’Gul

Damage increased by 50%
Spread reduced from 0.7 to 0.35 deg.

Yith’Kin launcher

Damage reduced by 15%
Blast damage reduced depending on the rank:
- ranks 5–9 — 1600 pts.
- ranks 8–12 — 1800 pts.
- ranks 11–17 — 2000 pts.

“T’Har’Ok” beamer

Bullet damage increased by 20%

Special modules, modules and modifiers

Fast swarm

Cloud bonus effects are now displayed in the interface.

Waz’Got battle station

Stage 1, option 3 (laser):
- Damage increased from 557 to 700 pts./sec.
- Range increased from 1850 to 2250 m
Stage 3, option 4 (restoring ally energy):
- Energy restoration increased from 125 to 200 pts./sec.

Swarm control

Swarm damage boost reduced from 100 to 70%

Jump system “Kapkan”

Recharge time reduced from 44 to 40 sec.

Guiding crystal 14

Corrected the energy consumption of the module

Combat control

Projectile speed increased from 4000 to 7000 m/s

Ships

Nordstorm

Shield capacity reduced by 10%

Peregrine, Ronin

Energy regeneration bonus increased from 15 to 20%

Shark

Critical chance bonus increased from 6 to 15%

Weapons and missile bay

Drone operator “RepK-2”

Repair kit now also restores 2000 shield pts.

Plasmer

Time to overheat increased from 6 to 8 sec.

Sk’Rah Launcher

Minimum rate of fire increased by 50%, from 65 to 95 rounds/min.

Plasma minigun

Maximum spread reduced from 1.2 to 0.8 deg.

Thermal energy burner МZ-42

Damage reduced by 10%.

MIRV launcher

Number of segments that are able to lock on target increased from 1 to 3
Total number of segments increased from 4 to 6
Segment maneuvering speed increased from 68 to 120 deg./sec.
Segment range increased from 1100 to 1500 m

Multiphase laser 6

Ranks changed from 2–6 to 2–9

Heavy repair drone

Drone range increased from 300 to 500 m

Crystal defence drone

Damage increased from 1200 to 1500 pts.
Drone maneuvering speed increased from 270 to 360 deg./sec.

“Langmuir” launcher

Range increased from 2500 to 3200 m
Spread reduced from 0.6–1.6 to 0.2–1.2 deg.

Vacuum resonance laser

Damage increased by 20%
Critical chance increased from 5 to 15%

Laser “Apotheosis-4”

Damage increased by 15%
Spread reduced from 0.3 to 0.15 deg.

Plasmatron

Blast damage increased by 17%

Overclocked blaster

Rate of fire increased from 220 to 242 rounds/min.
Energy consumption reduced from 25.7 to 20.2 pts./sec.

“Fury” plasma gun

Maximum spread reduced from 4 to 2 deg.

“Ignis” blaster

Projectile speed increased from 1200–1500 to 2400–3000 m/s

Special modules

MiG-105

Recharge time reduced from 45 to 35 sec.
Weapons, missile bay and active modules can now be used during the process of docking to frigate

“Stranglehold” complex

Systems overdrive increased from 30 to 35%

Booster shield

Shield burn speed increased from 1.5 to 3% per sec.

Autonomous battle station

Supply drones: hull recovery increased from 6400 to 9600 pts.

Jericho Energy router

Shield restoration increased from 400 to 600 pts./sec.

Artillery beam disintegrator

Beam charging time reduced from 1 to 0.6 sec.
Disintegrator rotation speed increased from 560 to 1120 deg./sec.

Frontal reflecting shield

When active, now additionally increases hull resistance to all damage by 50 pts.

Wardens’ disintegrator

Time when target loses durability after the first hit reduced from 10 to 5 sec.
Thermal damage per second increased by 100%

Legion’s disintegrator

The amount of energy burned increased from 528 to 992 pts.

Wardens microwarp engine

The radius of the negative effect increased from 1500 to 2500 m

Vanguard plasma web

Active time increased from 15 to 18 sec.

Armada’s ODG “Chameleon”

After leaving the invisibility state, now increases damage by 20% for 5 sec.

Vanguard combat drones

Allied ships shield restoration radius increased from 1000 to 2000 m

Active modules

“Reaver” energy converter

Maximum number of donors reduced from 5 to 3
Damage from one donor increased by 66%

Repelling shield

Added 500 pts./sec. of kinetic damage when repelling an enemy
The color of the icon changed to yellow

Target highlight mode

Now additionally reduces the enemy’s resistance to thermal damage by 2–20 pts.

