Reduce paraogn output 10k/1M m/E -> 4k/400k m/E

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Description of the proposed changes

Reduce Paragon's max output so that it cannot simultaneously defend itself against land, air, and artillery while also making Salvations to kill enemy infrastructure. This ability made it far more powerful than other game enders and essentially unbeatable even if the enemy had nearly full map control, which is not the case for other game enders.

Paragon: T4 Experimental Resource Generator (XAB1401):

• Max mass output: 10k -> 4k
• Max energy output: 1000k -> 400k

Discord balance thread.

Testing done on the proposed changes

Simple number change that doesn't need changing.
The balance implications cannot be sandboxed either.

Theory for thought:
Mavor deals around 600 mass/s of damage to assisted shields, so the Paragon will have 3.4k mass left over for salvations in a game ender war. This means a salvation can be built every 59.6s, so the Paragon guaranteed wins in 2 minutes when 2 salvations are built. This compares to 21.1s previously, so Paragon won in ~42s.
Yolona requires 19.2 SMD to defend if it has full 145 T3 engis of assistance to maximize its fire rate, which costs 288 mass/s. Really insignificant cost. The main cost will be in building SMD 4 minutes early for them to load. Yolona also doesn't easily get 145 engis so it's not as high of a requirement in reality.

Anecdotes:
People often do not max out the Paragon instantly, or even at all before the game ends. They may reach around 3000 mass/s immediately, and then increase spending over time if their engineer building infrastructure isn't dead. This means that they do not need to reach the full output to win the game.

The most ridiculously economic game with RAS SACU being spammed into water could have a player reach 3k income. This would give them a fighting chance against a 4k income Paragon. More realistically a team could reach 1.5k income together in the late game. Overall, the nerfed Paragon should be able to defensively match the offensive power of a map-control-based team, even if overbuilding unnecessary defenses reduces the Paragon user's efficiency. The nerf does mean that the Paragon user will no longer be able to simultaneously build Salvations to kill enemy infrastructure; they will have to invest most of their income into defenses and have a "fair" fight before having resources to build Salvations.

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Summary by CodeRabbit

• Bug Fixes
  • Reduced maximum resource output for Paragon T4 Experimental Resource Generator: energy output capacity decreased from 1000k to 400k, mass output capacity decreased from 10k to 4k.

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📝 Walkthrough

Walkthrough

This PR reduces the Paragon T4 Experimental Resource Generator (XAB1401) unit's economy limits: maximum energy output decreases from 1,000,000 to 400,000 and maximum mass output decreases from 10,000 to 4,000. A changelog entry documents these balance changes.

Changes

XAB1401 Economy Balance Adjustment

Layer / File(s)	Summary
XAB1401 unit economy limits adjustment changelog/snippets/balance.7131.md, units/XAB1401/XAB1401_unit.bp	The unit's Economy.MaxEnergy and Economy.MaxMass are reduced by 60%, with a changelog entry documenting the balance changes for PR #7131.

Estimated code review effort

🎯 1 (Trivial) | ⏱️ ~3 minutes

Suggested reviewers

• Rhaelya

Poem

A rabbit hops through balance sheets so fine, 🐰
The XAB1401 now restrained by design,
Four thousand mass, four hundred thousand spark,
More measured power, perfectly stark!

🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 5

✅ Passed checks (5 passed)

Check name	Status	Explanation
Title check	✅ Passed	The title accurately and concisely summarizes the main change: reducing Paragon's maximum mass and energy outputs from 10k/1M to 4k/400k.
Description check	✅ Passed	The description includes a clear explanation of proposed changes, detailed reasoning, testing notes, and addresses all required checklist items except annotated code comments.
Docstring Coverage	✅ Passed	No functions found in the changed files to evaluate docstring coverage. Skipping docstring coverage check.
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