Distant Stars
A SoaSE Enhancement Mod.

Why you should care!
Distant Stars at one time was one of the most widely played mods for Sins of a Solar Empire.

Enhancements include: Sound replacements for music and effects, new electronic warfare and gunship strikecraft, game optimizations, skyboxes, double research, planetary defenses, pirate enhancements, and rebalanced capital ships.

DS also includes several popular "original" enhancement mods: Celestial Bodies, Bailknight's Graphic Mod, Sins Plus, Volumetric Explosions, Multiple Stars and Gurkoz Sins Sounds.

Halo: Sins of the Prophets

A Halo mod for the critically acclaimed Sins of a Solar Empire, that aims to capture the fast paced intensity of the Halo series.

Why you should care! Having had a chance to help out some on Sins of the Prophets I can attest to this mod having great potential. The models were fantastic then and have only gotten better since. The HALO universe also affords a rich space combat experience that will really be brought to life with the Sins engine. It's hard not to really like this mod.

E4X
This mod seeks to give more depth to the other 3Xs of the game by adding additional game elements or refining the existing ones to reward players who give more strategic thought to the non-combat side of the game.

From: GoaFan77

Why you should care!
A mod that attempts to challenge what 4x means with soase. While many changes are subtle the impact on the game are your strategies are hard to miss.

Star Wars: Interregnum

From: GoaFan77

Star Wars: Interregnum is an upcoming mod for Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion that builds off of the highly successful Enhanced 4X Mod. Fleeing the unknown terror that is chasing the Vasari, the factions of Sins of a Solar Empire stumble on a temporary wormhole that takes them to a galaxy far, far away. The sudden arrival of armadas with trillions of refugees and thousands of warships between the events of Episodes 5 & 6 forever alters the Star Wars universe and plunges the galaxy into an unprecedented period of chaos and violence. Begun, a new conflict has.

Maelstrom[www.soase-maelstrom.com]

The Maelstrom Mod introduces three new races to the Sins of a Solar Empire Universe. They are independent of the original races and have unique strengths and weaknesses.

From: soase-maelstrom

Why you should care!
For starters who the hell is soase-maelstrom. Is it one person, a team, did they replicate themselves? Regardless, this mod has a lot of content ranging from 3 fully developed custom races, planets and particle effects. Add in his expansion series and you get a significant change in gameplay.

Star Trek: Armada 3

Star Trek: Armada III - The Final Frontier begins with the first stirrings of the Dominion War and allows players to take command of five unique factions, the United Federation of Planets, the Klingon Empire, the Romulan Star Empire, the Cardassian Union/Dominion Alliance, and the Borg Collective. Explore strange new worlds, seek out new life and new civilizations, and boldly go where no one has gone before.

Why you should care!
A extremely well received mod with great models and atmosphere. Also check out the new release of The Final Frontier.

Sins of the Fallen

It started with a flash in the sky and a ripple through the clouds. The hunger is what brought it here, and feed it did, until there was no more.

From: ZombiesRus5

Why you should care!
♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥!!! why so many ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ folders!!!

Really this is my mod so it's hard to write something serious. The first part of this mod comes from my general fascination with the supernatural while the second comes from my interest in transhumanism and associated works.

Add in the colonials and cylons and you round out my scifi interests.

Sure it's a lot of folders, but the levels of combinations and changes in scenarios are un-rivaled by any other mod.

Fall of Kobol[forums.sinsofasolarempire.com]

From: ZombiesRus5

Experience Battlestar Galactica in Sins of a Solar Empire.

Why you should care!
Reviews from moddb:
Deadeye1498 says: This is the only Battlestar Galactica "game" out there and it's frakking awesome! You guys did such a terrific job on this, it wasn't a half-assed total conversion mod like a few other mods which shall go nameless. You work in my opinion is 100% on par with the work of the Star Trek Armada III Team, and if you've never played that mod, that very very high praise!

Games13ond says: The Fall of Kobol mod is a fantastic conversion of the Sins of a Solar Empire universe. As a huge fan of the new Battlestar Galactica, I can vouch that Brain Dead Development does an incredible job of bringing the BSG universe to life with accuracy to the show. For people not familiar with BSG, it is still a very well put together mod that introduces a whole new gameplay style filled with new ships, new abilities, new races, and best of all fun!

Stargate Invasion
Stargate Invasion is a total conversion mod for Sins of a Solar Empire.

This Modification brings all of the various Stargate franchises into the fold. Choose your race The Tauri, Jaffa, Asgard, Wraith, Asuran or ?? Build your empire, research Technology, Build Mighty Warships , Make Allies, Engage in diplomacy, build trade Alliances. and most importantly. Trust No One. Rebellion is a foot.

From: Stargate Invasion Mod Team

Why you should care!
Stargate is by far my favorite scifi series of all time. Stargate Invasion captures one of the best parts of the series with it's space combat scenes and projects it to a level the series would never have been able to achieve.

