Nuzlocke Starsector - The Fall of the House of Kesslier - Let's Play Episode #1 - 0.95.1a + 49 Mods

Let's play Starsector but use a Nuzlocke style rule set to incentivize exploration and make things that much more dangerous. Welcome to the latest modded run, where this time we follow eternal optimist Hannah Kesslier as she runs for her life from almost the entire Persean Sector. Even the pirates are wary, although that is where our run will start. The sector is large and full of danger both in the core worlds and out on the horizons, where Remnants control an overwhelming amount of systems. Get ready to watch me pay for my mistakes as I navigate a small pirate fleet towards its ultimate goal: survival.
0:00 Introduction and Character Creation
2:19 Series Mod List
2:40 Nuzlocke and Rules of the Run
6:20 Prologue: The Fall of the House of Kesslier
7:59 The Part Where We Run for Our Life in Game
Also, you're welcome to comment with requests for officer or ship names, but please know that it's going to be a bit of a slower burn for getting ships and officers into the fleet this go 'round. Thanks again for you all's support for the channel, and I look forward to bringing even more content in the months ahead.
Starsector is a very moddable game, and if you are familiar with the game there are always mods available to take your game further. Below is the list of mods I am using for this run and they are all available on the Fractal Softworks website (note that I have allocated 6 GB of memory to keep this stable):
A New Level of Confidence 40 2.1
Adjusted Sector v0.5.1
Another Portrait Pack 1.4.0
Battletech Portrait Pack 1.1
Captain's Log 0.1.6
Combat Chatter 1.12
Combat Misc Utils 0.3.2
Console Commands 2021.12.25
DIY Planets 1.0.14
Detailed Combat Results 5.3.0
Fleet Action History 1.0.8
Fuel Siphoning 1.2.1
Grand.Colonies 1.0.d
High Tech Expansion 1.4.10
Hiver Swarm 1.03
Illustrated.Entities 1.1.a
Industrial.Evolution 3.1.f
Interesting Portrait Pack 1.2
Iron Shell 1.181
Kingdom of Terra 0.13.1
LazyLib 2.7b
Legacy of Arkgneisis v1.9.11
Luddic Enhancement 1.2.5l
MagicLib 0.45.2
Mayasuran Navy 8.3.8 RC3
Missing Ships 0.4.1
Nes's ship and weapon 1.9d
Nexerelin 0.10.6b
Outer Rim Alliance 0.95rc1
P9 Colony Group 0.55
Pearson Exotronics 0.7.2
Portrait Pack v1.2.4
Roider Union 1.4.5
Ruthless Sector 1.3.0
ScalarTech Solutions 0.8.5
Secrets of the Frontier 0.13.1
Seeker - Unidentified Contact 0.51
Shadowyards 0.9.5-rc4
SpeedUp 0.7.2
Starship Legends 2.2.0
Tahlan Shipworks 0.8.666a
The Star Federation 0.98-RC6
United Aurora Federation 0.7.2g1dc
Unknown Skies 0.43
Vayra's Sector 3.2.1
Version Checker 2.0b
Xhan Empire 2.4 Thousand Eyes
prv Starworks v25.1
zz GraphicsLib 1.6.1
Nuzlocke Starsector - The Fall of the House of Kesslier - Starsector 0.95.1a Nexerelin Modded Run - Let's Play #1 - 49 Mods + House Rules
Factions, Ships - Accepting Requests for Ship and Officer Names
Links for More Content from Asher
Twitch: / asher1611
Community Discord Server: / discord
KZbin: / @ashergames

[@McdonaldsSprite8191]

Oh hell yeah. We're going for a ride boys, strap in.

[@alextylergaming2320]

Hahahaha AHAHAHAHAHAA Now starts the pain ☺️☺️😂😂 And yes Perma death for officers. Keep it nuzlock baby!!!

[@AsherGames]

I'm going to count every like you get on this comment as additional support for Officer Permadeath. Seems like a way to not spam reckless officers at everything.

[@havoksaar7905]

Oh heck yeah!! Looking forward to the new series!

[@AsherGames]

Thanks so much I hope you enjoy it!

[@anthonyminerva1572]

Always happy to see you start a new star sector playthrough. Very much enjoyed the lore you added for this one.

[@AsherGames]

Thanks! It means a lot to hear that.

