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Aliens OXP v1.2 is now available - see release post.


This OXP adds mysterious and unknown Alien ships to the Ooniverse. There are three varieties, and they will only appear rarely, and in different locations based on their behaviour and characteristics.
These are new races and are unknown to GalCop, so your Scanner Targeting Enhancer will not be able to identify them. They will be named simply as 'Alien', and will normally appear as 'Clean' unless they have already caused trouble.
You might get an alert message from the Galcop Main Station if one has been sighted in the System you have just entered, but you will not know what it is or where it is, and it might not even be there at all.
All three have very different behaviours. Some will be aggressive while others may be very peaceful. Two have 'Chameleon' characteristics and will change their appearance in certain situations, and one also has a unique weapon.
I won't tell you any more, as half the fun will be to work out what these Aliens do and where they are likely to be found.

Author:- Smivs

Licence:- Creative Commons Attribution - Non-Commercial - Share Alike 3.0 license

Version requirements:- Requires Oolite v1.77

Credits:- Thanks to Shipbuilder for the models for the 'Odonatean' and 'Scorpax', Capt. Solo for the model for the 'Kephelan', and Okti for the weapon model. Also thanks to Diziet Sma for allowing me to use these ships which were originally intended for an OXP project of his. Many thanks also to Gizmo for testing and appraisal, and for much invaluable feedback.



Smivsonline has been updated to include these, and the download link can be found there as well. The Wiki has also been updated..

This looks great! Downloading . .

Just noticed these. Going to download and try out. Cylons are far to fast for me to even get a hit on.

Looks fantastic! Will download soon!

Good work there Smivs I'm looking forward to trying this oxp out.

Wow, this sounds so exciting!! Thank you Smivs!!!
Hey, they look a little bit like leaves.... maybe they are from a big space tree??

WooHoo! I've been waiting to see how they turned out!

They look great!

Downloaded and can't wait to sho- I mean, peacefully interact with them.
But... now I want to make aliens, too...

Thanks for the great reception to this OXP. I hope it lives up to expectations. It is certainly proving popular - Twenty downloads in the first 12 hours, and that's overnight here at least!

Rorschachhamster wrote:

...and can't wait to sho- I mean, peacefully interact with them.

Hehe, don't worry...one is a Sport Hunter so you will get to do plenty of shooting when you meet them at least (unless they are busy duelling with Thargoids which they enjoy enormously).

This looks briliant! I get a bit bored of shooting Thargoids so something new to shoot at it always a bonus!

Hi Pleb,
I remember you asking about 'new' aliens a while ago - I hope this fits the bill

By the way, the 'Sport Hunter' type like killing Thargoids as well, and they know where to find them

Smivs wrote:

Hi Pleb,
I remember you asking about 'new' aliens a while ago - I hope this fits the bill

By the way, the 'Sport Hunter' type like killing Thargoids as well, and they know where to find them

That's an awesome feature!! Do they also hunt Cylons?? I have learned how to deal with them, but I would love to see them hunted by those aliens! They'd surely deserve it!!!

GGShinobi wrote:

Do they also hunt Cylons??

I'm sure they do. If it's not a rock, they'll hunt it.

Smivs wrote:

GGShinobi wrote:

Do they also hunt Cylons??

I'm sure they do. If it's not a rock, they'll hunt it.

Cooooooooooooooool!!!! *dances*

I don't have Cylons in my Ooniverse - let us know how things go if they do meet.