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Black Iron

A rare and hyper dense material revered by the ancient Ryuvians for its virtual indestructibility. Its exact formation and properties are beyond the understanding of current scientific knowledge. The Church of Ryuvia worshiped black iron and fashioned it into an religious symbol, placing monoliths of black iron to be revered by its adherents on many worlds. Today, those  monoliths are humanity's primary source of black iron, as they are reforged in solar...

Orchestrated Arms Race

A selection of fire arms that have become widely recognised in their association with PACT antics.

Don't worry, the lingering arms holding on tight aren't standard issue (at least we hope).

PACT Sagittarius-Class Fast Assault Carrier

Developed from PACT's first ground up designed capital ship, the Dagger-Class Fast Cruiser, the Sagittarius Class is now the primary workhorse of the People's Armada. Outfitted with six powerful kinetic rail guns, a massive nose particle cannon, and a compartment of up to 26 ryders, the Sagittarius Class is the embodiment of the Neutral Rim War's doctrine of warfare - fast, capable of penetrating shields, and well supported by ryders. The widespread deployment of the Sagittarius Class several...

Sunrider 4: The Captain's Return Beta 0.016

For feedback we have a dedicated channel on the Discord called #sunrider4 , this can be found under the category of 'Testing Feedback'. You will need the Patreon server role in order to see this channel so if you haven't already remember to link your Patreon account to your Discord . If you're not a fan of Discord then you're welcome to also comment via this post.

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Overdue Comforting

Cross the Palm with Silver

Engineering on a Budget

R&D has continued their hard work spec'ing out just what options could be available to the cast members in terms of expanding their specialisations on the battlefield, in particular two units who are on course to make their Sunrider 4 battlefield debut in the next beta.

That said who signed off on giving Claude's Spell Caster torpedoes? We've got a bad feeling about this.

New Kids on the Block

Two more ryders join the halls of the R&D bay, they'll be ready for their test flights right after they're given their seal of approval from the Chief Engineer. We had best hope their owners reappear in time for the next beta version else you'll just have to make do with some t-posing decorative units.

Deserved Downtime

There may be plenty yet to resolve but it doesn't mean the girls can't have some time to themselves every now and again, lets just hope they don't get too distracted and take us into spin off game territory.

Tailored Armaments

Impressions still remain early around Kuushana but she certainly already carries an air of being unrelenting, be it on the bridge or on the battlefield she has a loadout ready for when she needs to play a part.

Rekindled Adversary

Having emerged out of Liberation Day on an advantageous footing it now falls to Fontana to define the next chapter when it comes to PACT and capitalise on the chaos stirred in its wake. No extended holidays on mining planets to be found in this backstory.

Galactic Sightseeing

You didn't really think we'd send you into unknown environments without any intel did you, location previews make a return and will get you up to speed before you decide if you want to proceed with your dock.

The current screenshot is taken from the galaxy map within the Sunrider 4 development build, there may be some minor text revisions when we move into the release build of the game.

Decorated Service

While Kuushana is one of the more well known new characters thanks to her inclusion in the Liberation Day extended ending, it still remains that her involvement to date is somewhat of a footnote of things to come. 

For now though Fontana and Kuushana keep their discussions behind closed doors and even we don't have clearance yet to take a peak inside.

Background Tactics

The PACT Station offers both a reminder of the ambitions of PACT as well as strong support capabilities in field operations to boot. They might not make it to the top of your list in terms of priority targets at a first glance but it shouldn't be underestimated what they can achieve when left to their own devices.

Timetable Oversight

As expected of a new ship there is now a new layout for us all to get familiar with, this will also mean that a new ship map is required and will be your main tool in tracking who is occupying what parts of the ship at any given time so that you can plan out what interaction you're going to trigger next.

Health Check

No matter how many times we clear the project folder for the sick bay it continues to fill with concept art without any prompting.

Forces unknown are at work with the development of this one, perhaps someone has a certain interest in it following a certain design...

Popularity Contest

It is quite often said that you can't buy love, but with recent technological advances who is to say it can't be used as a currency? Through character affection the player will be able to unlock a number of perks as they work their way towards maxing out their favourite cast member. 

