This took some time to do. I know that it is full of spelling mistakes but you get that at 2 am in the morning

okay I have an idea for a few new artifacts and a new NPC race.

lets start off with the NPC race.

The Banhdarian Watchers

Not much is known about the Benhdarian race. All we know is that they are Mysterious and Ancient as time itself.
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NPC Ships
Common
Benhdarian Spy Probe - Available level 10-30
Atk - 10
Def- 10
Hull- 20
Cloak- 20
XP on destruction 10
A Millennia of Millennia ago, Thousands of Spy probes were released into space by the Ancient Benhdari to spy on its neighbouring starsystems and then return. Unfortunatly the Benhdari space port that made the probes did not set the guidance controll system correctly they have been drifting through space long forgotten.
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Common
Benhdarian Spy Probe Mk II - Available Rank 10 -50
Atk- Scaled
Def- scaled
Hull -20
Shields -20
cloak- 30
XP on Destruction 15
Beleiving that their previous attemp to spy on the neighbouring starsystems was hampered by the probes cloak not being strong enough The Ancient Benhdari reconstructed and Improved their fleet of interstellar probes, only this time they were programmed to realy information back to nemorous relay links that Encrypted the data and then relayed it to Relay Centres and Then Decrpted and transmitted to who knows where.
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Uncommon
Benhdarian Defense Platform - Available Rank 50-200
Atk - Scaled
Def - Scaled
Hull - 440
shield- 200
A defense platform set in subspace to protect the relay links of the Benhdari. When ever a ship gets close to a Benhdari Relay link it re emerges into normal space to protect the link . (This NPC Drops 30% BRLL artifact 30% Benhdari Weapons Focus %40 No Drop)
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Uncommon
Benhdarian Relay link- Available Rank 50 - 200 ( Must Use BRLL Artifact to unlock location )
Atk- Scaled
Def- Scaled
hull - 200
Shield - 500
Cloak 300
A relay link of The Bendari it appears to be one of many scattered throught the galaxy. The Benhdari thought they had cloaked this good enough and a Millenia of Millenia ago they would of been right but through time scanners have been created to scan through cloaking.
(This NPC Drops 10% Benhdari Cloak Core, 30% Benhdari Shield Focus, 50% LORC Artifatc 10% No Drop)
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Uncommon
Benhdarian Repair Ship Rank 50 - 200
Atk - Scaled
Def - Scaled
Hull - 500
shield - 500
Cloak - 400
A Benhdari Vessel whos responsablity is to build and repair Benhdari Relay Links .
(This NPC Drops 30% Repair Nanites, 30% 100,000 credits, 10% 100xp 30% No Drop)
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Rare
Benhdarian Patrol Cruiser Rank 100 - 300
Atk - Scaled
Def - Scaled
Hull - 1,000
Shield - 1,000
Cloak - 1,000
Ability - Plasma Surge - Halves your Shilds (5% Chance)
A Bendarian Vessel that is Patroling the far reaches of the Benhdarian Empire.
(This NPC Drops 10% 200 xp, 20% Benhdari Planet Cloak, 20% Benhdari Energy Overload, 50% Repair Nanode)
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Benhdarian Research Ship Rank 100 - 300
Atk - Scaled
Def - Scaled
Hull - 2,500
Shilds - 2,000
Cloak - 1,000
Ability - Retrovirus - Kills 2 crew (5% Chance)
This Benhdarian Research ship might have things of great power and destruction why else would it be out this far.
(This NPC Drops 5% 25 - 100 CTP, 5% Defense Grid Protocol, 25% 800 Research Points, 65% 400 Research
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Rare
Benhdari Relay Centre Rank 150 - 400 ( Must Use LORC Artifact to unlock location)
Atk - 2,000
Def - 2,000
Hull - 10,000
shields, 10,000
Cloak, 1,200
This is where the Relay Link has lead you to one of the many Realy Centres The Benhdari use to recieve their intelligence But where does it go from here? (This NPC Drops 100% LOPOBS Artifact)
Rewards Top 3 Attackers
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Elite/Boss
Benhdari Colony Ship Rank 150 - 400
Atk -2,500
Def - 4,400
Hull - 12,000
Shields 15,000
Ability - Time Recalerbration - Recalerbrates All Active timers you have and adds 2 hours to them (5% chance)
A colony ship that is off to colonise an invaded world.
(This NPC Drops 5% Defense Grid Protocol, 5% Planet Grid Protocol, 10% terraformer, 40% Planetary Time Vortex, % 40 Benhdari Cloak Core)
Rewards The top 5 Attackers
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Elite/Boss
Benhdari Invasion Mammoth Rank 200 - 500
Atk - 3,300
Def - 2,900
Hull - 45,000
Shields 40,000
Ability - Phase Hold - The Ability to stop your ship from attacking for 10 minutes (5% Chance)
This is a pretty nasty vessel. It has the ability to stop you ship in its tracks. Obviously this ship is off to Invade another planet.
(This NPC Drops 20% Invasion Cube, 20% Dictatorship Relic, 20% Logic Wave Device, 20% Benhdari Cannons, 20% Benhdari Energy Overload.)
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Ultra Elite/ Super Boss
Planetary Oblitorator Battle Ship Rank 600 -???
Atk - 7,000
Def - 9,000
Hull - 70,000
Shields - 90,000
Cloak - 4,000
The Mother of all mothers when it comes to the Benhdari. This ship has some attitude. Looks like one of the planets the Benhdari have conquerd have rebeled. It must be going to obliterate the planet and quell the uprising or try and strike fear into their hearts. (This NPC Drops 20% Planetary Destuction Bomb, 20% Dictatorship Relic, 60% unification
Rewards the Top 10 Attackers
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Okay Now its Time for the Artifacts.
some of the ones I have used you already know so i am just going to put onest that i have thought of ( some are ideads that have been put forward before but named )
Artifact 1
BRLL Artifact. - An artifact that reviels the location of a Benhdari Relay Link
Artifact 2
Benhdari Weapons Focus Artifact - Increases your attack by 15 % for 1 hour ( stackable with other attack inhancers) 10xp to use
Artifact 3
Benhdari Cloak Core Artifact - Size 20 Cloak 50 +5%, Upkeep 250,000/day Max of 2
Artifact 4
Benhdari Shield Focus - Increases shields by 25% and charge rate by 10% for 4 hours ( Not Stackable With other shield Mods)(Cost 5 Energy)
Artifact 5
LOBRC Artifact - An artifact that reviels the location of a Benhdari Relay Center
Artifact 6
Benhdari Planet Cloak - A planetary artifact. It allows you to build a cloaking device on a planet. ( size 1 Cloak 1000 ) Limit 1 per planet
Artifact 7
Benhdari Energy Overload Artifact - An Artifact that you can use to increase your energy by 20% and energy charge rate by 15 it lasts 1 hour
Artifact 8
Defense Grid Protocal Artifact - Increases your ship Defense by 10% it lasts for 4 hours (Cost 10 Energy)
Artifact 9
LOPOBS Artifact - This artifact reveils the location of a Oblitorator Battle Ship.
Artifact 10
Planet Grid Protocol Artifact - This artifact increases Planet Defenses and Attack by 20% for 3 days ( it is stackable with other planetary defense Enhancers) (Cost 25 Energy)
Artifact 11
Invasion Cube Artifact - This artifact increases your invasion chances by 15% Lasts 15 minutes (cost 30 Energy)
Artifact 12
Planetary Destruction Bomb - Abandons and purges an unwanted planet. (cost 50 energy)
Artifact 13
Logic Wave Device - This artifact Lowers Both Attack and Defense of a planet by 15% ( cost 10 Energy)
Artifact 14
Dictatorship Relic - Planet structure Size =5 Mining 5 Artifact 5 Research 5. 1 Per planet
Artifact 15
Benhdari Cannons - size 22 attack 270 Upkeep 2,500,000/ day
Artifact 16
Unification - Planet structure -size 1, Population 400 mining 2 artifaact 2 research 2 1 per planet



