RimSkyBlock - Vassal Outposts, Establish Empire
【The English version has been updated.】
[b]Summary:[/b]
[b]1. Customizable sky island terrain and environment, a colony that can move on the world map, custom turrets with cross-map strike capabilities (thanks to SOS2 for the code reference).[/b]
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[b]2. After successfully attacking an enemy outpost, you can make it a vassal. The vassal's goodwill is permanently fixed at +100. You can spend silver to upgrade it from a small outpost to a glitterworld city, receiving greater taxes and military support.[/b]
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[b]3. Empire System: When your Authority points reach 5,000, you can establish an empire with a title system similar to the Royalty DLC. Appoint an Emperor, a Chancellor, and nine High Lords.[/b]
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[b]Detailed Introduction:[/b]
[b]【The Sky Island Saga】:[/b]
This mod can be added mid-save. Both new games and existing saves will receive an invitation letter. Accepting it will trigger an endgame quest similar to the "Archonexus," where you abandon your current colony and travel to the sky island with 7 colonists and some items.
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[b]The sky island is not in space. Space is too limiting—no normal raids, no oxygen, no vegetation. Therefore, I chose low-orbit.
You start with only a 40x40 hanging stone foundation in the center to develop, with no soil. On the far right is the raider platform, where enemy raids will spawn.
The connecting bridge in the middle can be deconstructed, but a part of it must remain connected to the raider platform. Otherwise, the platform will collapse after 6 hours (yes, this is to prevent you from cheesing raids by removing the bridge √).[/b]
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[b]The sky island was designed without a specific goal in mind, to give imaginative players a customizable experience. You can modify your island as you please. The research tree includes soil, vegetation, and shallow water, so you won't have to worry about farming later on.
Tier 2 and Tier 3 soils have been added. They are expensive and require high-tech research, but offer 200% and 400% fertility respectively, and require no light or temperature. The Tier 2 soil has a green grass texture, perfect for landscaping.[/b]
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[b]Since it's a sky island, early survival is a challenge. You will start with a Material Extractor, which can produce essential early-game resources through repeated work. By researching technology and building Alpha and Beta pillars, you can expand the extractor's output.
Fishing is also a feature. It's a sea of clouds, so of course you can fish. However, you'll be catching more than just fish. If you're lucky, you might even reel in a thrumbo...[/b]
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[b]Using the SkyBlock Tactical Console, you can remotely connect to terrain up to 2 tiles away on the world map for observation and orbital strikes.[/b]
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[b]Four new types of turrets have been added, with progressively increasing power. All of them can perform cross-map strikes.
They are currently a bit overpowered; I am considering adding turret countermeasures in the future.[/b]
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[b]With Sky Island Propulsors, you can move your entire base on the world map, turning it into a super anti-gravity ship.
When you are within 1 tile of an outpost, you can request orbital trading via the Orbital Trade Beacon (the distance limit is temporarily removed during the testing phase).[/b]
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[b]【The Vassal Wars Saga】:[/b]
[b]Whether you have a sky island or not, attacking an enemy outpost—either via cross-map strikes from the tactical console or with standard drop pods—will trigger a siege.
An enemy wave will appear after 2 hours, followed by another every 6 hours. If you are attacking from a sky island, enemy reinforcements will spawn directly on your island.
After defeating all enemies at the outpost or forcing them to flee, you will trigger the vassal subjugation event.[/b]
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[b]A subjugated vassal starts at Level 1 (Outpost) and can be upgraded up to Level 10 by spending silver.
Each vassal provides taxes and support every 7 days. What you receive depends on how you define its role.
Through culture selection, you can choose any faction you've encountered, even mod factions like the Ratkin Faction, to be your vassal's culture.
Once selected, the taxes and military support will come from that culture (Note: based on testing, Ratkin Faction: Oberonia reinforcements seem very strong, so a low-level outpost may not have enough points to call for support, potentially resulting in a failed request).[/b]
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[b]You gain 1,000 Authority points for conquering an outpost and 100 for each tax collection. Upon reaching 5,000 Authority, you can establish an empire with your own title hierarchy. Currently, you can appoint an Emperor, a Chancellor, and nine High Lords. The Empire content is still limited to title appointments; abilities for each title will be the focus of future updates.[/b]
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[b]The High Lord Council is the only required room for the empire. Failing to build it results in a -10 mood debuff, while having one provides a +8 mood buff. It requires a large space. Place the "Council Dais" in the center of the room and then select the left, center, and right sections to auto-construct the three semi-circular tables and twelve council seats.[/b]
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[b]The mod is currently in a testing phase. Basic functions are complete, but features like starship fleet construction, mechanoid army fabrication, and archotech device creation are not yet implemented. The nine High Lords are currently just titles with no practical effects.[/b]
[b]Future updates will include:[/b]
Unique abilities for the Emperor, Chancellor, and each of the nine High Lords.
The ability for the Emperor, Chancellor, and High Lords to bestow the title of Duke on any pawn.
Random quests requesting the player to send an envoy to a friendly colony to bestow a title upon an NPC (guess if there will be an infestation waiting?).
An endgame quest for the sky island.
[b]Or X (Twitter): [url=https://steamcommunity.com/linkfilter/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fx.com%2FVeekamon]https://x.com/Veekamon[/url][/b] (DM me)
[b]This mod is a massive undertaking, a true labor of love by a solo developer. If the mod is not well-received, updates may cease. Please understand (which is to say, please give it a thumbs-up, thank you (:з」∠)).[/b]
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