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Bellatrix and Rigel

Fun fact: If you make any sort of estimation of roughly how long it'll take you to complete a mod, it will more likely than not take at least twice as long. Of course, I haven't gathered enough data to prove this, but I have a hunch that this data will have broader implications in the scientific community, like the true shape of the Earth (It's a pyramid and no one can convince me otherwise), which will be published with an article in a scholarly journal within the next 80 years. Keep your eyes peeled!

Also fun fact: I've discovered that in my language, "I can finish this mod tonight if I really push" actually means "I feel like putting this off for a couple weeks even though I can get this over with and completed in just a few hours."

All joking aside, I've been sitting on this mod for a little while now, so it feels good to finally click that upload button. Here they are, Bellatrix and Rigel, a pair of energy spears. Here are their stats:

Bellatrix
ID: bellatrix
Tier: 6
Damage: 31.5
Use time: 1.1
Ability: Spear Blast
Spear Blast shoots a high-speed projectile in the direction of the cursor that explodes upon impact with terrain or most enemies. Using this ability costs 60 energy.

Rigel
ID: rigel
Tier: 6
Damage: 34.8
Use time: 0.9
Ability: Spin Lunge
Spin Lunge causes the player to to leap forwards after a short windup and twirl Rigel, dealing damage and knockback to whatever it hits. Using this ability costs 80 energy.

Bellatrix can be crafted at the Manipulator Table while Rigel is crafted at the Separator's Table. Both items require 10 solarium stars, 2 silicon boards, a battery, and 15 refined ferozium for Bellatrix and 15 refined violium for Rigel.

I started developing Bellatrix because I noticed that there was a lack of energy spears on the workshop. Originally, I had planned on releasing Rigel as a seperate mod, but I decided to include it in this mod because everyone needs a friend because it made more sense, given how similar they turned out to be. I chose not to give either of these weapons custom combos because doing that would essentially turn them into aimable broadswords that look like spears.

AND GUESS WHAT I NAMED THEM AFTER STARS BECAUSE I'M NOT CREATIVE ENOUGH TO COME UP WITH MY OWN NAMES. Bellatrix and Rigel are both stars in the Orion constellation. Scientists believe that they are probably at least a little bit bigger than a breadbox and are a tad warmer than room temperature.

One last thing: A thanks goes out to my friend Steven Steel, who helped point me in the right direction in this mod's early stages.

Happy Starbounding!

Version 1.0
+ First public iteration of Bellatrix and Rigel