Nano-devourers

Damage increased by 100%
Hull regeneration increased from 4440 to 6000 pts.
Hull regeneration radius increased from 1000 to 2000 m

Heavy guard drone

Projectile damage reduced by 30%
Fire rate increased by 50%
Projectile speed increased by 150%
Drone turn speed increased from 15 to 45 deg./sec.

Shield generator overcharge

Added restoration of 3000 shield pts. upon activation

“Banshee” system

Now can be used off the course of the ship

Missile swarm

Missile range increased from 1700 to 2500 m

“Hunter” tactical system

Recharge time reduced from 45 to 35 sec.

“Sharpshooter” mode

Charge accumulation time reduced from 5 to 3.5 sec.

Energy anomaly

Recharge time reduced from 38 to 33 sec.

Pyro emitter

Barrel rotation speed increased from 90 to 180 deg./sec.

“Downpour” system

The module now affects itself
The range is now indicated in the characteristics.
Recharge time reduced from 45 to 38 sec.

Barrier blast

Slowdown increased from 33.3 to 50%

Emergency reboot

The time of the incoming regeneration reduction reduced from 10 to 5 sec.

Antisabotage 2.1

Recharge time reduced from 47 to 35 sec.

Hacking booster “Konung”

Active time increased from 5 to 7 sec.

Restoring projector

Recharge time reduced from 40 to 35 sec.
Fixed the regeneration amount

Stasis mine

Improved the recharge time of the Mk.2 and Mk.3 versions

Multiphase shield, Polarizing shield

Active time increased from 8 to 16 sec.

Modifiers

Dynamic superchargers
Energy regeneration on high speed increased from 50 to 80 pts./sec.

“Rebuff” shield modifier

Now additionally increases shield resistance passively by 10 pts.

Mass drone boost

Active radius increased from 1000 to 1500 m

Safety switch

Active time increased from 8 to 12 sec.

Adaptation mechanism

Additionally increases hull resistance to all damage for all allies by 30 pts.

Emitter overload

Cooldown increased from 45 to 60 sec.

Pulsating shield

Damage increased from 125 to 300 pts.
Specified the frequency of dealing damage
Specified the type of damage

“Rain season” transformer

Shield regeneration speed increased from 25 to 35%

Reserve barrier

Shield durability increased by 30%

Warp-stream detector

Range increased from 2000 to 3000 m

Jun 30, 2024

Madman’s tales. Part 3. Jericho

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The Emperor was in high spirits. For the first time over the past eight years, he managed to significantly expand his influence over the galaxy. Ariadne has entered an agreement with him, both sides pledging to the secrecy of sensitive information; the New Empire made no moves to stop his recruiting campaign on the Damned Flotilla territory. Of course, he was not yet fully prepared for war, but given a few years, his modest Empire would become a formidable opponent to anyone. An then he can think about expanding. Provided that his main project will be realized.

After giving orders to some of his troops, Ironside proceeded to the prisoner’s cell to try and get information out of him, something that can help the ruler to achieve the goal set by the legendary General.

“Greetings, Oracle.” Ironside’s voice sounded calm. “I would like to hear the tale of Jericho’s past.”

“Greetings to my captor,” the Oracle retorted. “Jericho’s secrets shall remain unheard.”

“A pity. Your secrets are curious to me,” said the Emperor. “But I am more curious about the Divide and the Frontier. The reasons for billions of deaths. You may not have seen it yourself, but you could know. I want to understand why Bartle destroyed so many people to reach his goal, why he later attacked the Direktorium.”

“I think you should look for the answers to those questions in historical records, not in my head, general.”

“Jericho people usually don’t talk at all. It makes it hard to understand the reasons behind your viewpoint. I interrogated several followers of Bartle back in 4612. The only piece of information I managed to pry out of them was that Bartle is still alive.”

“After the neural network was destroyed, it was decided to hide Bartle for a while. I am quite surprised that your torture managed to break my brothers enough for them to reveal such a highly guarded secret.”

“There was no torture. There was no time for it, even. Your brothers were so eager to come up with elaborate insults during interrogation that they unwittingly implied this fact, and then literally just said it out loud, independent of each other. But I just want to understand how Jericho sees the world.”