[@stefan4404]

Nice

[@AsherGames]

Thanks! Remains to be seen if the game is going to play nice though.

[@steakmcc]

0.96a patch notes! Time to restart as a vanilla run 😆

[@AsherGames]

You know, I specifically gave myself a monthish of a breather from Starsector because I had a feeling we were due for another patch. So no, the timing isn't ideal, BUT generally what I try to do is wait for the hotfixes to happen before firing up another series. Plus...holy hell it's always hard to go back to vanilla.

[@rockforehead3022]

gratuitous series start comment! glad you can use the gates.

[@mattparker9726]

6:40 THIS is cool, Asher!

[@rottenmeat5934]

Been a while since I was in SS. Nice to see where the mods are at.

[@lossincasa]

Instant like for sc series :)

[@RoyalFusilier]

What a cool concept for a run, definitely looking forward to going through this.

[@milleniumdawn]

So happy you started a new playthrough, I'm just finishing the previous one :)

[@VITAO56]

WOW, Nuzlock run? Awesome!!!

[@NGC4261]

This will be a interesting play with the hivers

[@hailspqr5979]

I love watching nuzlocks for Pokémon so cool that you thought of putting this game style into Star sector! Looking forward to a nice long series

[@AsherGames]

Thanks! I hope you enjoy. I obviously can't do pure Pokemon style Nuzlocke because they're very different games. But the spirit is there.

[@hailspqr5979]

@@AsherGames for sure I’ve already binged the series lol. You do keep the spirit fairly well.of course there are some interesting ways you might have to expand with ships via construction late game. Whatever you decide to do I’m sure will be challenging and fun keep it up!

[@JohnDoe-sx6iw]

This is gonna be good!

[@AsherGames]

I hope you enjoy it!

[@shrillcrayfish6168]

Love watching star sector vids. Thank you for makesing them

[@AsherGames]

Thanks for the kind words. Enjoy!

[@ntma]

wewt! just found this. glad you're doing a new run, man!

[@AsherGames]

welcome back! hope you enjoy

[@mattparker9726]

5:48 I got a new kitten a couple of weeks ago, I found him crying in the rain behind my house, so ofc I had to dry him off and feed him. My other two cats are *NOT* amused.

[@joshuachapman247]

This is awesome, your luck of finding ships but not having enough fuel to haul it back in uncanny.

[@AsherGames]

Fuel is a tricky thing, and I've run into (and forgot about) this before. Even mothballed, you've got to move the hunk of junk. I could have just left it, but I needed the resources.

[@mattparker9726]

3:54 yeah that's gonna annoy the fire outta me.

[@perchy22]

Yay, more Starsector! Interesting way to emphasize exploration. Won't you just end up with systems without anything, and then systems that have a bunch of high end finds? Like with Nuzlocke in Pokemon, each route is a potential source, but in Starsector, plenty of systems don't have any recoverable ships, let alone useful ones. *shrugs* I'd personally find a "no skill point ship recovery" rule more enjoyable over per system limits (maybe with further limits on enemy ship recovery), but I'm not the one playing 😜 I do think loosening the rules to allow for getting non-combat ships would be a Good Idea, maybe after level 5 or 10. Maybe even disallow them from outfitting any weapons (or just PD). Logistics needs are only interesting up to a certain point, imo. Also, if you could add WhichMod, that would be fantastic. Super lightweight mod that IDs which mod something comes from in its description text.

[@AsherGames]

Thanks for the thoughts and mod suggestion. As I mentioned, I'm not as familiar with Nuzlocke as it appears in Pokemon so I've tried to make a ruleset that keeps the spirit alive while not necessarily obliterating a Starsector play through. So yes, you're right. There will be some dud systems (as you've seen already) that won't have anything in them. That's why I added a bunch of extra systems. Also, there's always the possibility of fleets spawning in places anyway. The ruleset is always something I'm open to revisiting as the run goes along. I'll keep your suggestions in mind.

[@kennethnusbaum1752]

Love your content

[@AsherGames]

Thanks so much!

[@mattparker9726]

26:44 YES FARM THEM FARM THEM!

[@gavinandre5246]

Please, please for the love of god don't totally fuck up! I REALLY want to enjoy this because you clearly have the potential to be enjoyable to watch....

