MES Zebra Monkeys Mercenaries

This mod utilises MES and Rival AI to turn all 16 ships from the Survival Unlikely Finale into an NPC mod faction, the Zebra Monkeys Mercenaries (ZMM) will attack the highest value target they can detect, having a strong dislike of anyone with broadcasting antennas/beacons and will also attack anything that gets too close. Often travelling in pairs they are not to be trifled with, packing upgraded thrusters allowing for superior maneuverability and a tendency to ram as a last resort.

All the chat messages in this mod have the chat author as being the person who piloted the ship in the SU Finale, chat messages are a mixture of direct quotes from it, references to it, and to them being Mercenaries.

For the Bitter Pill and Walrus the versions that spawn will depend on the mods loaded in the world, if the Defense Shield mod is loaded then the versions with those shields will spawn, if the mod is not loaded than they will spawn as versions that have greatly increased grid strength, to approximate the strength of a shield (or think of it as Plot Armor if you prefer :) )

The ZMM Mercenaries will only spawn as Space/Lunar Cargo Ships, and will not pursue targets into gravity greater than 0.25g. All spawns (except for the Boss Encounters) have Threat Score minimums, so players will not be seeing them starting out and will have a chance to get built up first.

Ship List

ZMM-The-Angery-Guppy, created and piloted by Eisen. ZMM-Skvander, created and piloted by Eisen. ZMM-BCI-Rustler, created by Eisen and piloted by Dragnon. ZMM-Smoker-Scout, created by Eisen and piloted by Dragnon. ZMM-Defiant, created and piloted by Trekker. ZMM-GRZ-Apollo, created and piloted by Gruzzob. ZMM-JXS-Strabo, created and piloted by Jexsam. ZMM-JXS-Kukri, created and piloted by Jexsam. ZMM-Corvette-65-Explorer, created by Kushnir [UA] and piloted by Remaarn. ZMM-Exploration-Ship-V3 (Brown, Green, Purple variants), modifed versions of a vanilla ship that were created and piloted by Pav. ZMM-MRE-Bitter-Pill, created and piloted by Capac Amaru. ZMM-Walrus-Orbital-Combat-Shuttle, created and piloted by Splitsie.

As the 4 Boss Encounters included in this mod can cause the game to stall for 3-6 seconds when spawning in the ships it is HIGHLY recommended to disable them if this mod is being used on a Dedicated Server where players aren't all working together. Below is the chat commands for doing so.

Blacklisting Boss Encounters Commands

/MES.Settings.General.NpcSpawnGroupBlacklist.Add.ZMM-Boss-Encounter-Regular /MES.Settings.General.NpcSpawnGroupBlacklist.Add.ZMM-Boss-Encounter-Shielded /MES.Settings.General.NpcSpawnGroupBlacklist.Add.ZMM-Boss-Encounter-Cloning-Machine-Malfunction-Regular /MES.Settings.General.NpcSpawnGroupBlacklist.Add.ZMM-Boss-Encounter-Cloning-Machine-Malfunction-Shielded

Thanks to all the ship creators and pilots for giving permission to be included in this mod. Thanks to Meridus IX/Lucas for creating MES and Rival AI. Thanks to Splitsie and Capac for providing many hours of entertainment and allowing me to include the Walrus and Bitter Pill in this mod.

Splitsie YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1Crbon9_pHDEXm5aKHTeAQ Capac YouTube https://www.youtube.com/user/capacamaru Survival Unlikely Finale YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8GCBCluf5HA&t=5406s Thumbnail Skybox https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=353579632

Don't republish this mod (unlisted for a server/personal use is fine) as I don't want the hassle of issuing a DMCA but I will if necessary.