Luddic Path

Luddic Path
General Information
Starting attitude Hostile (-50) Offers commissions No Allies Luddic Church (+75 Cooperative) Enemies Hegemony (-50 Hostile) Tri-Tachyon (-50 Hostile) Sindrian Diktat (-50 Hostile) Independent (-50 Hostile) Persean League (-50 Hostile) Illegal goods Recreational Drugs, Harvested Organs, AI Cores, Luxury Goods

	"The Luddic Path is a loosely associated category of radical, de-centralized, apocalyptic sects of Luddism that claim a truer interpretation of Ludd's Message. They view the Church as compromised and corrupt, putting worldly ego and comforts before the True Luddic Path in these the end-times. The war of Armageddon is NOW and the lines are drawn! Only through forceful righteous action shall Good destroy Evil, and only through violence will the abomination of humanity's hubris and rebellion against God be swept aside in a final act of redemption. Or so they claim. The Luddic Path necessarily finds itself at odds with nearly all other factions in the Sector."
–Factions

The Luddic Path is a faction in the Sector. It is a religious terrorist organization made up of radical adherents of the Luddic faith.

The Path controls the markets of Chalcedon in Kumari Kandam and Epiphany in Al Gebbar. Pather cells are also generated on player and NPC colonies, supported by hidden bases in uninhabited systems.

Faction Info

Aside from the normal faction fleets, Luddic Path raider fleets can be found in or near systems with Church markets, Path markets and Pather cells. The size and number of these fleets depends on the size of the local Luddic presence, with the fleets growing somewhat larger over the first few cycles (years) ingame.

When a Pather fleet encounters the player, it will demand a "tithe" based on the player's approximate fleet strength (starting at several hundred credits). The player can pay this amount to avoid a fight, or refuse and engage the enemy fleet.

Known Ships

Pather fleets employ substandard low tech and midline ships, but many are retrofitted with permanently overridden safeties. Luddic Path doctrine employs many ships, and are also highly reckless in combat.

Frigates

• Brawler (LP)
• Cerberus (LP)
• Gremlin (LP)
• Hound (LP)
• Kite (LP)
• Lasher (LP)

Destroyers

• Enforcer
• Hammerhead
• Manticore (LP)
• Sunder

Cruisers

• Colossus Mk.II
• Eradicator
• Venture (LP)

Capital Ships

• Prometheus Mk.II

Known Weapons

The Path has no particular preference for the weapons they deploy. They have access to basically all but the rarest weapons at their disposal to outfit their ships as they see fit. That said, they do have access to the Hurricane MIRV Launcher, Locust SRM Launcher and Squall MLRS despite being rare weapons.

Ballistic Weapons

• Light Assault Gun
• Light Autocannon
• Light Dual Autocannon
• Light Dual Machine Gun
• Light Machine Gun
• Vulcan Cannon

• Arbalest Autocannon
• Assault Chaingun
• Flak Cannon
• Heavy Autocannon
• Heavy Mortar
• Thumper

• Devastator Cannon
• Hellbore Cannon
• Hephaestus Assault Gun
• Mark IX Autocannon

Energy Weapons

• LR PD Laser
• Ion Cannon
• IR Pulse Laser
• Mining Laser
• PD Laser
• Tactical Laser

• Graviton Beam
• Pulse Laser
• Mining Blaster

• Autopulse Laser
• High Intensity Laser

Missile Weapons

• Atropos-class Torpedo (Single)
• Atropos-class Torpedo Rack
• Annihilator Rocket Launcher
• Breach SRM
• Harpoon MRM (Double)
• Harpoon MRM
• Reaper-class Torpedo
• Sabot SRM (Double)
• Sabot SRM
• Salamander MRM
• Swarmer SRM Launcher

• Annihilator Rocket Pod
• Breach SRM Pod
• Harpoon MRM Pod
• Jackhammer
• Pilum LRM Launcher
• Sabot SRM Pod
• Typhoon Reaper Launcher

• Hammer Barrage
• Hurricane MIRV Launcher
• Locust SRM Launcher
• Squall MLRS

Known Wings

The Path has a modest selection of low tech wings at their disposal. They do notably have three different types of bombers for the Prometheus Mk.II to use.

Bombers

• Khopesh Bomber Wing
• Piranha Bomber Wing
• Perdition Bomber Wing

Fighters

• Broadsword Heavy Fighter Wing
• Mining Pod Drone Wing
• Warthog Heavy Fighter Wing

Interceptors

• Talon Interceptor Wing

Pather Cells

Main article: Colony threats#Luddic Path Cells

The Luddic Path creates cells on markets with economic activities it disapproves of (anything that has an AI Core or special item installed will attract their attention, as well as Mining, Refining, and Tech-Mining. if the interest value of the colony increases above or equal to 7, a Pather Cell will spawn there.). These cause a persistent stability penalty and can disrupt an industry or cause a destabilization event. Destroying the hidden base supporting a Pather cell will suppress it for an entire cycle (Old Earth Year).

Pather Interest

Source	Interest
Gamma Core, Mining	1
Beta Core, Refining, Tech-Mining on Scattered Ruins. Fuel Production	2
Alpha Core, Tech-Mining on Widespread Ruins, Corrupted Nanoforge, Pristine Nanoforge, Synchrotron Core, Orbital Fusion Lamp, Autonomous Mantle Bore, Catalytic Core, Soil Nanites, Biofactory Embryo, Fullerene Spool, Plasma Dynamo, Cryoarithmetic Engine, Combat Drone Replicators, Dealmaker Holosuite	4
Tech-Mining on Extensive Ruins	6
Hypershunt Tap, Tech-Mining on Vast Ruins	8
AI Core Administrator	10

Markets

Epiphany, size 4, Al Gebbar Star System

Chalcedon, size 5, Kumari Kandam Star System

Only up to date for version 0.95.1. It is likely still broadly correct but not verified for the most up to date data yet. Please double check the Version History.