I've been busy lately and haven't gotten my fix of ftl lately. I still have a few questions about the surrenders...
So Mantis and Rocks still can't betray enemies??? That makes sense because the Rock aren't evil and the Mantis have some sense of honor.
And the Slugs can still betray people with no consequence??? That makes sense, but it seems like it might be broken if you get like double rewards. Have you balanced this somehow?.. Slugs can do every dirty thing imaginable if I'm correct, including slavery, piracy, and betrayal.
Do zoltans try and negotiate surrender, before a fight?
What are the outcomes of the player surrendering? Can other people betray you? Do they always accept your surrender? Do thy maybe demand extra for acceptance sometimes?
I think those are the only questions I have...
But, would it be possible to maybe, "bribe" Rebels sometimes? It would have to be more expensive obviously, but maybe... Just an idea.
Thanks.
EDIT: Since you are changing up the Crystal ships, I forget, do the Crystal Vengeance shards pierce shields? If they don't thats why I remember them sucking. Is there a way to change what weapon is fired by Crystal vengeance? If they do pierce shields then maybe you could make a crystal ship that has NO SHIELDs, but a natural hull regeneration ability and higher Crystal vengeance chance. Perhaps turn the Hull Repair Arm into a Regenerative Crystals augment since the Hull Repair Kit is waaaay better anyway. This would make the ship more unique and would be good for something like the Carnelian which starts out with no weapons.
On a related note i find it pretty difficult to get to the Crystal Sector in vanilla and near impossible in CE. Could you maybe change the probabilities of coming across the crystal pod in the CE sectors, like make it highly probable in hazard or uncharted type sectors (or you could even change it up more, like have it be able to show up in a store, someone thinking its a relic, or from other events). Maybe even add in some options for the new events so that if you come across any remotely friendly Zoltans they can open the pod and MAYBE even make a portal possible or guaranteed in other sectors other than the Rock homeworlds (or even integrate it into the conversations somehow).
Just because right now it is simply too unlikely to ever get to the Crystal sector in CE. I feel like the Crystal should be more integrated into the game then they are. They are very cool.