Niridian Enclave

Description

The Niridians are a race of honorable warriors.

Biological Description

Niridians are methane-breathing humanoids, that evolved on a frozen tundra planet with a large number of active volcanoes. Being native of such harsh condition, they have great natural resistance to environmental factors, having their mouth and nostrils covered with a fold of skin to give them extra protection.

Society Description

The Niridian society is divided into several clans, organized in a rigid hierarchic structure that varies from clan to clan. There is a strong rivalry between clans, and short confrontations are still often, however they only use primitive weapons and have very few causalities, reserving their high-tech weaponry for their defensive fleet. When a Supreme Clan Master dies, the leaders of each clan fight each other in a series of ritual deathmatches and the resulting winner is declared the new Supreme Clan Master.

General History Description

The Niridian history is full of inter clan wars. Shortly after the discovery of space travel, the first Supreme Clan Master united their people by giving them a common objective: explore the stars.

Emperor Title and Name

Supreme Clan Master Arut



Race - Main - Pop

Escort

Frigate

Destroyer

Light Cruiser

Cruiser

Battlecruiser

Battleship

Dreadnought

Space Station

Battle Station

Starbase

Small Transport

Medium Transport

Large Transport

Light Carrier

Carrier

Heavy Carrier

Small Fighter

Medium Fighter

Large Fighter

Colony Ship

Satellite

Mine

Small Troop

Medium Troop

Large Troop

Small Weapon Platform

Medium Weapon Platform

Large Weapon Platform

Fleet

Satellite Group

Mine Group

Fighter Group

Drone

Shield

Big Explosion

AI files

(Tested in SE4 Version 1.49)

niridia_AI_General.txt
niridia_AI_Settings.txt
niridia_AI_Research.txt
niridia_AI_DesignCreation.txt
niridia_AI_Anger.txt
niridia_AI_Politics.txt
niridia_AI_Fleets.txt

Notes:

This is the first original race style I made for SE4. It's based in an SE3 shipset I had made some time ago, the idea I had when I created that first draft was to make a simple shipset and to make normal ships, carriers, transports and colony ships easy to identify at first sight. That's why I used lots of cannons in normal ships, landing strips in carriers and cargo containers in transports. The final look is much better than my initial expectations, it's one my bests race styles and definitely my favourite among my original works.
It’s also one of the races in a story I have had in my mind for a long time and never got to write. There should be other two major races in that story and I may get to make race styles for them soon.

This Race Style has been made by Andrés Lescano and published in Kuat Drive Yards. If you have downloaded it from any other site it's only a mirror site to help me reach more people and there is the possibility that it's not the latest version.
If you have a site, it's ok to host it, but please keep this file without modification.

Version:

Installation:

If you have the full version, unzip all files into a folder named "niridia" in your "...\Space Empires IV\Pictures\Races\" folder.
Also move or copy "Niridia.txt" to your "...\Space Empires IV\Dsgnname\" folder.
(Note that I didn't save any directory structure in the .zip file. In my experience that is harder to do and seems to generate more confusion than help. I named the .zip file "niridia.zip" since most popular zip-manager-programs use the name of the .zip file as default extract path.)
If you're using the demo, the problem is that the demo has the option to install new race styles disabled. The only way to try any new race styles before having the full version of the game is by renaming all the files to overwrite one of the existing ones.

Extra Pictures These pictures are not used by the standard unmodded game. They are alternative pictures for players to choose, or vehicle sizes used in some mod.
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