I started this one at almost a month ago, took a long break, and only finished it today. It was a grind. It soon became apparent that my plans to build a mighty empire and grow the dragon-emperor's hoard had to be scrapped in favor of a less ambitious ânot getting exterminatedâ plan. I was so busy executing the revised plan that I couldn't be bothered to take a lot of screenshots.
Early expansion went well. I grabbed some decent planets around the homeworld and everything looked good. Then a huge Klackon empire (Erratic, Technologist) showed up in the south, and I was too intimidated to challenge them when they colonized nearby planets I had my eye on, including Maalor, a rich barren world.
My first war was with the Meklar. I had no chance at beating them in space. Still. Sakkra... I started hurling ground forces at their closest planet.
âWhen in doubt, throw more warriors at the enemy. It's not like we'll run out.â -- Famous Sakkra general.
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(2364)
My luck wasn't quite as bad as in the previous Imperium game, where a generation of Bulratrhi died by Mrrshan lasers without ever coming to grips with the enemy. However, I never managed to conquer Iranha in that war. 8 million meklar left at the end of the battle. 1 million Meklar left. 3 million Meklar left... In short, I'd kill most of the Meklar, and they'd send more just in time to face the next invasion force to get through. In the end the war sort of fizzled out with no gains on either side. (Though I think they razed one of my planets, forcing me to resettle and rebuild.)
For the rest of the game I got into wars with everyone at some point or another, but my main enemy bar none was the Klackon.
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(2448 )
They almost wiped me out twice. I had no chance whatsoever against their fleets. My missile bases barely scratched their paint. My planetary shields might as well have been wet toilet paper. At one point I was down to a single fully developed planet.
I only survived thanks to stubborn resettlement of scorched planets, bribes, grovelling, foul treachery, and merciless application of bioweapons (codename: âfoggersâ). I though I had them for while when I got the tech to put death spores on Small ships, but they got hold of the antidote before my fleet was sufficiently large to launch an attack. In the end I managed to crack a few of their planets with doom virus armed Medium ships. They resettled. I sent invasion forces. I stole a lot of tech. The last Klackon worlds fell to swarms of Small ships, each with two doom virus bombs. After that the senate vote was a cakewalk.
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(2624)
Score:
10 000 405 (2400) + 9 993 416 (2500) = 19 993 821
I never transferred any money from the treasury, but some peace offers were just too tempting and I agreed to give the AI money. Somehow I don't think this is the best score.
Early expansion went well. I grabbed some decent planets around the homeworld and everything looked good. Then a huge Klackon empire (Erratic, Technologist) showed up in the south, and I was too intimidated to challenge them when they colonized nearby planets I had my eye on, including Maalor, a rich barren world.
My first war was with the Meklar. I had no chance at beating them in space. Still. Sakkra... I started hurling ground forces at their closest planet.
âWhen in doubt, throw more warriors at the enemy. It's not like we'll run out.â -- Famous Sakkra general.
(2364)
My luck wasn't quite as bad as in the previous Imperium game, where a generation of Bulratrhi died by Mrrshan lasers without ever coming to grips with the enemy. However, I never managed to conquer Iranha in that war. 8 million meklar left at the end of the battle. 1 million Meklar left. 3 million Meklar left... In short, I'd kill most of the Meklar, and they'd send more just in time to face the next invasion force to get through. In the end the war sort of fizzled out with no gains on either side. (Though I think they razed one of my planets, forcing me to resettle and rebuild.)
For the rest of the game I got into wars with everyone at some point or another, but my main enemy bar none was the Klackon.
(2448 )
They almost wiped me out twice. I had no chance whatsoever against their fleets. My missile bases barely scratched their paint. My planetary shields might as well have been wet toilet paper. At one point I was down to a single fully developed planet.
I only survived thanks to stubborn resettlement of scorched planets, bribes, grovelling, foul treachery, and merciless application of bioweapons (codename: âfoggersâ). I though I had them for while when I got the tech to put death spores on Small ships, but they got hold of the antidote before my fleet was sufficiently large to launch an attack. In the end I managed to crack a few of their planets with doom virus armed Medium ships. They resettled. I sent invasion forces. I stole a lot of tech. The last Klackon worlds fell to swarms of Small ships, each with two doom virus bombs. After that the senate vote was a cakewalk.
(2624)
Score:
10 000 405 (2400) + 9 993 416 (2500) = 19 993 821
I never transferred any money from the treasury, but some peace offers were just too tempting and I agreed to give the AI money. Somehow I don't think this is the best score.
