Star Wars: Interregnum is an upcoming mod for Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion that builds off of the highly successful Enhanced 4X Mod. Fleeing the unknown terror that is chasing the Vasari, the factions of Sins of a Solar Empire stumble on a temporary wormhole that takes them to a galaxy far, far away. The sudden arrival of armadas with trillions of refugees and thousands of warships between the events of Episodes 5 & 6 forever alters the Star Wars universe and plunges the galaxy into an unprecedented period of chaos and violence. Begun, a new conflict has.
One of the more recent additions to the Star Wars universe, the Raider class Corvette is a light escort ship produced by Kuat Drive Yards. A versatile warship, the Raider was mainly used to protect larger Imperial capitalships from attack by smaller vessels, from Starfighters to other Corvettes. Ironically this meant its main competition was another Kuat Drive Yards vessel, the Lancer Frigate. Where as the Lancer was larger and more specialized however, the Raider was more modern and could operate with a fraction of the crew. It also fit in better with recent Imperial aesthetics thanks to it sharing the same designer of the Imperial Star Destroyer, Lira Wessex. The ship was not initially a success however due to the Empire's slowness to adapt to Rebel antifighter tactics, and thus only a limited number were built by the Battle of Endor.
In game the Raider will become the antifighter frigate for the Imperial Warlords. The Galactic Empire will continue to use the Lancer Frigate. Because the Warlords have greater manpower (and fleet supply) restrictions, this ship's strengths fit them better. I hope this will also please those of you who asked for unique ships for the Empire and Warlords. :-D
I edited one of these comments because it double posted for some reason. Perhaps the website sensed my excitement or something. All I need now is the Nebulon-B Escort Frigate rather than Hospital Frigate for Warlords and I be happiest ever xP
Well... its not for the Warlords exactly, but the Escort version of the Nebulon-B will be in the next release as well... :p
Dang it! My Warlord Star Destroyers need some escorting frigates xP
Well, it could happen, sometimes...
YESSSS! YESSSSS!!! I was actually going to ask about the Raider being added to Int... YESSSSSS!!!
SOGE added it first
You realize that this mod and SOGE closely work together? it was Interregnum that gave SOGE it's hanger shield effects while SOGE shares it's ship models with Int Victory, Victory-II, Venator, Immobilizer and Vindicator now the Raider.
All the Star Destroyers you mentioned were actually made by Max of Star Trek Armada 3. We're both buddies with him so they weren't really made for one mod or the other. For example, Interregnum technically showed off his Liberty model first; it really just depends who gets around to getting screenshots up first. :p
I forgot about the Liberty but yes he is very skilled, I couldn't remember where the models came from originally I just know your mod and SOGE work together sharing stuff.
I do have to thank SoGE for doing some of the work for this, however this model has been around for a while for EaW mods. The actual modeler is a cool guy named Warb Null, and both this mod and SoGE use a lot of his work! :-D
Also I've started making some of my own improvements to this model, which I will gladly share with SoGE if they want it.
I am a huge fan of both mods. I'm die hard Star Wars and love the divergent story line you came up with. One ability that is missing I feel is capturing other factions ships, not just frigates and cruisers but capital ships as well. Sins of the fallen managed to work this ability in and it adds a nice twist to gameplay
Thanks you. That reminds me it seems about time to start working on another lore update! :-D
Downright capturing any capitalship your opponent has like Sins of the Fallen probably won't happen. However the next update will include a random encounter that will let any faction get Venators and Providence class capitalships.
What about the occasional Lucrehulk? that was the real first test for the Death Star's superlaser when the Rebellion attempted an assault.
Maybe one day, but the ship is not currently in use, and we might yet have a better use for it eventually. :p
I am Familiar with EAW, one of my favorite games before SOSE came out
both great mods
Its nice to see some differentiation for the sub-factions!
DAT SINGLE ENGINE AFT
Isn't this from the board game?
Yup, the X-wing and Armada miniature games. :-) It has a bit of lore but never really appeared in any canon or legends material, so it is a bit of a judgement call to give it to the Warlords.
I love its design! Great job ^-^
That thing is ******* sexy. I like.