Kurogane Expanded

Please use the third party variant listed below for gameplay - this mod is outdated.

Actively supported third-party variant by Gage here: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3245080043 I suggest you use this mod for gameplay. I am not a part of its development or support.

I grant full permissions for anyone to modify and use any of my mod content within Stellaris.

Last updated for Stellaris version 2.7.X and NSC2 Season 5

A standalone expansion of the extremely popular Kurogane shipset, adding all the ships shown in the preview slides above to the game in the form of the Kurogane shipstyle. Also adds additional ships for new classes added by the NSC2 mod, which are not available for use without it. NSC is not required to use this mod, only to access a portion of its contents. It does however come highly recommended, both to access the entirety of this mod and because it's a good piece of work in itself.

This mod does not require any other Kurogane shipset mods to function, and includes all other mod ships as optional hull section choices. Only use one mod at a time!

The AI is NOT trained to use any new sections introduced by Kurogane Expanded, and will not be able to field the following designs. This shipset is thus recomended for player use.

Advanced Corvette (Shrike Class) - Mid-Late game improved corvette. Expensive, more slots. Patrol Corvette (Police Class) - Piracy suppression corvette. Cheap, flexible, utility, weak. Heavy Corvette (Astoria Class) - Specialist frontline corvette. Oversized weapon, evasion tank. Raider Corvette (Cossack Class) - Specialist raiding corvette. Improved armament, fragile. Battle Destroyer (Merced Class) - Line battle destroyer. Main battery focused weaponry. Artillery Destroyer (Archer Class) - Specialist L-gun destroyer. Oversized weapon, fragile. Assault Cruiser (Dragoon Class) - Close combat cruiser. Undersized weapons, resilient. Advanced Cruiser (Sirius Class) - Improved cruiser core. Expensive, more slots.

These new sections were necessary to allow more models to be added into this mod.

This mod is NOT purely cosmetic; the added ship sections are Kurogane shipset exclusive and may give Kurogane shipset users an unfair "advantage" in multiplayer environments. This can easily be remedied by banning the use of such sections or deleting the mods common/section_templates folder. You will lose access to the models associated with these sections. The AI will never use any of these exclusive sections.

Compatible with most other mods without a patch.

Please upvote if you enjoy, it only takes a second of your time and makes me happy. You want to make me happy don't you?

Link to Downscaled Ships fan patch - Thanks to is_rainbow:Δ. Link to Colossus beta test mod

Special thanks to my French art slave great friend Bambiraptor for his work on the Vengeance of Centarus Insignia and various design, texture, and art advice. For a baguette smoking surrender frog you a'ight.