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.
The upcoming update that will be released Soon(TM) will feature a bit of a rework to Grand Moff Ardus Kaine.
Kaine is an economic and defensive oriented Warlord, but his titan the Reaper did not have the same impact on games as the other factions. To mitigate this, the Deploy Defenders ability has been removed from Kaine. In its place, his previous ultimate ability, New Order Enforcer, has been adjusted and placed as a regular ability. This gives Kaine a heal at level 1 that can immediately synergize with Logistics, and is a powerful fleet buff to his forces even at level 1. This can help him remain competitive in mid game fights to gain Titan experience.
But best of all, Kaine now has a new Ultimate Ability, Pentastar Talks. Based on Kaine's founding of the Pentastar Alignment aboard the Reaper, Pentastar Talks is similar to the TEC Armistice in that it prevents both allied an enemy ships from fighting or taking damage. However, it applies to the entire gravity well, so long as Kaine remains in it.
Pentastar Talks has a very unique secondary effect if used at a planet with a minor faction however. It will immediately force the minor faction to join Kaine's Empire. This applies even to minor factions already controlled by another faction, and even if that other player has a starbase protecting the embassy.
This means Kaine at level 6 can grab all the minor factions on the map much easier than anyone else late game. Even better, he does not leave an embassy behind that can be attacked. The only way to reclaim a minor faction taken by Pentastar Talks is to kill Kaine himself. And killing a Super Star Destroyer is a lot more difficult task than unarmed diplomants.
You can play this new version of Grand Moff Kaine in the Interregnum Beta 2.5 update.