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The Taur Khaganate
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17 Feb, 2022 @ 2:44pm
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The Taur Khaganate

Description
Like any other race mod in existence, this mod requires a character creator extender. But surely, you have one already? Surely?

Behold my first mod.

The Taur are a race of half-man, half-equestrian warriors. I wanted a centaur race but never found a mod for one. So I decided to make one myself, despite having approximately 0 experience in Lua and with making pixel art.

The Taur Khaganate, also known as ‘the Khanate’, is the official state of the Taur people. It was founded on the Taur homeworld Pulturos II, and is comprised of five clans; the Iron, Heart, Hand, Glass and Glint Clans. Over 500 years ago, a Taur mytho-historical hero named Chiron the Stone ended the constant civil war between the five Clans, united them into a single Khaganate, and then laid the foundation for the construction of the first "oracle ships," which uplifted the Taur into a spacefaring race.

Since then, the Khanate expands its sphere of influence by conquering systems and incorporating them into the Khanate. This makes the Khanate a major power in its regions of the galaxy, and a self-proclaimed enemy of the Terrene Protectorate whom they frequently refuse to cooperate with.

Many Taur become disillusioned with the Khanate's hostilities and join the Protectorate. The PC's dialogue is written in the perspective of being one such Taur, but it is of course always up to you.

Features:
  • Racial armour at all six tiers.
  • Fully unique dialogue, reflective of the Taur's sagelike vocabulary.
  • Racial ship at all eight tiers.
  • A unique SAIL.
  • Horse.

Armour:
  • State-mandated invisible pants.
  • Racial armour at all 6 tiers. Disclaimer; most of it was made by kitbashing vanilla assets together with some edits of my own to personalize it and not make it completely derivative. Some lower tiers are of my own making, you can tell because they look like poop.
  • Occasionally, non-Taur shirts will show a little belly, or have clipping/stray pixels.
  • Most, if not all non-Taur pants do not fit them. You can still wear them, it'll just looks really weird.

Furniture & Tiles:
Khanate banners and flags. Other than that, none. Apologies, I just don't have the talent.

Ship:
Racial ship at all 8 tiers, courtesy of Edjiearts, a very talented and friendly fellow.

Final Notes:
  • Taur look weird sitting in most chairs, and they don't fit in beds at all. There is nothing I can do about either of these issues.
  • Taur have been preemptively given Cutebound faces because I prefer playing with Cutebound on. That means the face, hair, and the human upper half are not mine, they are Cutebound assets. Making a de-cutified option is possible, if needed.
  • No custom respawn animation, they use human animation, if this bothers you then just don't die, ever.
26 Comments
Emerald 25 Feb @ 12:12am 
Does your mod have Towns/Villages?
evil 26 Mar, 2024 @ 4:09pm 
T9 ships support?
Hoxton  [author] 28 Dec, 2023 @ 9:02pm 
That sounds like a lovely idea. Feel free to reach out to me with your Discord and we can discuss it.
Oмεяυıп 28 Dec, 2023 @ 5:12pm 
Heya!
Someone requested to have your race supported for my Race Traits mod! I wanted to ask you if you want to give your race specific stats and bonuses?
You can check out the public stat Google sheet and comment there! Race Traits - Stats Sheet [docs.google.com]
There is also the user-friendly form you can submit as well. (This option is easier to understand and navigate.) Race Traits - Race Support Application [forms.gle]
I'd love to have your official support! I'd prefer if we can talk on Discord and not on Steam, if necessary.
Hoxton  [author] 4 Oct, 2023 @ 8:46pm 
I haven't worked with FU before, and I haven't touched modding Starbound since publishing this mod. but if I can find the schedule to get familiar with it, I would definitely anticipate that
Frasty 2 Oct, 2023 @ 5:22pm 
Hey are there any plans to make a version compatible with FU's race bonuses/negatives? You could probably do some pretty fun stuff with a centaur race.
Total Takeover 20 Feb, 2023 @ 10:11pm 
I dont think theres a single Custom Race mod out there that has done that yet.
Hoxton  [author] 20 Feb, 2023 @ 11:53am 
Afraid not! there is no world generated Taur presence in this mod, as I had no idea how to do at the time. I think I might update this mod with some of the stuff I've learned about modding since I released it, but I don't want to break anything either, so we'll see what happens
Loududdy 19 Feb, 2023 @ 11:22pm 
Curious, does this mod include vilages? I'm not planning to play a taur kanganate, but using them to spice up the universe
Evrir 24 Aug, 2022 @ 5:09pm 
This race mod is simply amazing and the amount of detail that's gone into it 10/10. Basically become a must for my load order though here's to hoping for some manner of FU patch as no matter what they aren't leaving my load order. They will remain forever with those wonderful sea slugs.