What i did was get the mad scientist mod got it to a work and i found its easier to mod a mod this is wat i did .on xp
1 my computer
2 local disc
3 documents and settings
4 username
5 local settings
6 application data
7 ironclad games
8 sins of a solar empire
9mods-entrenchment v1.02
10 entrench v2.22
11 fighter damages
12 it should bring up a thing in excel
13 now change many different crafs stuff very carefully or ull mess up the mod
14 save
15then play and see if it worked
Sybertronic. 
