This game was tough. I am not sure if the reason was that I am rusty. But the bears were insanely tough. It shows what decent research and expansion can do for the gropo Bears.
I never managed to expand beyond the 5 initial planets till 2461. It was just not possible. LRLas were used but the Bears even came close to reduce me to 3 planets shortly.
The bad range tech at the start hurt as well. As range 5 cells were not in the tree. Until the storming of Ursa 2602 my enemies were waves of bears on foot or on ships. I attach Talas before and after to see what amounts of pop I threw against them.
My main reason for surviving and then winning (sort of, I stopped short of elimination after conquering Orion. Diplomacy proved impossible) was ESPIONAGE. Somehow I managed to stay on par with Psilons in CPU tech and ahead of the Bears and I stole tech after tech.
This was a tough but great game. Many, many thanks for this Imperium!
I never managed to expand beyond the 5 initial planets till 2461. It was just not possible. LRLas were used but the Bears even came close to reduce me to 3 planets shortly.
The bad range tech at the start hurt as well. As range 5 cells were not in the tree. Until the storming of Ursa 2602 my enemies were waves of bears on foot or on ships. I attach Talas before and after to see what amounts of pop I threw against them.
My main reason for surviving and then winning (sort of, I stopped short of elimination after conquering Orion. Diplomacy proved impossible) was ESPIONAGE. Somehow I managed to stay on par with Psilons in CPU tech and ahead of the Bears and I stole tech after tech.
This was a tough but great game. Many, many thanks for this Imperium!
Quote:2302 Guessed right, Primodius colonized.
Tech to lvl 4, scouts to important planets.
2343 Talas seems impossible as nuclear engines come around. So Collassa it is. Berel next.
2350 Berel colonized
2357 Firma colonized to the north. I doubt I can colonize any 5 distance planet with nuclear engines blocking my research.
2383 Bears dow me, contact with Psilons and Sakkras
2385 Espionage against Bear successful, ECM 1.
2388 Scatter Packs V secure my planets for now.
2393 Battle Suits stolen, one missile base destroyed, peace signed.
2405 Exchange Battle Suits for Psilon Duralloy. Bears got Zortrium and high end beams. Ships are useless..
2420 After years of research we steal Neutron Blasters from the Bears. Of course.
2421 Collassas defenses are swept away..
Berel and Primodius build bases, Sol Blast 2.0 large designs..
Sakkra theft of IT7 is framed on the Bears.
2430 Red Waste 60% is stolen, of course was on research
2435 Contact broken with the Sakkras, I start my counter-offensive near Collassa
2437 50 humans against 13 bears, 5 bears dead.
2446 Epic fail, bomb it down twice..
2450 Planet V stolen from Psilons, stop it as Nap is gone.
2451 Collassa stood up. peace from the bears for red waste 60%
2461 I snatch Helos under the nose of the Sakkras who were bombed by the bears. Yay, COLONY 6
2464 Nap with Psilons, war with Bears.
2475 Collassa lost.
2476 Derelict technology for the Bears? Really???
2485 Collassa holds against me, Helos for me barely.. My fleet is pulverized.
2490 Collassa taken, Helos taken.
2512 I am still where I was at 2357
2529 HELOS IS TAKEN. My storm troops sneak through whilst the bombed colony is re-established. I regain contact with everyone and the
bears peace. Everything is put into Helos.
Automated Repair is changed from the Darloks, enabling a serious Huge design which can survive.
Scatter Pack VII from the Sakkras for battle cpu VII.. Costly, but worth it I hope.
2538
Hoping to finally wrestle Dunatis, the planet the Psilons sneaked
2542
Dunatis is stormed, resulting in an alliance and better relations with Sakkras and Bears and Advanced Soil Enrichement. Now I just need
to survive the counterattack
2457
And I do at Primodius. Half my fleet gets pulverized once again and my bases stand barely against the Ion Stream attack. Never seen the
AI use them.
2556 Denubius to the northwest is captured whilst 40-50 bases per planet pulverize attacking Brain/Bear fleets.
2557 Denubius is glassed by the Brains..
2570 War resumes with Bears, a gigantic offensive is launched against Talas, 300 pops and 8 huges.
2572 Talas is mine after 4 lost huges to bases and with 12 surviving Humans.. The Plasma Cannon is salvaged from the Planet.
2586 Bypassing an enourmous fleet at Paranar I storm Ursa after bombing it down thrice with a fleet of 10 huges. Despite the diplomatic
victory conidition, the Bears have to pay for making my game a living hell.
2591 Despite comquering Paranar, the bears still pack a bunch. They destroy 40 bases of my 97 on Talas
2602
Paranar and Ursa fortified I stop. my next target is Orion.
2604
Adamantium
2607
High Energy Focus
The Plasma 5.0 is designed to end all wars. 50 Plasma Cannons, 30 Omega-V Bombs and High Energy Focus.
2632
Orion is taken. 25 Huges bit the dust, though older Gauss Designs. The new Plasma 5.0, 5.1 and 5.2 design win the day. (60 Plasma High
Energy each..)
23 to 20 in the council vote. The Psilon need to be downsized.
2641
Draconis is stormed. Mentar next. We outstrip all other races.
2643
For Propaganda and Diplomacy Purposes, Mentar is glassed.
2644
Keeta glassed, Mentar settled
2645
Keeta settled
2646
Mentar glassed by Sakkras.
2649
Mentar settled
2650
Ryoun glassed by Psilons.
2651
Keeta settled. I am peacing the Psilons to stand the new planets up.
2656
Ryoun settled. RC VI researched. this game is won. now i only need a diplomatic win
2663
The Sakkras dow me. Needless glassing down south prevents elections. i have had it. I am gonna clean the house and keep reservations for
each race. Maretta is settled.
2664
Dreadnought losses are substantial but Kholdan´s defenses are overtaken.
2666
The Klackons wipe out the Darloks. A wonder this did not happen earlier.
2667
The Humans will soon control the galaxy. Kholdan is taken.
I design Death 6.0 with a ridiculous amount of Plasma Cannons and 2 Death Rays.
2668
The game is won. But I am not gonna win it pretty.I leave eliminating the races out. Every homeworld is mine by now and I am close to the merging message.
