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Units: Explorer Affinity Upgrades

Might be Rising Tide compatible. I don't know for sure because I don't have it. Other users have commented that it works, discounting the known issue that has been around since BE's release.

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Adds an upgrade tree to the Explorer, like the other military units. While they will never get as powerful as your mainline military units, this will at least give the units a purpose in late-game war reconnaissance, and will additionally provide extra incentive to continue exploring later in the game with certain perk choices. For the best results with this mod, I recommend playing on very large maps with lots of open space, or playing with mods which increase alien hostility and spawn rates which make portions of the map difficult to access for a while.

I am very much open to balance feedback for this mod, as I have only played one very quick game to test it, and it was with several other mods enabled.

Note that there are currently no unique graphics for the upgrades. Unfortunately, 3D modeling is not my strong suit. I will look into at least some rudimentary texture recolors at a later time.


Explorer strength progression:
6 -> 10 -> 19 -> 31
Note: any other mods which increase Explorer strength will also increase the strength progression by the same amount.

Explorer movement progression:
2 -> 2 -> 3-> 4

Explorer sight bonus progression:
0 -> 0 -> 0 -> 1

Upgrade 1:
+25% vs Aliens OR +5 HP heal per turn

Upgrade 2 Harmony:
+1 Movement and Sight if starting turn in Miasma OR Receive an Alien Unit upon clearing an Alien Nest

Upgrade 3 Harmony:
+40% while in Miasma OR +40% when not adjacent to a friendly Unit

Upgrade 2 Purity:
Allow traversal of impassable terrain OR Chance of discovering new Resource Pods upon moving (must be at least 8 tiles from any of your Cities)

Upgrade 3 Purity:
Automatically heal every turn OR +30% while Defending

Upgrade 2 Supremacy:
+1 Movement OR +2 Firaxite for every Expedition completed (completions prior to obtaining this ability do not count)

Upgrade 3 Supremacy:
+20% when adjacent to a friendly Unit OR +10 HP Heal per turn


Known Issue:
The Unit Panel may disappear or have other issues when you first load the mod. To work around this issue, after loading the game, return to the main menu and reload your mods, then your save game. The Unit Panel should appear without issue then.