[@AsherGames]

Thanks for the kind words. I'll try not to screw it all up.

[@elementalterror]

Hey Asher, i've basically copied your modlist for my own playthrough. However, would it be possible for me to get a copy of your adjusted sector settings? I just can't seem to get mine to work right. Many thanks!

[@mathieuguenier3658]

bro really added a mod that allow you to play D&D in starsector ? man i love this game so much XD

[@sniporegaming1525]

Since this is a nuzlock it absolutely needs the rule of no duplicate ships (minus cargo fuel, and salvage for practicality), and ships must be named and cant be reused if one dies for good (like you cant just get another of the same type). A good goal to replace the concept of gyms would be doing 1 of each star fortress type (plus a functional reminent nexus), killing at least 1 of each "boss ships" like derelict mothership or ziggaraunt (im not quite sure what boss ships the other factions you have in here bring). I also agree that officers should die if their ship dies but also should be allowed different amounts of elite skills and levels compared to your level.

[@onewhostudies6856]

good series

[@jeandawn6575]

ohh didnt even know that you could put down markers or checkboxes with the console commands. thats a nice feature. Was always looking for a way to customize the map with markers since finding your own Starsystems on the Map was always a hassle to do for me at least. Noice

[@AsherGames]

It's not just Console Commands, but via the Captain's Log mod.

[@TioMalboro]

hey Asher, how'd you get seeker to work with the 0.45 version of magiclib? my client doesn't allow me to toggle it due to needing an older version of magiclib

[@AsherGames]

I had to manually change one of the mod files to work with the current version.

[@TioMalboro]

@@AsherGames is there a forum post about it or somewhere i can see how to do it? thanks btw!

[@AsherGames]

Go to the mod_info.json and open it up with notepad. Change the game version to the current version (0.95.1a-RC6) if necessary, and then further down change the MagicLib version to 0.45.2. That's all I needed to do.

[@Sparten7F4]

Sorry if I missed it- What about event ships? Like, if you take an exploration mission and find a station and it asks you to feed it a ship to get one, can you do that?

[@AsherGames]

Yes, you are allowed to get ships from events. However, I did misspeak at one point about one event. Since transverse jump is banned I am not going to be able to get the ship from the alpha site.

[@Sparten7F4]

@@AsherGames Ah. Wuold reccomend an exception for that - suggestion, ont a demand. Anyways thanks for clarifying, I may have just missed it

[@globalplayer9161]

i would like to know the values you used in adjusted Sector, i can't get the map in the same diretion as you get it. I have to many Sytem stacking each other and when i increase the map size sytemes dont get move out side the stanadard Sector.

[@christophstuwe4330]

Hey, please add Exotica Technologies! You can add it midgame and it makes the game harder and you can tune your own ships even more. Also it is an awesome moneysink.

[@davidhoward1731]

have you considered allowing transverse jumping into systems from nascent gravity wells?

[@AsherGames]

I have and that is exactly half of the reason why it's banned.

[@TTBNC]

whhiiich mod made that "regards from beyond" to occur? i haven't seen a mod/event/weapon that did that.

[@AsherGames]

I honestly don't know. But that was an awesome surprise. Ruthless Sector would be my guess.

[@TTBNC]

@@AsherGames I'd guess that'd be it I'll try some testing of it later if that is the case, cause that is hilarious that it just had occurred nearly out of the blue!

[@radekplug]

uaf is actualy most op factino and hivers to becuse weapons uaf becuse semibrve torpedo this torpedo can one low tech low level stions and even low tech do mid tech capital size ships i hivers can kill hole sector few cycles by few i mean 1-3 years in game. there is called save delition action mod but is outdated and can use delete save on death hole fleet and exit game.

[@AsherGames]

Yes, I very purposefully chose UAF as a faction this time for about the reason you describe. Their power level is substantially high. And they might very well not be on my side.

[@sirfenixxumbra6626]

hey, why not try to contraband organs and drugs to pirates

[@AsherGames]

That's generally a good play, although it's interesting how the hiver tendency to "produce everything" has kind of screwed up the economy.

[@brokentoes6721]

Daily episodes?

[@AsherGames]

I'd love to, but definitely consistent episodes.

[@Jkauppa]

star control much?

[@Jkauppa]

space empires V much?

[@Jkauppa]

space ranger much?

[@Melganor]

Meh