Biological Machines: Planet Balack


Adds Balack, a post aquilo planet containing new scrap, oil sludge and strong enemies. A single bio fabricator can be placed at spawn and is required to produce new intermediates and products including a new module at the cost of massive pollution. The intermediates can be used to produce tank mk2, mech armor mk2 and warp drive.

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2.0 - 2.1
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Changelog

Version: 1.1.0
Date: 9. 9. 2026
  Info:
    - WARNING: Remove all ships from space connection to/from Balack before updating
    - WARNING: Shattered core has been moved to it's own submod because I do not like it. The submod is compatible with Balack if you want to use it
    - WARNING: The mod "module inserter" by protocol_1903 is not included as a dependency because it is not compatible with 2.1. It will be re added once updated
  Features:
    - Updated to 2.1
    - Moshine and Panglia compatibility
      - Ai control unit made with ai core 10 and sentient processor instead of tissue and quantum processors
    - Added bioflux from ooze
    - Added active ai control unit tech
  Changes:
    - Improved tank brake force (tweaked handling generally)
    - Increased u-235 output for uranium enrichment with ooze (requires tissue)
    - Removed wind turbine dependency, added weak solar to Balack surface
    - Moved shattered core to its own BM submod
    - Added pollution detector, larger lamps and radar equipment as recommended dependencies
Version: 1.0.4
Date: 20. 2. 2026
  Compatibility:
    - When Asteroid Belt is present, the Fulgora <-> Balack connection is replaced with Outer belt <-> Balack and distanced are tweaked
    - Nuclear bots recipe uses flying robot frames instead of the bots themselves and the nuclear logistics bot recipe has 2x quantum processors
  Changes:
    - Hypersonic rounds have 200% range modifier
    - edge-shattered planet space connection distance reduced to 1000000 km
Version: 1.0.3
Date: 9. 2. 2026
  Compatibility:
    - Fixed crash on load with metal and stars when armored biter override is disabled (disabled and hide the setting)
  Changes:
    - Hypersonic rounds ammo has 1 round per mag instead of 10, but stacks 10x as high and the crafting recipe produces 10x as much. Added reload time between mags so functionally reduced shooting speed only for hypersonic rounds
Version: 1.0.2
Date: 2. 2. 2026
  Compatibility:
    - Fixed crash on load with enemy race manager installed
  Changes:
    - Added space travel required feature flag
Version: 1.0.1
Date: 28. 1. 2026
  Compatibility:
    - Disables and hides shattered core setting if Shattered Planet by CPU_BlackHeart is installed as the two surfaces conflict
  Changes:
    - Replaces thumbnail, replacing text plates with text
Version: 1.0.0
Date: 27. 1. 2026
  Info:
    - Initial release