Perhaps as food for thought you could also consider take a more balanced approach? The choice is yours.

From Outline to Fill

While the style for Marqui Johanna has ultimately changed between our initial sketches and a rendered concept it just goes to show that the creative process is an evolving one with tweaks being made even as the ink dries.

Spell Caster: Debuff Warfare

As you'd imagine of a ryder that is maintained by Claude her newest companion makes use of numerous strange parts of equipment along with novel gadgets that in the heat on the moment really demonstrate their worth, unfortunately this means she hasn't really taken her own weapon systems into account and the Spell Caster ends up severely lacking when it comes to offensive capabilities.

Phoenix MK2: Flight to New Heights

Initial Idea Prototype Description (Pre-Model)

ASSAULT: x2 Mini-Rifles
The Mark II comes equipped with dual light rifles, more so to counter missiles than to serve as a weapon.

MELEE: x7 Ceramic Katana
The Mark II has vastly improved the Phoenix's arsenal of swords. Icari can now jump from one target to another in its local area, cutting down multiple ryders with ease.

CLOAK:
The Mark II can turn tr...

Dormant Mystery

Jem'Hyre is another face we know so little about yet already you can feel that there is something unsettling brewing behind that smirk, if there is something being guarded perhaps this is one of those cases where it is best left alone.

Phoenix MK2: Reinforced and Vitalised

Unlike many of the other members of the cast who have moved onto a brand new series of ryder, Icari has opted to continue to tinker with her beloved Phoenix with the Mark II bringing more speed and yes you guessed it, less armour. 

Just like before she will continue to hone her battle style when it comes to melee combat.

The Floating Fortress, Rogue Asteroid Base

For those with more rustic tastes and an eye for mother nature it could be decided that you don't need to pour quite as many credits into advanced manufacturing when you can utilise what is already in orbit. 

We hear your new base would also deal bonus damage against dinosaur affinity enemies if they were ever to resurface as a species, good forwarding thinking.

Wet Powder Manoeuvres

Icari Isidolde

A former rogue-turned-soldier for hire whose exploits during the Neutral Rim War bestowed upon her the moniker of the greatest mercenary in the Neutral Rim. You first ran into her as a possible enemy while she was on a secret job from the late Admiral Harold Grey to spark a war between the Solar Alliance and PACT by "arranging" the sinking of an Alliance diplomatic vessel by PACT ships. Despite the rocky start to your relationship with Icari, she eventual...

No Longer a Trick of the Eyes

Miirage continues to take on her form that she will soon be grounded in when it comes to the Sunrider series, lets just hope when she formally introduces herself she is friend rather than foe.

Sunrider 4: The Captain's Return Beta 0.011

We said it was coming, and it is now here. Your first hands on preview of the content strung together from the development build. Please note the build is specifically geared towards the Windows OS system at this time and you may require the assistance of third party tools to launch if you plan to run this on another OS.

This Build...
- Introduces early game story content including our experimentation with a point and click mechanic!
- Introduces the galaxy m...

Experimental Tech Trees - Player's Ship, Archangel and Dominator

Player's Ship (Gur Znenl)

Archangel

Dominator

Experimental Tech Tree - High Roller

If you're curious about what LiS HQ looks like currently then the answer is mind maps, lots and lots of connected ideas and annotations. Some of these aren't particularly well suited for publication but at the very least we should be able to give you some insight into a few that exist for player controlled ryders and their R&D upgrades.

The current thinking with upgrades is that those marked in red are a class of a specific function that can be achieved and would strengthen the unit...

Workbench Tinkering

Unit upgrades will make a return with a number of options available for you around how you can fine tune your firepower to suit your playstyle.

We've not yet made the final decisions around the tech trees themselves therefore we would encourage you to take what is currently available as illustrative for this moment in time.

Evolving Pre'ator

Its not too often we end up showing some of the earlier hand drawn concepts when it comes to our characters and then how we use them, as such this felt like a good opportunity to do so. That said there have been quite a few new names now brought up that won't be familiar from where Liberation Day left the story, we hope you're taking notes so when you ultimately meet Qisah it won't be too much of a surprise.