Mods/Shepherds

Darkness looms on the horizon. The apocalypse approaches. A desperate struggle for survival begins. As allied forces begin their last retreat from the nebula, the GTVA Security Council has authorized the deployment of the GTD Ionia to cover the allied fleet's withdrawal. Join the 78th Silverbacks in a battle against time as the Shivan invasion leaves both them and thousands of allied survivors trapped behind enemy lines, all while hunted by a ruthless adversary. Shepherds is a campaign set near the end of the Second Shivan Incursion, and a direct sequel to Walls Closing. Fight your way home across 10 missions and 2 cutscenes, with awesome new Command Briefing animations by Mjn.Mixael. Engage a reinvigorated foe powered with Fury AI, all while enraptured by music tracks from the Freespace Soundtrack Expansion Project, created by ShadowsOfLight. Version 1.2 features new content, from skyboxes to scripts and minor additions to existing missions. This update also contains many edits and fixes to mission events and dialogue. Released on FSO version 23.3.0-20231211. Please use this nightly or a later one, otherwise the final mission may not function properly. MVP version 4.7.1 A full credits list is contained in the mod's directory, as well as in the ending cutscene.