mod to remove academy?

[[TAW] Derisat Hartfelt]

is there a mod to remove the Academy entirely, disabling it does nothing in options, and i dont own the awakening dlc, but come turn 4 some AI always gets it first. I want it gone, for good

[Elitewrecker PT]

Why?
If you don't have the awakening DLC then the Academy is simply a special system.

[Freny]

There is a planet, Harrow, where the Academy used to be, that it is destroyed by a core cracker of sorts, and it is irreparable, so the 5 planet system is in practice a 4 planet one. Most planets tend to be hot, and to have Adamantian and Antimatter.

The notification you get is that someone discovered it, because there is a quest about discovering it. It is just a lore thing, unless you have the Awakening DLC that spawns a fleet, and they start conquering systems.

What you are disabling in options is the Academy string of quests, which are just that, quests and rewards.

[Groo the one]

Lower academy difficulty in (new) game options?

[Freny]

Groo, he doesn't own the DLC...

[Groo the one]

Originally posted by Freny:

Groo, he doesn't own the DLC...

Oh, my fault. This kind of "problem" posted here seems to be none.

[Stinky Skunk]

Without the trash DLC that turns the Academy into a broken god fleet there's almost no benefit to finding it first. Turning it off in settings eliminates the quests for it, which again are almost pointless.

Also, the Academy is where your heroes come from. So, in theory, removing it entirely would remove heroes, which would remove governors, senators and fleet commanders(if you choose to assign a hero to a fleet)

[Elitewrecker PT]

The academy questline can give you sick armor and a building though.

[sg1darkcalling]

I am groot

[Lywelyn]

academy fleet isn't that strong tho,, i mean if you engage them prior to turn 80 , yeah, you'll have a hard time, but every game i do, i engage them no later than turn 160-200ish and i just roll over them with just upgraded frigates with titanium slugs.
even sophons consider them fish in a barrel at this point.

the only time i got the academy fleet to be on god mod was literally when i used a mod to cheat and have fun in a BS game with everything unlocked from turn 1 and attacked them straight in turn 10... their fleet is invincible until turn 40 i noticed.

beyond that, i don't know

[Freny]

Even Sophons? Sophons have the best carriers of all the races...