“I will not give up this knowledge for free. In return, you will tell me how you escaped Earth while it was besieged.”

“It’s a very simple story. Shortly before the siege, I arrived on Earth with half of the fleet under my control on personal orders from the Emperor. When the siege began, the Legion and Warden fleets fought the Biomorphs furiously. In the first month alone, we burned about a million of their ships. When it became clear that the situation was extremely dangerous, the Emperor summoned me to the palace. He told me to go to the sector where my fleet was stationed. He ordered me to prepare for the coming war with those responsible for the attack on Alien territory and provided me with a Jarl to get out of the Solar System. My implants were compatible with it. The Biomorphs detected the lone stealthy interceptor, but weren’t able to attack in time.”

“Alright, I will tell you about Bartle, the Signal, the Divide and Jericho. It all started with the Frontier. Young Bartle was collecting transmitters for it. It was such an important space exploration project at the time that its communication systems just had to be able to connect to the nearby star systems. To test the transmitters, it was decided to try and establish connection to old machinery in those systems, which was usually impossible because of the Signal. But Bartle managed to connect to the Spectre-RL radio telescope sent to Proxima Centauri before the Signal appeared. It turned out that the Signal remained homogenous even at such great distances. A year later, Bartle secured a modern radio telescope for his work. Compiling the new information with the Spectre-RL data, he created the best measuring instrument in the whole galaxy.

By taking pictures of pulsars and black holes, he discovered a pattern. Bartle saw the first messages from the Precursors in the Signal’s modulations. The same year he planned to publish an article on his findings, the fall of the Frontier happened. The prophet survived only by a miracle. Despite the chaos on Earth, Bartle worked incredibly hard to decipher the Signal. He discovered what later became the Divide Philosophy: the Signal is a promise to elevate those civilizations that will agree to peacefully co-exist with the Precursors. But this also presented a seed of doubt in the Signal, since there was no trace of other higher civilizations in the galaxy.

Seeing the chaos on Earth, Bartle realized that the situation can be used as an opportunity to elevate humanity to the peak of new technology. He created the Church of the Divide to unite and lead those who believe in the Signal. At the time, the prophet still didn’t know many important truths and often acted on his intuition. It was impossible to study the Signal further without the Frontier. Impossible to understand each facet of its meaning. Forging a path to outer space was the main goal of the Divide. And as for the history of the Religious wars, I think you know it better than me.”

“I do,” said Ironside. “But I never understood why Bartle pressured the Direktorium to issue the Divide Decree.”

“You’re saying that the prophet did that? Nonsense!” the Oracle replied.

“It just seems suspicious to me that this mysterious man tried to build ark ships even before the Decree was issued. This ambitious project of his was rejected time after time. But then… just after the Direktorium overpowered the Divide, he suddenly managed to convince the Direktors to build his precious arks, which now were prisons,” said the Emperor.

The Oracle showed no emotion in response; his implants made not a single hiccup. He fully believed in his messiah.

“You better ask Bartle himself about this, Ironside. Though I doubt he will grant you an audience. As for the Divide’s path to Jericho, it’s a tale of great suffering. We lost most of our people in the first century. Our numbers kept dropping until we managed to establish our first proper colonies, Jericho-1, Jericho-2 and Jericho-3. Our civilization inherited the name of the most ancient and famed city of Earth. And our attack on Direktorium was an act of revenge. People who had lost millions of relatives to human error on Earth wanted revenge on those who they felt had made them suffer. It is no great secret that the attack on the peaceful fleet of the Direktorium was not an order from Bartle, and further escalation of the conflict happened very quickly. After the First War for Bartle sector began, we could no longer coexist peacefully with the Direktorium.”

The Emperor was pleased with what he heard.

“Thank you for your tale, Oracle,” he said. “I believe we will have more fruitful talks in the future. It’s just a pity that you’re insane.”

“Indeed,” the Jericho man laughed. He proceeded to look at the photo report on the ships being built at the Ironside’s shipyards.

Jun 24, 2024

Madman’s tales. Part 2. Gods

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“A few millions years ago, the creatures that we call Precursors began ruling our galaxy. These godlike entities have been bending the world to their will for centuries. They’re the ones who created iridium, the Signal, Bions, and Crystallids. Back when Bartle deciphered the Signal on Earth, it was a call from the Precursors to come find them. But it had been an old meaning of the Signal.

