About Formic Invasion
From Steam WorkshopIntroduction This mod adds Aggressive Modded NPC encounters to planets. What Are The Formic? The Formic are an enemy faction that initially appeared on the Ball&ChainGaming Saturday Survival stream…
Introduction
This mod adds Aggressive Modded NPC encounters to planets.
What Are The Formic?
The Formic are an enemy faction that initially appeared on the Ball&ChainGaming Saturday Survival stream towards the end of their first season (episodes The Unexpected and Formic Finale). It is assumed that they are an alien race that captures and feeds on humans (and possibly other species). Beyond that, not much else is currently known about them, other than they appear to have fairly advanced and destructive technology available to them.
Mod Inspiration
When introduced on the streams, these enemies were initially player controlled in a GM styled encounter. The battles that took place looked really fun and engaging, so I wanted to try to recreate that experience as an NPC encounter mod.
Encounter Details
These encounters will only appear on planets with Atmosphere. They'll primarily spawn on Mars, but will also have a rare chance to appear on other eligible planets as well. The more hostile encounters will not appear until you've progressed a fair bit (built up your base/ships/defenses/etc). The Formic ships utilize modded weapons and other utilities (ie shields, nanobots, etc) and some can fire beyond the 800m distance, so use caution when these enemies are present.
Requirements
In-Game Scripts should be enabled in your world options when using this mod. A handful of other other mods are also required and should auto-load when this mod is loaded.
Special Thanks
Huge thanks to Master Scarlett and clonk2u for providing the ships used in this mod. And thanks to DirectedEnergy, Naburine, and the entire Ball&Chain Community for creating the inspiration for these encounters!
Master Scarlett's Workshop clonk2u's Workshop Ball & Chain Gaming Youtube Channel Ball & Chain Gang Discord
Resources
Join The Modular Encounters Collection Discord Server for News, Updates, and Support.
Highlights
From source dataFootprint
Rated a light load on a server.
Last update
Its author last shipped an update 7 yr ago.
Formic Invasion on Nxeon
From our catalogue- One-click install
- Not available. One-click install isn't available for this game's mods yet. Download it and upload it to your server in Files.
- Server load
- light
- Smallest plan we suggest
- Space Engineers — 8 GB (8 GB RAM). This follows our own load rating above, not a benchmark.
- Latest build
- 2019-07-23, released 2019-07-23
Game versions by loader
| Loader | Game versions | Newest |
|---|---|---|
| Workshop |
From 1 recorded build of Formic Invasion.
Dependencies
- Required: Nanobot Build and Repair System
- Required: NPC Programming Extender
- Required: Revived Large Ship Railguns (With penetration and shield damage!)
- Required: Modular Encounters Systems
- Required: Directed Energy Weapons - Semi-obsolete
- Required: steam_workshop project 2075775360 (steam_workshop, not in our catalogue)
Declared by the newest build that lists any. Required ones are installed with it on one-click installs.
Run Formic Invasion on a Space Engineers server
Deploy a server above, then upload the file in Files.
What kind of mod it is
From the catalogCreatures & NPCs
Adds or changes creatures, NPCs and how they behave.
Compatibility
- Game
- Space Engineers
Verified at the source
- ✓Steam WorkshopOfficial listing, checked 2026-11-01Open ↗
- ✓AuthorMeridius_IX / Lucas, as published on Steam Workshop
- ✓LicenseNot published by the sourceFree
