Long ago, when the word 'Hiigara' rang only as a hollow dream, the kiith of Kharak never imagined they would walk the Path to Victory. But, when they reclaimed their Homeworld and proclaimed themselves 'Hiigaran', they believed they had reached their goal. How wrong they were. 150 years after Hiigaran landfall, conflict rages across the Galaxy... Path to Victory is a multiplayer and skirmish mod for Homeworld 2 that adds new units to both Vaygr and Hiigaran Races as well as enabling the Keepers, Raiders and Kadeshi as playable races.
Kiith Manaan has been strongly influenced by the combat tactics of The Invisble, the cult of revenge-driven pilots that flew Spectres during the First Hiigaran War.
Not only has Kiith Manaan adapted their cloaking technology which allows them to execute deadly surprise attacks but they have modified all ships capable of cloaking with advanced engines that can draw power from the disabled weapons systems and cloak generators and re-route this power to their drive systems.
Referred to as the 'Silent Migration' these ships boost their engines considerably when cloaked, allowing the Manaani to not only execute deadly ambushes but do so with increased mobility. Silent Migration can be used to get ships into ambush positions or out of combat in short order.
Gameplay Descriptions:
Grants +50% movement speed when cloaked.
Avaliable for:
Interceptor
Torpedo Bomber
Torpedo Frigate
Cruiser
Seems to be a frigate, is it?
It's the cruiser
yep - hiigaran cruiser as shown a few weeks back
So wait, the Manaan have NOS?
you're gonna have to help me out here... NOS?
The chemical compound Nitrous Oxide (N2O) is known for its use in racing, mostly due to its common use in racing games. Probably the largest distrubutor of N2O injection kits is the company NOS. The games borrow from this fact, and usually call anything that boosts the speed of your car NOS or incorrectly NO2. NOS in games often has blue/purple flames shoot out of the exhaust pipes of a car. There is definitely a resemblence to what you have here.
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well any resemblane wasn't intended xD but good to know =D
*sigh* Yes I suppose it is a little like permenant Nitro when cloaked
Hiigaran are really going in for purple now. Purple ions, pulsars, and engine trails.
must...resist....must....dammnit ITS FAAABULOUS! lol! excellent work.
awesome idea :D but this background is new isn't?
yep - again me playing with gimp and 2d effects,