[Arkcon]

Originally posted by Rainstorm:
I downloaded the P&N mod and am starting out, my question is, where can I find information on the basic idea of the mod? I see that I can be a pirate or nomad race, but I'm not sure exactly how this is different from a regular empire.

There are many threads on the subject, but I understand they are a little long. Here's my quick and dirty explanation of Pirates.

Normal is just that. You colonize, build miners, send ships out to conqueur the galaxy. Their goal is to rule the entire galaxy.

A pirate can't colonize. And they can't build miners, farms, and refiners. They start with the technology to capture ships and to build small shipyards. They steal ships, scrap them for resources to build ships of their own, deconstruct them to acquire new technology, or just keep them as attack ships. Their goal is to be a perpetual thorn in the side of those normals with their delusions of galactic conquest. Bah, they may rule the galaxy, but they can't take the freedom of space from us. Arrg, matey.

Oh, by the way, propulsion is totally redone to be quasi-newtonian. So load up those swashbucker destroyers of yours with engines, you can get them going much faster than speed 6.

I never tried nomads, but they get a component that allows them to recycle everything, so maintenance is tiny for them. Likewise, they have no colonizing ability. Playing both as a pirate and a nomad is a little cheezy -- but I did it anyway. Pretty cool. Nothing cost me anything.