Terran Armada Early Incursions - A Proper Invasion

This mod allows the player to start incursions early. After hearing the SSNN news story a message box will open with 3 choices: No, do not start the incursions early. Yes, start only the minor incursions. Yes, start major and minor incursions.

If you choose YES, then another message will show with instructions about how to find Incursions. This is the default incursion tutorial message. I changed the text to make it seem like it is coming from SSNN. If you choose NO, this message will be shown at the usual time, after you leave the cruise ship and take out the Terran ship that prevents grav jumping.

DOES THIS MOD REQUIRE A NEW GAME? No. If you have already heard the SSNN news report but HAVE NOT started the mission yet the message box will be shown when you first open the game after installing the mod.

CAN I TURN THEM OFF? No, once you have chosen early incursions there is no way to turn them off.

TROUBLESHOOTING: If you listen to the SSNN news report and the message box DOES NOT show, it means that the game did not properly register the notification for hearing the news report. It happens. This game has a problem doing what it is told sometimes. There is a backup plan: Go to The Den in the Wolf System. On a desk in the Vanguard office there is a data slate with a report about strange ships and robots. Activate the data slate. It will open the message box with the options to start incursions.

IS THIS SAFE FOR THE TERRAN ARMADA MISSIONS? Yes, I did not find any problems starting the incursions early. The main mission triggered all of the incursions it needed to. Still, it is impossible to test all combinations of events.

NOTES: None of the existing Terran Armada missions or scripts were modified. The only change to vanilla forms was to the tutorial message described above. After choosing the options it unregisters all event notifications and stops the quest that watches the Terran Armada missions. If you want to remove this mod mid-game you should wait until you hear the news report, choose NO, then quit the game and remove this mod.