Automated Carrier Software (ACS) 

TC {EMP} - Extended Mod Pack Needed 

Name : CDS 

Description : Plugin which allows non player support ships to be built on your carriers and other chips with fighter docking bays 
Version : 1.1 
Date : 14/3/10 
Author : LV 

New for 1.1 

M6/7/8/2 Class ships available! 

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 download unpacked verson 

 

cycrow installer version 

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Detailed Description 

During the recent terran conflict pirate clans called a brief ceasefire in order to combine their efforts to obtain and research new technology while their enemy's attention was elsewhere 

With some help from Pimperial Laboratories pirate clans were not only able to gain access to Terran Hull Plating but also research 2 new ship upgrades 

• The Drone AI Interface

• The Drone AI Docking Net

Any carrier with the correct amount of Energy, Microchips, Silicon wafers, Quantum Tubes and Hull Plating can create Deadly Support Drones of M3,4,5 class. 

These upgrades can be found at pirate bases and they are not cheap 

Once the Drone Interface is installed many options will be available 

I've created this plugin because it's simply too costly, time consuming and god dam annoying watching 100's of millions of credits fall down the drain using your own ships as carrier support. 

Drones are not that cheap but significantly cheaper than using your own ships and they come ready for action and when they get nuked it's no big deal. 



Disclaimer: No pilots were harmed (too much) in the making of this plugin 

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This Plugin is an ALP and can be turned on/off via the ALP menu : The Plugin must be turned off before any uninstall attempt! 
How To Use AL Plugins 

 
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Hotkey 

 

The interace once installed can be called via hotkey for your playership, in addition any of your carriers that you are targeting will also open their menu via this hotkey if the Interface is installed. 

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New ship Tech 

 

• The Drone AI Docking Net

This Docking net will allow any of your drones within 5k of it's homebase to instantly dock, The net is the cheaper of the two techs at 1.8 million and does not need to be installed. If the net is not installed you will see how Mr Magoo would land a ship in the X Uni if your insector  

• The Drone AI Interface

This tech costs a little bit more at 110 Million Credits (IL) research isn't cheap especially when you see the detsruction a few drones can cause. 

• Hull Plating

As HP is an integral part to ship building and only available via terran sectors some Pirate espionage has meant pirate bases will now stock HP 

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Main CDS Interface 

 

The interface can be called via Hotkey with your ship/targeted carrier or via the ships secondary command menu 

 
 

If you have a TL/S/M within 5k of the ships that is to create Drones it will automatically look for the needed wares in that ship, If you have one of these ships near and do not wish to use it move > 5K away! 
 

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Start Drone Production 

 

• Fighters

The ship will build fighters of all 3 classes M5,4,3 

Requires 6 HP, 5 Sil, 6 Chips, 300 Energy, 7 Quantum Tubes 

This option uses slightly more products than building an M4 but less than an M3 

• M3's

Builds only M3 class at a cost of 10 HP, 5 Sil, 10 Chips, 300 Energy, 8 Quantum Tubes 

• M4's

Builds only M4 class at a cost of 5 HP, 4 Sil, 5 Chips, 150 Energy, 6 Quantum Tubes 

• M5's

Builds only M5 class at a cost of 2 HP, 3 Sil, 3 Chips, 100 Energy, 4 Quantum Tubes 

If the ship does not have the needed products it will stop it's orders 

 

Production Requirements 

Click the Production Requirements in the logistics menu to see a list of needed products 
 


Scrap Drones 

If you choose this command all drones linked to the ship will be destroyed, 

Restock Missiles 

You can use ore and quantum tubes combines with energy to replace missiles for you drones (10 max) 

 
 

Choose the ship then the missile type. 

When restocking the ship will again look for TL/M/S craft within 5k for it's product needs. 


Scrap Selected Fighter 

Allows you to remove single drones you should receive a small amount of the products needed to build drones back. 

Transfer Drones To New Hombase 

Choose another ship with docking capabilities within 5k and the drones will transfer to the other carrier 


Find Product 

Shows the nearest station selling products required for building drones. 
 

Engage Docking Net 

This is the global return to homebase command, ship will break off any action and return home. If the ship is equipeed with a docking net ships will dock using the DC once within 5k of the homebase 

Recall All Fighters 

As above but does not use the Net 

Attack Target 

As it says on the tin, Wings need to be deployed! 


Deploy Wings 3/4/5 

Toggle and only the correct class will launch if enemy's are found 


Ships also will return home if their shields drop below 50% 

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Balancing 
Before any of you cheats think aha i can abuse LV and his code to get freebies, think again. 

1. Drones will cause your notoriety to drop if you just so happen to send 20 of them against one of the core races by accident 

2. They cannot be captured by yourself to get ships on the cheap. (please test this) 

3. They won't drop a god dam thing when destroyed 

4. You'll need a mammoth and plenty of Hull Plating + other tech to create huge fleets 

5. More of a warning, in sector their ability to redock without the net is quite pathetic, I felt as if i was being humped to death. 



Please feel free to point out problems as it's v1.0 and i would also like feedback or product amounts, availability and general cost 

Enjoy  
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Install 

Use either the plugin manager version or the zipped unpacked script (if you know howto) 

Uninstall 

Turn the plugin off! wait 20 mins : remove 



Commands used 

�33RDrone AI Interface�33X 

EMP Wares 
11023 DRONE AI Upgrade 
11763 DRONE AI Docking Net LV 


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