Klingon Academy II: The General War mod for Star Trek: Armada II

Based upon the hit space combat simulator by Interplay/14 Degrees East, Klingon Academy Total Conversion (KATC for short) was released for Star Trek Armada in 2003. Now, 3 years later, I have decided to update this mod using the knowledge I have gained in those years, and for Armada's sequel, Armada II. In addition to being a remake of the original KATC, Kingon Academy II: The General War will build upon the features of its predecessor, adding more races, better sound and graphical effects, and enhanced gameplay (partly thanks to the new game engine).

At the time of writing, the playable races that KA2: The General War will feature are as follows:-

- The United Federation of Planets
- The Klingon Empire
- The Romulan Star Empire
- The Gorn Confederacy
- The Tholian Assembly
- The Interstellar Concordium

Other races that will feature in the single player campaign and/or as map units are:-

- The Orion Pirates
- The Sha'Kurian Duchies
- The Hydran Kingdom

Some of the playable races will also have campaign and/or map only units, often obsolete or rare types (The Federation Reserve Fleet in the campaign is equiped entirely with TOS Era vessels, and several older Klingon types also make an appearance, with some very powerful and rarely seen Gorn and Tholian vessels entering the fray also)

Each playable race also possesses "hero" ships, such as the USS Enterprise-A and the USS Excelsior for the Federation, or IKS Qo'Nos 1 for the Klingons.

Each playable race has different traits, depending on how they act and react in the Star Trek universe. For example, the Federation has the ability to detect cloaked ships with powerful probe nets and monitoring stations, and its ships are well rounded vessels, the klingons can construct mobile bases and repair yards which can be disassembled down to towable components, and their vessels are weaker than those of the Federation, but generally more manoverable (represented by being harder to hit) and pack more of a punch for their size.

The same basic classes of warship exist for all races (the non-combat types from A2 remain essentially the same)

These classes are:

Escort (EC)
Frigate/Battle Frigate (FF)
Scout (Based on FF Hull)
Destroyer (DD)
Light Cruiser (CL)
Cruiser/Heavy Cruiser (CA)
Torpedo Cruiser (TCA)
Command Cruiser (CC)
Battlecruiser/Heavy Battlecruiser (BC/BCH)
Dreadnought (DN)
Battleship (BB)

These do vary between races, some races having more than one type of Cruiser, others missing certain classes altogether. Each vessel has more tactical flexibility than in A2. All ships are equiped with tractor beams, the ability to launch probes, and several other systems (still in planning).
Also unlike in A2, every class of ship has Warp Drive, with its speed varying between the type of vessel (non-combat vessels are generally slower) and different races (For example, the Klingons and Romulans possess more primitive warp drives than the Federation, and so their ships travel at a lower warp speed than the Federation) Ship physics have also been improved in more subtle ways, with smaller ships being more manouverable (turn quicker, accellerate and decellerate faster) than larger vessels.

Each race will also feature a unique ship, station or group of abilities. For the time being, these (true to their ingame status) are classified.

The stellar landscape is also undergoing some major changes. Every class of planet from the Star Trek Universe will be making an appearance (Even some subclasses for some types) and existing phenomena such as Blackholes, Asteroid belts etc will be overhauled to look and act more true to Klingon Academy. Some planets will also gain rings or upper atmospheres, which will act like their counterparts in KA. While originally in Armada, Stars were removed from Armada II, and so they shall be readded. Nebuale will also be overhauled, with the metaphasic nebulae being removed (no such nebula type exists in KA).

The Storyline (the bit I am sure your all waiting for) is too large for me to type here, but is available in the "What is this mod about" thread in the Klingon Academy II: The General War subforum at Armadafleetcommand.com/afc