Organic Devouring Swarm v4.x

Upcoming Patch/DLC -- The new DLC expanding on Hive Minds should not impact this since this Civic is stand-alone. Nor will I be requiring the latest DLC as a prerequisite. I intend to check if the DLC impacts this mod. This mod was always intended to address non-Biogenesis DLC Hive Minds. Want one still compatible with Stellaris v3? Go here. Gnashing jaws, acidic orifices, fleshy tendril appendages, and the ever ravenous hunger. The singular mind of many looks upon the ocean of stars and opens its maw. This is an alternative to the normal Devouring Swarm civic for Hive Minds. This is a lightweight mod that only adds a single Civic to Hive Minds in conjunction with Devouring Swarm on race creation. AI factions will not select this Civic. Non-Lithoid races only. In Conjunction? Devouring Swarm is nestled in a lot of code. It would take digging through thousands of lines of code to find and add my own exceptions to ensure it works. The best I could do was make this work as an enhancement to the base Devouring Swarm. To compensate for the lack of another civic, it was combined with Ascetic. Summary: Base Devouring Swarm Civic. Base Ascetic Civic. Hull +75% Shields -80% Assault Army Damage +30% Assault Army HP -30% Army Collateral Damage +30% All Army Build Times -60% All Army Upkeep -50% Starbase Ship Build Speed +50% Additional Hull Regen +35% Additional Armor Regen +35% Why? One: The base Devouring Swarm did not feel like it was biological in nature. I wanted them more along the lines of the Zerg from Starcraft or the Bugs from Starship Troopers. Two: Stellaris is remarkably well documented and was easy to mod for. The developers are meticulous with commenting their code and the Wiki pages are good references. Regeneration My original research and the game text says it is a daily regeneration bonus. However, testing revealed it is not calculated daily. A destroyer with 390 armor was tested with 5% daily regeneration. In one game month (30