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Luke Hazlett
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Space Emperor. Creator of the Balance Mod for Space Empires V. Procrastimodder.

https://www.captainkwok.net/home.php
https://www.youtube.com/@CaptainKwok
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Balance Mod v129 is (finally) available! You can download it from my website here:
www.captainkwok/balancemod.php

You can see the version history here:
www.captainkwok/balancemodhi...
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January 2, 2026 at 1:50 AM
This was a successful warp point defense against a massive Abbidon fleet. Some of the recent turns have seen setbacks but this was a nice return to form for the Sergetti Royal Navy.

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Massive Clash at the Rutigar-Tarazed Warp Point 2470.7
YouTube video by Captain Kwok
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September 1, 2025 at 10:45 PM
A tough loss here. The planet survives, but 3 fleets are lost in the defense against an EEE fleet of 117 ships.

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3 Fleets Lost at Spirador I 2470.1
YouTube video by Captain Kwok
youtu.be
August 30, 2025 at 3:43 PM
I've jazzed up my recent Space Empires combat clips with "better" production values.

You can enjoy them here:
www.youtube.com/@CaptainKwok
August 26, 2025 at 3:15 AM
This is largest 3 empire battle I've seen in a single combat in Space Empires V. The EEE and Cue Cappa (each with 50+ ships) team up against my Sergetti Empire, destroying two legendary fleets in the process.

youtu.be/TAXVvnePA30
EEE-Cue Cappa Combined Attack at Spirador I 2465.2
YouTube video by Captain Kwok
youtu.be
July 20, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Another big battle with the Abbidon in defense of my colony on Tudran III. Over 200 ships and 300 fighters are involved. Another loss for the Abbidon but not quite as one-sided this time.

youtu.be/OUl8JRo4Xts
Massive Battle at Tudran III 2464.2
YouTube video by Captain Kwok
youtu.be
July 16, 2025 at 1:57 AM
The Sergetti defense holds at Kryndar II as a 100+ ship Abbidon fleet attempts to glass the planet and destroy the Sergetti fleet in orbit.

youtu.be/jzIND06j6ck
Massive Abbidon Failure at Kryndar II 2464.1
YouTube video by Captain Kwok
youtu.be
July 15, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Balance Mod v129 Beta has been posted. There are some tweaks to weapons and weapon mounts, more improvements to intel, spreadable plagues, and the usual AI adjustments.

You can find it here:
www.captainkwok.net/balancemod.php

List of changes:
www.captainkwok.net/balancemodhi...
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July 13, 2025 at 1:40 AM
In the middle of this battle against the N'grath Empire, a single Jraenar scout frigate warps into the mess and even gets a shot at a dying Sergetti battleship. An amusing sequence and the first time I've encountered two different players warping into a battle at the same time!
July 9, 2025 at 2:04 AM
The Balance Mod v129 update is almost ready. It's got weapon tweaks, a change to asteroid damage, spreadable plagues(!), weapon mount changes, intel project improvements and a host of AI adjustments. Targeting July 5th but it might take an extra day to confirm all changes are working as intended.
July 4, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Here's a YouTube playlist of the Tyrix Campaign, a series of fleet battles against the enemies of the Sergetti Empire.

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Sergetti Tyrix Campaign - YouTube
The Tyrix system is a key strategic system and a major operating center for the Abbidon-Cue Cappa alliance. Since becoming a target for the Sergetti Empire's...
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June 24, 2025 at 3:23 AM
This battle with the Abbidon features over 150 combat ships and almost 400 fighters and drones. The Sergetti take some losses, but prevail at the end.

youtu.be/SktDWy42ozE?...
Battle of Tyrix 2454.6
YouTube video by Captain Kwok
youtu.be
June 22, 2025 at 3:15 AM
The Abbidon have decided to break their treaty. This is the first battle in what could be a long war. My Sergetti ships do some nice flanking maneuvers to catch their ships in a cross-fire.

youtu.be/VH0Slyii0PA
Battle of Gambit 2453.8
YouTube video by Captain Kwok
youtu.be
June 18, 2025 at 2:27 AM
The Terran Confederation is trending to be a neutral race forever confined to our solar system. How will we find warp points if we stop doing space science? 😉
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Check it out ➡️ www.planetary.org/save-nasa-sc...
June 5, 2025 at 8:42 PM
A sizable Abbidon fleet (131 ships) is floating around in my Sergetti Adventure solo game. Fortunately at this time relations with the quadrant leading Abbidon are amiable so not too worried. My largest fleets at the moment are about 50 ships.
May 18, 2025 at 9:21 PM
This is a fun series by Zap, a longtime Space Empires player, from a PBW game that myself and some others were involved in. He played as the treacherous Romulans, who lived up to their reputation. I played as the EEE and later did double duty as the EEE & G'Urak.

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SE:V Balance Mod - String Theory - YouTube
A playthrough of a multiplayer game in Captain Kwok's Balance Mod, version 1.27. Balance Mod (BM) is effectively considered the vanilla game mode of Space Em...
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May 12, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Another major battle with the Drushocka. The objective was to disarm the colony so that an invasion force could be landed. A lot of ships and fighters were lost, but the mission was successful.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=ct_5...
Battle of Rhendor I 2432.2
YouTube video by Captain Kwok
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May 11, 2025 at 4:44 AM
A fun equally matched battle between my Sergetti Empire and the Drushocka. They were attempted to re-capture Grendel I, a colony of theirs that I had just captured 2 turns prior.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=8etQ...
Battle of Grendel I 2402.2
YouTube video by Captain Kwok
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March 29, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Another update is available for the Balance Mod! Version 128 adds two new races (N'grath and Xoronn), makes some scaling changes to ship models/system elements and some intel project changes. You can get it here: www.captainkwok.net/balancemod.php
March 17, 2025 at 2:38 AM
A new update is available for the Balance Mod. Version 127 focuses on changes to formations, reduced trade, some visual changes and assorted AI updates. Grab it here: www.captainkwok.net/balancemod.php
January 25, 2025 at 10:28 PM
An update for the Balance Mod has been posted. Version 1.26 makes a few fixes/adjustments to the data files plus assorted AI tweaks. It also adds a new villain scheme for aggressive AIs, providing periodic boosts to improve their competitiveness. Get it here: www.captainkwok.net/balancemod.php
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November 24, 2024 at 6:05 PM
The official Balance Mod v125 update has been posted. It's a major update that adds a lot of new items that you can read about here:
www.captainkwok.net/balancemodhi...

The download is here: captainkwok.net/balancemod.php
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June 2, 2024 at 2:57 AM
The Balance Mod v125 Gamma is posted. Quite a number of fixes have been made from the beta plus a bunch of AI fixes and enhancements. Download at www.captainkwok.net/balancemod.php. The WIP changelog for this release can be viewed at www.captainkwok.net/balancemodhi.... #SpaceEmpires #BalanceMod
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March 9, 2024 at 10:04 PM
#SpaceEmpires is a great series of 4x space games that I'm glad to have been apart of for over 20 years. Today's the 19th year of my site at www.captainkwok.net/home.php and more recently I've just started adding downloads of SE4/SE5 files to help preserve them for future 4x gamers.
February 29, 2024 at 4:20 AM