Advanced Weapons (4.3+)

Compatibility fix Major update and overhaul for Advanced Weapons This originally started as a version compatibility but has since grown into a substantial rebalance and rework. General overview: This mod adds many late/end-game weapons and a handful of utilities to make your ships and starbases and defense platforms potentially-threatening even to fallen empires and crisis factions. Amoeba Strike Craft: Amoeba-based strike craft enhancements to the vanilla variety, with an "Egg" bomber type that focuses on maximizing damage at the expense of being less maneuverable and a "Shark" type that excels at attacking other strike craft and even missiles. Later models are shielded for added survivability. Particle Projector Cannons: Powerful all-rounder weapons with no real weaknesses without any exceptional strengths but range. Twin Kinetic Artillery: Improved versions of the base Kinetic Artillery with better range and shield-punching abilities. Twin Autocannons: Devastating close-range hailstorms of bullets that shred shields and exposed hull but have issues with armor. Bigger Mass Accelerators: Improved versions of the base Mass Accelerators with better range and shield-stripping (and punching) abilities, and even mitigating some of the weaknesses of the base Better Lance Batteries: Devastating long-range beam weapons that struggle with shields, but devastate both armor and hull. Crystalline Missiles: Explosive missiles and torpedoes (both G-slot) that bypass shields and scale their damage with the target size. Very effective at attacking capital ships. Crystalline Sliver Missiles: Variations on the above for S and M slots with a small size-scaling damage bonus. Fast time to target with low health and low evasion. Now you, too, can have your very own Carnival (Arpeggio of Blue Steel reference) in space! (New 2/14/23) Crystalline Cruise Missiles: A further variation on crystalline missiles for L slots. They have a size-scaling bonus in between Missiles and Sliver Swarms wi