They travelled and created uninterrupted until they came across those who did not fit into their concept of the world. Murderers of life, creatures of nightmares. And the most frightening thing about them was that they knew a way to destroy not only the technology, but the Precursors themselves, despite the fact that they had been invincible to most weapons. Several of the immortal rulers of the galaxy were killed. And then… The Signal morphed into a dying scream. It was corrupted. The blasphemous monsters were defeated, but the Precursors learned a bitter truth: the galaxy was doomed to plunge into an endless war. Then they destroyed almost all of their creations and left the Milky Way. But according to Bartle’s prophecy, one day they will come back to once again shine the crimson light of their power across the galaxy.

Crystallids and Bions no longer serve the Precursors, and the stars are being plagued by the war between them. Humans were also dragged into this conflict because of the Revenants’ mistakes. The traitors of the Jericho brought around the Invasion when the Sleeper chose the path of egoism. But at the same time, she is the sign that the power of the Precursors is not completely gone. I don’t know why the Sleeper was able to see the things that Bartle himself would probably be blind to. How did she manage to look at the world through the eyes of the gods and survive?

However, many of what has been said might not be important right now. Bions have reached a great level of control over the galaxy, and they take interest in humans, unlike Crystallids. They see your people as potential eternal slaves. Listen, descendant of the nameless General, it is still in your power to try and prevent the enslavement of humanity. There may even be a way to escape Bions.”

After saying that, the Oracle fell silent. His face, burdened with centuries of living, was no longer looking hostile; there was a hint of faint hope in his eyes. He no longer believed in miracles, having witnessed every war for the Bartle sector. But a miracle happened nonetheless.

“It’s unexpected that you’re asking for help,” said the general. “Propose a plan and I may consider it, but only if you will share some of the secrets of the Jericho ship building with me.”

“I am an oracle, not an engineer. But I know some things that may prove useful to your technicians. The humanity is in danger right now, and Jericho struggles to fulfill its objectives. However, there is a way to make the Bartle sector more stable and reduce the numbers of Crystallids travelling to your sectors from there. There is a pocket dimension Techs’ stash that has powerful weapons but no energy. If you fix its generators and transport it to our plane, its automated weaponry may be controlled by the Sentinels.”

“An interesting offer,” said the Emperor. “Give me assurances that my men will not be harmed by the weapons, and the codes to access the stash. You will be issued a terminal to contact me. This is all the time I have for you today.”

Having said that, Ironside turned the recording off and left the room, heading to his office. Several minutes later, the ministers of defense and finance requested a meeting with him. The Emperor opened the door and opened the galaxy map.

“Greetings,” he said dryly. “Before I listen to your reports, I want to present two projects that may help improve our reputation and financial situation.”

The Emperor pointed to the Damned Flotilla and continued:

“This region is dangerous and unstable, but rich with iridium. Moreover, there are still billions of Imperial citizens living there, suffering. We could act as part of a humanitarian initiative and gather those willing to work at our factories and research laboratories or join our fleet. In fact, we have enough forces to provide defense to convoys. The New Empire will be opposed to this, but they won’t confront us directly. We would be able to uphold the semblance of order in the region using the abandoned legion bases by stationing a few of our forces there, accompanied by units of local residents, who are highly motivated to improve the situation in the region.”

The defense minister frowned and said:

“But we would be leaving many of our systems with no proper defense. And if we don’t involve many squadrons, then with the Crystallid threat to the east and south of the Damned Flotilla, we will easily lose control of the situation as our forces would be too scattered.”

The finance minister added:

“This project will require quite a lot of funds all at once. However, yes, it will bear fruit. I think in a couple of years, if successful, we could increase the revenue to the treasury by several percents. However, I still don’t see how we can defend at least our transport ships in the region if we don’t have multiple squadrons involved.”

Ironside smiled and said: “Then my order is to prepare a humanitarian convoy, two reconnaissance squadrons, and one attack squadron. One ‘Drake’ is to be placed in reserve, however, I hope that parading at least one cruiser in the sector will not be necessary.”

When the ruler finished speaking, the defense minister asked the Emperor: “Your Highness, the special operation forces commander has reported that you were interrogating someone from Jericho. Does that have anything to do with this plan?”

Ironside frowned and replied: “If he provides any useful information, you’ll be the first to know. But for bad or for good, the Jericho man is insane. I will try to get anything useful out of him to make our fleet stronger. As for you, minister, try to avoid asking pointless questions in the future.”