Babylon 5: Sins of the Younger Races

This is the story of the last of the Babylon 5 mod-efforts. It's goal, to prevent another failure, by creating a place to solve our problems collaboratively. Its a port of call, home away from home, for modelers, texturers, programmers and sound engineers.

From: TobiWahn_Kenobi

Why you should care!
An ambitious mod with fantastic models and textures. It's also available for downloading alpha versions. This could become one of the best Babylon 5 mods available.

Star Trek: Sacrifice of Angels 2

Can anyone remember when we used to be explorers? - Jean Luc Picard

From SOA2 mod team

Why you should care!
In my opinion Sacrifice of Angels 2 is one of the most well developed mods for Sins of a Solar Empire. Originating from the Homeworld series and moving to Sins of a Solar Empire have undoubtedly created one of the best mods for the game. Even if your not necessarily a Star Trek fan I bet you'd find it hard not to appreciate this mod and the work it's team has put into it over the years.

Star Wars: Requiem[sins.imperial.cc]

As war rages between the Tech, Advent and Vasari factions in the Far Outer Rim... a new power has emerged from the depths of inter-solar space. Encroaching upon this distant part of the sprawling galaxy, the Empire's exploration task forces seek to bring more worlds under the dominion of the Sith Lord, Palpatine...

From: JasonFJ


Why you should care!
A great Star Wars mod that keeps the best part of Sins and allows you to go with or against the Empire or Rebellion. Packed with great models and works flawlessly in online play. Any fan of Star Wars should check this mod out.

!Edit!: Appears to not be supported anymore.

Star Wars: Sins of a Galactic Empire[warlords.swrebellion.com]

From: SW Rebellion

Why you should care!
A great Star Wars mod scaled for realism and attempting to stay as cannon as possible. Any Star Wars fan will love this mod.

Dawn of the Reapers

The reapers have returned from dark space. With Earth under attack and the mass relays in a state of chaos from refugees and the councils fleet engaging reaper forces the galaxy is a mess. The outcome is unknown, the warfare is devastating. The galaxy will never be the same.

From: Lord_Set

Why you should care!
An ambitious mod attempting to bring Mass Effect space battles to Sins of a Solar Empire. Still a long way to go for a final release but you can enjoy their alpha version available on Moddb.

7 Deadly Sins[danmangames.com]
12 playable races with their own traits that make them more unique, from being a total offensive race, to a highly researching race. Each race now has it's own unique tactics of gameplay.

From: Danman3712 and 7DS Team

Why you should care!
7DS is one of the original mods for Sins of a Solar Empire. At one time it was the most popular mod downloaded for the game.

7DS also includes a lot of of the original sins mods as well as many new enhancements over the last couple of years including all new custom HUD displays by Rick Hughes.

Cons: It's not the easiest mod to download making you jump through hoops on a private server to get a link to the mod's download.

The Dark Secret[ricksgalaxy.homestead.com]
From: rjhughes

"This mod is based on a story i created to merge a new race into the universe of Sins of a Solar Empire. To get the full concept of the mod you need to watch the small load screen movie before you play it........."

Why you should care!
Rjhughes deserves a big nod for his support of the Sins modding community. You'll find his stamp on many different mods most notably through his spectacular UI HUDS. The Dark Secret is also one of the few original mods that isn't pulling directly from another IP which to me makes it unique in the world of modding.

Mods currently updated and maintained by rjhughes:

Rebellion: Alliance Hidden Agenda's, Bailknight's Graphical Mod, Real Capital Ships, Sins Plus (2 versions), Sins Texture Pack.

Diplomacy: Alliance Hidden Agenda's, Bailknight's Graphical Mod, Computerized UI, Mad Scientist, Real Capital Ships, Sins Plus, The Dark Secret.

Entrenchment: Celestial Bodies Mod, Hammer Real Sins, Mad Scientist, Real Capital Ships, Sins Plus, The Dark Secret.

Sins: Hammer Real Sins, Tec CapitalShip Voice Mod, Urban Expansion, (Epic War.... by request only)

Rick's Galaxy Downloads[ricksgalaxy.homestead.com]

Star Wars: Thrawn's Revenge II: Ascendancy

Thrawn's Revenge II: Ascendancy is a total conversion set in the Star Wars galaxy after the Original Trilogy. The first release will feature the New Republic and Imperial Remnant, with more factions coming after that. For more information, see the mod's wiki[thrawnsrevenge.com].


From: Thrawn's Revenge Development Team


Why you should care!
From the makers of Thrawn's Revenge: Imperial Civil War, Ascendancy is a Star Wars mod set after the Battle of Endor in the Star Wars Galaxy. Fight for galactic ascendancy as multiple factions from this period in Star Wars history.