This is Novachen's upgraded version of the Luyten Civil War Campaign for FreeSpace2 in Version 1.1.4-Nova.
This is the manual archive, that does not contain a preconfigured wxLauncher profile, but it is usable for Linux and Macintosh aswell.
What is this campaign about?
Capella happened. Not only did the GTVA lose an entire system, most of the 3rd Fleet, but there are innumerable Capellan refugees left homeless by the cataclysm. The GTVA General Assembly hurriedly passed an act to facilitate sheltering the refugees in far-away systems, including Luyten. At first, the Luytenian Government, presided by the controversial Chancellor McCleskey, saw great potential in the new arrivals. They hoped that the influx of able-bodied workforce would help fix the declining regional economy.
However, the demographic shift turned out to be unfavorable. Within months, Luyten suffered its deepest economic crisis in its history. The populace blamed the Capellans and the ever-unpopular McCleskey government for the recession. The GTVA General Assembly would be willing to interfere with the McCleskey government's internal affairs, but the Beta Aquilae Convention grants them with no such power. Before BETAC could have been accordingly amended, the ruling government suffered a devastating defeat in the elections. The new Chancellor is Edward Keyes, who is determined to "purify" Luyten of its unwelcome guests and to enact unorthodox economic policies to cure the recession. Emboldened by sweeping popular support, the Chancellor announced that Luyten no longer recognized the GTVA's jurisdiction.
When it appeared that the crisis could be solved through diplomacy, three high-ranking GTVA dignitaries were abducted and stoned to death in daylight by an angry mob of anti-Alliance protesters. Peter Lindres, Special Operations Command, submitted a report the next day, showing indisputable evidence that Chancellor Keyes knew about the abduction, but let it happen. To make matters worse, intelligence reports that news of the diplomats' deaths was welcomed by extremist underground movements in Laramis and Barnard's Star as well.
Fearing that prior events would trigger a domino effect, the GTVA Security Council assembled and voted in favor of a forceful military intervention to Luyten. Their goal: get rid of Keyes and his closest associates.
Contents:
- Luyten Civil War campaign with 16 missions.
- 14 new Ships/Stations.
- 14 new Weapons.
What is different to the original files?
- Two bugfixed mission.
- Radar symbols for every ship.
- Both parts of the timeline, that were released on the ModDB page, are readable through the intelligence section of the Technical Database.
Requirements:
Installation:
Extract this into your FreeSpace2 Folder and select "Luyten Civil War" as the active mod in your wxLauncher.
Changelog:
1.1.3-Nova -> 1.1.4-Nova
- Compatibility Checks for MediaVPs 4.0.X.
1.1.2-Nova -> 1.1.3-Nova
- Edited LCW-mod.tbm to ignore all other FreeSpace2 missions.
- Nameplates for every ship, even for those in cutscenes.
- Changed the name of the GTCv Jackal into GTCv Apate, because there is already a GTC Jackal in another mission of this campaign.
- Fixed the Leipzig spelling error in the missions "Encounter" and "Life".
- Deleted the Suns from the mission "The Hunter and the Hunted" because it is a full nebula mission.
1.1.1-Nova -> 1.1.2-Nova
- Compatibility Checks for MediaVPs 3.8.X.
- Edited LCW-mod.tbm to ignore all other FreeSpace2 missions.
1.1 -> 1.1.1-Nova
- Changed events in LCW-10.fs2 "From My Cold, Dead Hands" to make the Scanning objective for the four Investigation Point possible.
- Added the starfield.pof to LCW-ending.fs2 "Life is a Cycle".
- Added a customized flashes configuration for LCW ships and weapons.
- Added Radar Symbols for all ships.
- Added a species.tbl that includes both parts of the Timeline of Luyten Civil War.
