Starborn Archives: More Than A Collectible Card Game

Please also install the patch for this version : https://creations.bethesda.net/en/starfield/details/0927ecc8-d537-4c5f-a26a-693b58fa81ff/Starborn_Archives_v1_1_PATCH

They look like nothing special. Just collectible art cards. Each one depicts a fragment of reality: a creature, a place, an item… Some things and some people you know, and some you don’t.

For most, they’re just collectibles. Lore on cardboard. But for the Starborn? They’re everything.

These Starborn Archives cards are more than relics. They are keys: keys to summon and to vanish, to transmute and to unlock, to twist fate itself. They are the true currency of the Unity, the reason Starborn risk betrayal, madness, and death. Because once awakened, you see them for what they really are: power.

As your collection grows, so does your arsenal. The only question is: will you master the Archives… or will they master you?

Features

• 100+ cards to collect—loot them, buy singles from vendors, or grab booster packs from kiosks. StarUI Inventory is highly recommended to go through your card collection.
• Hand-crafted visuals: made by a lifelong TCG player, each card was meticulously designed for immersive detail.
• Five categories and five rarities: Animals, Characters, Items, Locations, and Powers, from Common trinkets to one-per-universe Uniques that define your journey.
• Playable effects: transmute resources into useful items, summon allies from parallel universes including Starborn Constellation, teleport across the battlefield, open town portals, or tap into hidden lore like the mysterious Starborn Vault.
• Persistent collection: your cards follow you through the Unity, so you can keep hunting for more!
• Rival Starborn: carrying cards can trigger ambushes from other card chasers. Killing Starborn yields cards.
• Unity Resonance: grow your resonance to amplify the strength of every card you use.
• Knowledge Cards: if there's an encyclopedia for the Starborn Archives lore, they are it. 17 Knowledge cards and counting.
• Cross-mod synergy: patchless integration with DarkStar: Total Gameplay Overhaul, Watchtower, Xeno Master (both free and achievement-friendly versions), Starborn Among Us and more. If those mods are installed, you'll find cards that grant Quantum Rigs and Codexes for DarkStar, Computer Cores for Watchtower, treats and specialized gear for Xeno Master, and a Megatherium Sword card.
• Gameplay Options: diverse settings to tailor your experience with Starborn Archives.

Some Card Examples:

• Ashta (A003, Epic): summons an Ashta that will fight your enemies.
• The Mantis (C001, Epic): summons the Mantis from another universe that will follow you and fight the scum for you.
• Sam Coe (C011, Epic): summons Universe Omega Sam, who will fight alongside your team with his Starborn powers.
• Ammo Crate (I016, Rare): gives you a random amount of diverse types of ammo.
• Chunks (I026, Common): gives you a random Chunks food item.
• Akila City(L011, Legendary): Opens a Portal which teleports you to Akila and back when you go through it.
• Expert Unlocker (P003, Epic): unlocks any door, chest or terminal of Expert level or lower in a 6 meters radius.
• Wormhop (P007, Rare): aimed spell, instantly teleports you wherever you aimed.
• Boost Mastery (P012, Rare): 30-second infinite boostpack fuel.
• Metacorporeality (P017, Unique): +1 to all your Starborn powers.

Planned for v1.2:

• 10+ more Animal cards.
• 10+ more character cards.
• More Power cards.
• More Knowledge cards.
• More ambushers, including Evil Constellation Starborn.
• Starborn Archives Loading screens.
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Future versions goals:

• ** Making a minigame in which you can play cards against NPC opponents. A lot of work will be put into it, just you wait...
• More cards, including Uniques, other summoned Characters and more special Powers.
• More Starborn ambushers coming from all the multiverse, including Evil Constellation and more.
• Starborn Vector: pick a class that will influence how the cards work for you.
• Card holding frames to show off your collection in your outpost/house/ship.
• Patchless integration with more Creations such as TG's Galactic Harvest, Cryomancers, E.X. Solution Systems*, and more as they come into existence.

Join the community (QR code in the picture gallery) and:

• Read the wiki with info on about anything about this mod.
• Share your ideas for the future growth of Starborn Archives!

Big Thanks A lot of people helped me in small and big ways in making this possible. By teaching me, testing, making assets, and sometimes providing the most precious of help: proving me wrong.

Bp42s, BriarShayde, Caracal5707, Daf, DaAngryMechanic, Daze0, DownfallNemesis, FenHarellan, FlightControl, FlippingEggs, GhostRider231, GoArray, Harra, Imperial Sympathiser, Invoker Gray, KaoruSatou, LarannKiar, Miss_o, OldBard, Paulie B, ProfX, S1nderion, Scrivener, Syberghost, Tank_Girl444, Vaernus, WhortleBerryJam, WykkydGaming, Yak, ZeeOgre... to name a few.