Okay so thsi is just suggestions Let me know what you think. I know i haven't added any of the XP for disables. But CBF right now.

i like this : Planetary Destruction Bomb - Abandons and purges an unwanted planet. (cost 50 energy)

but
Benhdari Weapons Focus Artifact - Increases your attack by 15 % for 1 hour ( stackable with other attack inhancers) 10xp to use

Benhdari Energy Overload Artifact - An Artifact that you can use to increase your energy by 20% and energy charge rate by 15 it lasts 1 hour

are overpowered.

here's my thoughts on how the artifacts should be changed. This is entirely objective, nothing personal.

the story of them sounds cool tho. imo the best way to have an idea taken seriously is do not specify any numbers on modules, artifacts, or buildings. UNLESS you need to specify what they do. for example, when i usually suggest a new race/npc faction, i say it drops an attack module. that way theres no controversy about it being overpowered. but when i wrote my first mission chain and suggested that players recieve 'military rations' i had to describe what they did (2 hours of mining/artifact/research production) and most of all, dont specify stats on NPCs. there is a 99.99% chance that if dan puts them in the game, they wont have the same stats as you suggested. so next time, specify the level range if not scaled, but dont specify attack/defense/hull/shield.

when coming up with new races/npcs, the most important thing is the backstory and description, cause this is what dan will build off of if he chooses to implement it.

The Platex(Working on Name) Race
Platex are delicate creatures made of natural energy.
They are a more passive race and defend more than many peoples in the
galaxy. (+10% Invasion Defense or +40% NPC Defense.)(We kinda need one to match Drannik)
They have beautiful marshlands and forest.
They are known for their Biological research which involves genetically mutated plants.

Just something I whipped up in about 15 minutes.

Nice idea. You could tie a new race into that with a botanist, who could have a passive +25% research to all their Gaia and Terra planets or something, just a thought.

To overpowered otherwise would have added something like
+10% artifact production on Oceanics, Gaias, Terras,and Exotics

When you specify ranks are you specifying the ranks that they're made available or the maximum rank the NPC itself reaches?

Definitely work on the name... Who is going to find an NPC named after a feminine hygiene product and NOT laugh himself silly...

lol, i think the name fits. after all, when it comes to npcs, theyre SUPER ABSORBENT!

I didnt know that I just typed random letters. So suggest names but dont we need a opposite to the drannik race?

Containment Field - Removes all Negative effects from a Planet.
I mean who wouldnt want this... besides they guy that thinks this limits the Sab ability. Figured I post it here instead of multiple threads for artifacts.

Containment (Something) - Removes all positive effects from a planet.

planet containment cages and missile equivalents have already been suggested. and genetaar were the 'opposite' of drannik. they drop the attack of the npc so everyone takes less damage. having a race devoted mainly to npc defense would be foolish. at rank 346 the only npc that does more than 50 damage to me are rogue tech collectors and elites. some of the more uncommon npcs manage to hit me for 100-200, but for the most part, the great majority of npcs barely manage to scratch my hull. and with over 10k hit points i can take quite a few of em with me before i have to repair.

What about Invasion Defense? The Containment cage and missle were suggested by me two times I think a month or 2 ago just putting it here.