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N.E.K.I. (Non-Essential Kitty Interface)

Now available as an AI chip too!

There is currently an issue where, if you are playing the game with Frackin' Universe, and your ship is BYOS, then your SAIL tech station will have glitched graphics if you uninstall NEKI. This can be fixed if you recreate your ship's SAIL terminal in a Ship Component Racializer.

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Chay finally managed to safely digitize herself into a SAIL-compatible heads-up-display AI assistant she has cheekily dubbed the Non-Essential Kitty Interface. Now she can draw on the vast knowledge of the world of computers, and help any spacefarer immerse themselves in complex new fields!

Getting herself out was another story. Frustratingly, she could not remove herself from your HUD, and despite spending the late night trying to resolve the issue, you had to go to bed before being able to free her. Your graduation from the Protectorate is simply too important to skip any shuteye for.

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N.E.K.I is a SAIL overhaul mod that replaces your ship's SAIL with a digital Neki named Chay, who is weirdly smart and collected for her kind. She's here to help you somehow tackle the heap of different science and engineering fields being a lone space explorer requires. (in other words, a canon explanation as to how you can somehow manage to know how to do absolutely everything)

This mod replaces every race's SAIL, including modded ones. It does not require any other mods to work.

This mod does omit some tutorial dialogue in favor of just characterized dialogue, so I recommend knowing the basics of how to play this game before you play this mod. Then again, there's always the manual... or, there was, back in my day.

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• A complete rewrite of all SAIL dialogue in the game, in tutorials, missions and gameplay, up to date with Starbound 1.4
  
  
• Rewritten planet descriptions in the ship navigation menu
  
  
• A variety of different custom animations to give your digital cat girl assistant some extra personality
  
  
• A few drum & bass references no one will get

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NEKI features support for a handful of mods, from new races to overhauls. If you would like to see support added for a mod you like, don't be afraid to leave a comment.

• A.V.I.A.N.*
  
• Betabound
  
• Citybound
  
• Frackin' Universe** (WIP)
  
• Scripted S.A.I.L.
  
• Spooky Tweaks
  
• Starburst Rework

• The Angels of Starbound
  
• Avali
  
• Felin
  
• Kitsune
  
• Neki
  
• Saturnians

*If you have A.V.I.A.N. installed as well, she and N.E.K.I. will both be your AIs! There's some special dialogue for this.

**Frackin' Universe compatibility does not yet include unique messages for Frackin' Universe missions. Almost everything else is done, though.

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Just a couple small things.

• NEKI chip for Scripted SAIL - An AI chip to make NEKI your ship's AI if you're using Scripted SAIL. Does not require the core NEKI mod.
  
• N.E.K.I. Station - Add-on made by the Neki author Juni that changes NEKI's ship computer to resemble her face more.

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• Kirbyfreak, for being a good friend and helping with some ideas
  
  
• Juni, for creating the Neki race mod this character is based on
  
  
• Cgeta, for creating the A.V.I.A.N. mod that inspired this one

If you have any questions, suggestions, or bugs to report, check the pinned discussion thread below (though you can use the comments too if you want)

Suggestions and ideas for dialogue and animations are welcome! If you’d like me to add support for a mod, let me know. Alternatively, if you'd like to personally contribute anything to the mod, feel free to let me know. You'll be credited, of course.