Mods/Luyten Civil War

Original campaign by TopAce & swashmebuckle Mission Upgrades & Graphic Changes by Novachen [hr] Capella happened. Not only did the GTVA lose an entire system, most of the 3rd Fleet, but there are innumerable Capellan refugees left homeless by the cataclysm. The GTVA General Assembly hurriedly passed an act to facilitate sheltering the refugees in far-away systems, including Luyten. At first, the Luytenian Government, presided by the controversial Chancellor McCleskey, saw great potential in the new arrivals. They hoped that the influx of able-bodied workforce would help fix the declining regional economy. However, the demographic shift turned out to be unfavorable. Within months, Luyten suffered its deepest economic crisis in its history. The populace blamed the Capellans and the ever-unpopular McCleskey government for the recession. The GTVA General Assembly would be willing to interfere with the McCleskey government's internal affairs, but the Beta Aquilae Convention grants them with no such power. Before BETAC could have been accordingly amended, the ruling government suffered a devastating defeat in the elections. The new Chancellor is Edward Keyes, who is determined to "purify" Luyten of its unwelcome guests and to enact unorthodox economic policies to cure the recession. Emboldened by sweeping popular support, the Chancellor announced that Luyten no longer recognized the GTVA's jurisdiction. When it appeared that the crisis could be solved through diplomacy, three high-ranking GTVA dignitaries were abducted and stoned to death in daylight by an angry mob of anti-Alliance protesters. Peter Lindres, Special Operations Command, submitted a report the next day, showing indisputable evidence that Chancellor Keyes knew about the abduction, but let it happen. To make matters worse, intelligence reports that news of the diplomats' deaths was welcomed by extremist underground movements in Laramis and Barnard's Star as well. Fearing that prior events would trigger a domino effect, the GTVA Security Council assembled and voted in favor of a forceful military intervention to Luyten. Their goal: get rid of Keyes and his closest associates. [i]Be prepared, pilot. Your hull is failing, your weapons are depleting, and time is running out.[/i][br] [br] [b][u]Notes:[/u][/b] • Missions have been thoroughly tested on Medium, and to some extent on Easy and Hard as well. • Where available, the missions have been tested in the bomber role as well. Some missions play out differently in the bomber role. • The Hecate's turrets are more durable than in retail. Also the anti-fighter beams don't pierce shields. • Wingmen are autonomous, and the missions were tested (mostly) without player-issued orders. There are some scenarios where it is implied, or explicitly stated, through dialog that you had better find a good tactic and order your wingmen accordingly. • The default hotkey assignments are:      • F5 - Friendly fighters      • F6 - Friendly bombers      • F7 - Hostile fighters      • F8 - Hostile bombers [hr] [b]Changelog:[/b][br] [i]1.1.4-Nova -> 1.1.5-Nova[/i] • MediaVPs 4.3.X compatibility. • Fixed a background bug in "Encounter" & "From My Cold, Dead Hands". [i]1.1.3-Nova -> 1.1.4-Nova[/i] • MediaVPs 4.1.X compatibility. • Included an enhanced GTEP Hermes model, that is used in "Uncertainties". • Fixed some model table bugs. • Cleaned up the yellowneb-str.tbm from nebula bitmaps, that were never part of any released version. • Deleted most nameplates again. Now only ships have nameplates, that have an official name given by the developer (except Apate of course) [i]1.1.2-Nova -> 1.1.3-Nova[/i] • Edited LCW-mod.tbm to ignore all other FreeSpace2 missions. • Nameplates for every ship, even for those in cutscenes. • Changed the name of the GTCv Jackal into GTCv Apate, because there is already a GTC Jackal in another mission of this campaign. • Fixed the Leipzig spelling error in the missions "Encounter" and "Life". • Deleted the Suns from the mission "The Hunter and the Hunted". [i]1.1.1-Nova -> 1.1.2-Nova[/i] • Compatibility Checks for MediaVPs 3.8.X. [i]1.1 (Last Original release) -> 1.1.1-Nova[/i] • Changed events in "From My Cold, Dead Hands" to make the Scanning objective for the four Investigation Point possible. • Added the starfield.pof to"Life is a Cycle". • Added a customized flashes configuration for LCW ships and weapons. • Added Radar Symbols for all ships. • Added a species.tbl that includes both parts of the Timeline of Luyten Civil War.