Schall Alien Tech

Summary

Vanilla-friendly extension of weaponry. Not overhaul. Adds alternate weaponry choices from mid-game, which is based on the alien science pack from “Schall Alien Loot” mod. Balanced with vanilla weaponry, and extends end-game with MK3 weaponry (including powered armor and tanks). Also adds two featured weapons from “Doom”: Plasma rifle, BFG 9000.

Introduction

Particle Weaponry

Studies on the alien materials (from Schall Alien Loot mod) have found out some unusual properties. Its most exciting use is the extraction of some high energy particles. While these particles are no match to uranium in terms of power production, their destructive capability have shown useful military applications, allowing a whole new system of particle weaponry.

The first way of utilizing the particles is to condense them into coherence, then launch in a beam form, called as "particle beam". Particle beam behaves like laser beam, but relying on both heat and electric charges tp damage the enemies. Later tests using a much larger scale of particle beams in parallel under project "mega particle beam", have shown a significantly difference macroscopic behaviour. Mega particle beam has shown an extreme increase in coherence and piercing power.

The second way of utilizing the particles involves compression the particles into a temporary ball form. This "particle cannonball" is unstable, so when it is perturbed by being touched by anything on its path, the deformed ball will release the energy in a damaging way. Later tests have found another critical point in a larger energy scale, allowing the cannonball to damage objects of a much larger area, under the codename "BFG".

Other ways include amplifying the static charges portion of the particle beam, stunning the enemies creating a "stasis beam" effect. An unknown but useful property is also found, where the target will be pushed back by an unknown force. While this "force cannon" do not deal significant damage to be considered as a major weapon, it could be useful to keep dangerous enemeies at bay, allowing other weapons to deal with them.

Devices on preparing, exciting, and firing of particles are bulky, to be made handheld uses. Particle weapons are installed to turrets, and tanks with enough sizes as well. Miniaturization has some limited success. Two prototype handheld guns have been made, namely "Plasma Rifle" and "BFG 9000". (This is to pay tribute to the classic game "Doom", and for its legendary guns.) Particle weaponry on modular equipment form (particle pods) is also possible, with the sacrifice of some power.

Particle weaponry is also available in the form of energy pods (function like the personal laser defense equipment). They can be used on vehicle grids only, and are powered by grid electricity system. Class restriction as listed:

• Particle beam pod: all tanks.
• Particle cannon pod: heavy tanks or above.
• Stasis beam pod: all vehicles and tanks.
• Force cannon pod: all vehicles and tanks.
• Train particle beam pod: armoured locomotives and armoured draisines.
• Train particle cannon pod: armoured draisines.

Note that if Schall Gun Pod is installed together, ammo-consuming versions of the above listed particle pods are also available. They are superior in terms of firepower and special effects, at the sacrifice of needing ammo (energy clips).

Also note that the train pods are designed for armoured trains in Schall Armoured Train mod, and are only available with that enabled. They are superior over their "ordinary" vehicle-versions, with full range as their original guns. They are meant to be the make-shift main guns of the armoured trains (as 1.0.0 still not permit trains to have controllable guns), so also takes larger grid space.

MK3 Weaponry

Revealing the secrets of alien materials, have also allowed a further improvement to the state-of-the-art power armor MK2. The brand-new power armor MK3 has better protection, while also has more slots to install additional modular equipment.

The technology is applied to the tanks as well, creating the tanks MK3 series. (Extension from tanks MK2 series in Schall Tank Platoon mod.) This includes the "conventional" tanks (which uses the old cannon technology), as well as the "new" tanks (which uses the particle weaponry). The MK3 tanks are all installed with mini nuclear engine, giving much better mobility over the MK2 tanks.

MK3 Equipment

Along with power armor MK3 and tanks MK3, the modular equipment has upgraded version as well, including the energy shield equipment, battery equipment, night vision equipment.

Cargo Truck

This mod also introduced military cargo truck, which has a very large inventory space, helping the players to grab back the alien artifacts and other loots back to base. There are also MK1 to MK3 variants.

Transmuting Excess Resources

There is a new late-game recipe, allowing players to convert excess uranium into iron and copper ores.

Satellite Series

Sending satellite to the space is the only way (in vanilla game) to produce space science pack. This mod has introduced much more expensive satellites that can produce more science pack in one go, thus more effective overall. There are also biosatellites (conducting biological experiments in space) series. So pacifist players and megabase builders can use them as stable and reliable sources of alien science pack.

Sturdier Uranium Wall

Uranium wall and gate have better health and slighly better resistance ratings than their concrete or stone counterparts. They also serve as a place for your depleted uranium.

Efficient Uranium Mining Drill

Uranium mining drill is a