RIG Unique Shipset 4.0 (OUTDATED)

NEW BIOSHIPS VERSION FOUND HERE https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3531000972&tscn=1755437254 For best compat, put my mod first so other mods, such as UI mods, load over mine. RIG Unique Shipset Hello. I'm Gray. It’s my great pleasure to present to the Stellaris community, my massive many years-long project. The total conversion, RIG Unique Shipset. A mod like no others. I think.... What Does It Do? In the base game, your choice of shipset is effectively meaningless. Avians, Mammalians, Lithiods, whatever. You'll receive the same ships and weapons. Thus the same play style, every time. RIG seeks to change this. Pictured below is a comparison, highlighting a 'meta' build from just one (1) of sixteen (16) factions to choose from. Vanilla Meta Cruiser. RIG Humanoid Meta Cruiser. I hope that got your attention, because this isn’t just a typical ship rework or 'new hulls' mod. Unlike other ship mods, RIG is an intensive combat tech-tree rework; An entire art rework featuring S M L XL icons for everything relevant; A massive AI rework to accommodate the new play styles; As well as role bonuses for each ship, to help promote each ship's personality within a fleet. Such as the humble Arthropoid Corvette. RIG Arthropoid Corvette. Each ship has a ‘role bonus’ that guides its personality in the fleet. This bonus levels up as you progress the tech tree, then alters based on your ascension perk choices. As can be seen in the above image, the Psychic role bonus is a possible choice for this Arthropoid. Lets talk more about ascend perks. Ascend Perks As mentioned, in RIG, your ascend perk will have an enormous impact on your ship designs and play style. Some choices are synergistic, some asymmetric. Some just outright insane and absurd. From top to bottom, the ascend perk paths are as follows. Archaeological Synthetic (bio>machine) Machine (only) Hivemind (only) Biological Psychic CRISIS (become Crisis) --- Fallen Empire (cosmogenisis in the workshop photos) --