Weakest Hi-tech Enjoyer Versus Strongest Hegemony Commander

"The Afflictor's unparalleled speed coupled with its ability to destroy targets vastly above its weight class gave it immense proficiency in assassination and sabotage missions. The low capital and maintenance costs have made it attractive to disruptive elements. Skilled hostile pilots with the craft are only to be engaged with frigates and destroyers fitted with omni-sheilds, and under no circumstances are capital ships or carriers to be fielded." -Hegemony Archives, Handbook on 2nd Century Insurgent Elements
"Brothers, the scourge of Moloch is upon us! We must turn these accursed vessels that defile all that is sacred against those that have brought them into this world! May the viper die by its own venom!" - Transmission from Afflictor-class vessel, "Blindside", approaching Eochu Bres Star-fortress
"Brother Cotton's effectiveness in the craft cannot be denied, but it is a hubristic tactic that distracts other followers from the pursuit of the true weapons against Molloch: sabotage, espionage, and recruitment! It is against both Ludd and better judgement to attempt to face those who work against the Path in the realm of the stars." -
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[@astillia6073]

Brother Cotton in a Phase ship is cursed

[@bobbemis8911]

"No I don't think it's a contradiction. It's a, uh, spiritual journey. You're tested. But it's like they say, the devils in the details" -Ludd's footsoldiers holodoc, interview with a Pather engineer

[@omaramrani2036]

Ironically its very plausible since lore wise he is said to be much less radical about technology use, and commonly twists the rules of the Luddic Path. If a high tech frigate is going to advance his goals he would have no problem using it.

[@kirbyvontraumland9447]

You know the difference between the low-tech hegemony doctrine and hi-tech phase ships is how they answer the Ship of Theseus problem

[@tbopetc4390]

And what's the difference?

[@DroneFragger]

Brother Cotton canonically listens to freebird whenever flying. He even mentions it once when he offers you tea. That he's heard the music.

[@josienakamura4967]

The biggest space chad i have ever fucking had the pleasure to lay my eyes on

[@maiLman__]

Exactly. If they didn't want me to like the space terrorists, why did they make them so right, so profitable, and Brother Cotton so cool?

[@normieloser6969]

@@maiLman__ Guys he said that he has become more chill on the child murdering and stuff so I guess we're cool now. The former super terrorist is only a bit terroristy now

[@bryantan8654]

Ngl thought this was gonna be a montage of the bloody Gremlin soloing the remnant lmao. Then reread the title.

[@nonya1366]

And that's how the AI wars ended kids. By being Human.

[@Kingofdragons117]

Turn off the flashbangs man.

[@maiLman__]

No, it's not the same without the risk of an epileptic seizure

[@cemoguz2786]

lol@@maiLman__

[@LacunaIntroRiot]

Whats your build? Never seem to make Afflictor work for me but I'm not a very competent space captain anyway.

[@maiLman__]

It's nothing too crazy. Just 2 antimatterblasters, 2 reapers. Safety overrides, phase anchor. Built in phase coil adjunct (optional) and missle racks. Take relevant skills like faster phase in and out, maneuverability, faster system recharge and extra missles if you want. It's still pretty effective even without the skills though, just feeeels way better with them

[@TrollBTD]

Why do you have other phase ships in your fleet? Won’t that impact the skill?

[@maiLman__]

​@TrollBTD it'll get rid of the phase anchor emergency jump for the other ships when used during that battle, but the more important thing is the 4x faster cooldown on the weapons in phase space, which is essential for the antimatter blasters. The other way I'm using it in the video is just retreating if the phase anchor pops, and re-engaging to reset it, giving me zero risk engagements at the cost of the combat readiness of the vessel, then just taking command of an identical afflictor. This allows for this dumb playstyle you see in the video of just bodying anything without omnisheilds and good Flux capacity. No risk means you can get in enemies faces, throw close range reapers, and accidentally blow yourself up a few times without worrying about the consequences, assuming you brought enough phase ships to whittle them down

[@SargentGunnery]

Dude, really good montage!

[@maiLman__]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@NaokiP72]

Is there a James Earl Jones voice model yet? I'd love to hear Daud's lines from meeting with the player set to his voice

[@maiLman__]

Im using eleven labs, so I should be able to put something together just from inputing his voice. Like shepherd's voice came out nice and clean cause he has so many high quality, consistent recorded voice lines. Kinda gotta do a different voice model for each emotion though, otherwise it's kinda a roll of the dice. Like Cotton right now is actually the "wheres your power armour!" guy from fallout 2, and it took a bit to get him to sound even halfway consistent, cause his inflection in the samples is all over the place!

[@joesomebody3365]

Always had the most trouble with the phase ships, ha ha. Great use of voice lines though.

[@nonyabisness6306]

nerfed but not forgotten.

[@maiLman__]

Yeah, that update really killed the speed and survivability of phase ships, but damn if the introduction of phase anchor and its cool down doesn't just make everything just FEEL good Can't solo a starfortress with a harbinger as easy anymore though, so 0/10

[@nonyabisness6306]

@@maiLman__ it was very broken, but personally i don't like nerfing fun. phase anchor kinda brings them back to where they where before, but playing a little bit differently.

[@Pooperz100]

I AM… EXCELSIOR!!!!!!!

[@m.taufikfatur603]

Midline Fills the line

[@maiLman__]

Beginning Hegemony script is a partially edited portion from Thaago's nice little story comment from this thread: www.reddit.com/r/starsector/comments/159qjni/your_lifelong_buddy_offers_you_this_contract_wyd/

[@EssigSaureEthylEster]

Nice meme, but please dont flashbang