"Shut Up, We Don't Care!" should be a must imho.

OK, thanks! I have just added it in the newest mod list and load order.

Are you thinking of adding Extra Ship Components?

Good question. I used to have it a few years back, but I have been thinking that it was incompatible with NSC2 and StarNet, but there might be patches, nowadays? Is ESC worth it these days? What are the highlights of the mod?

Thanks for your suggestion, @Bard Furry, I'll do a test run now, adding ESC + relevant patches for StarNet and NSC2, and also Orbital Defence Platforms, since I love to build insane defensive structures in my main systems. Will report back and update mod list if it seems to be working as intended.

Extra Ship Components NEXT has build-in compatibility for both NSC2 and StarNet. tbh it was always worth it, as ESC gave lots of endgame techs instead of "ExtraSuperCoolPsionicBlaster XVII"

Wait how did you answer me before I asked?

It was @Sinclair who asked about ESC, sorry for the mix-up

Have tried a few more times, unfortunately it seems that adding ESC was causing the crashes. Tried some tweaking, but it seems that something in the current mod list is incompatible with ESC, so that does unfortunately not seem to work (for me).

Tbh, can look into it, will report back if I find the incompatibility

Okay, when does the game crash for you, as I played for 100 years and nothing happened (added all 4 ESCN mods + Machine Expansion)

It crashed on year one, day 2. Haven't seen that before, crashing so instantly - and ESC was the only new mod added. But I'll do some more testing and look into it.

@Bard Furry; could you please share with me your load order; where did you insert those mods in the mod order?

I have started a new game with ESC in the mod list now, and it seems to be working properly, no crashes. Will test it a bit more, and update mod list if it seems to work as intended until late game.

A lot of new weapons and I think they do help with Giga crises and as for patches I think there probably are some because I have played other collections that include ESC with other content heavy mods. Sorry for late reply a lot of hours at work recently.