Great turns, Ianus! We may win this thing yet!
One thing I disagree with is the planned attack on Cryslon. Please don't slowly build bombers (especially at a single non-rich world) when we could be building placeholders instead: We can then turn them into bombers once we have the best tech we're going to get, don't pay maintenance on them in the meantime, and can call off the attack if the Silis come up with Planetary Vs, Scatters, and ECM 3 before we're ready to launch! Even if they get no new defensive tech between now and our attack, we'll still need hundreds of bombers, and the slower we build them, the more surely they'll end up going obsolete. If we want to try taking Cryslon soon, we'll have to commit to it in a serious way. That's my analysis at least. (It's probably safe to scrap the LR colship, the Honeybees, or both if we need a new design slot, though I haven't checked on the latter's assignments.)
The council is still a bit frightening, but if we can max out all our worlds on population, we may have a veto on our own! And our computer and weapons projects should go a long way toward protecting us from the Alkari (for a while) when they come through. Good luck with this one, PsillyCyber!
Roster:
Ianus - Just Played an excellent set!
Psillycyber - UP! with the empire still balanced on a knife's edge between glory and collapse!
RefSteel - On Deck
Thrawn - Perhaps still hibernating ... but getting closer and closer to spring!
One thing I disagree with is the planned attack on Cryslon. Please don't slowly build bombers (especially at a single non-rich world) when we could be building placeholders instead: We can then turn them into bombers once we have the best tech we're going to get, don't pay maintenance on them in the meantime, and can call off the attack if the Silis come up with Planetary Vs, Scatters, and ECM 3 before we're ready to launch! Even if they get no new defensive tech between now and our attack, we'll still need hundreds of bombers, and the slower we build them, the more surely they'll end up going obsolete. If we want to try taking Cryslon soon, we'll have to commit to it in a serious way. That's my analysis at least. (It's probably safe to scrap the LR colship, the Honeybees, or both if we need a new design slot, though I haven't checked on the latter's assignments.)
The council is still a bit frightening, but if we can max out all our worlds on population, we may have a veto on our own! And our computer and weapons projects should go a long way toward protecting us from the Alkari (for a while) when they come through. Good luck with this one, PsillyCyber!
Roster:
Ianus - Just Played an excellent set!
Psillycyber - UP! with the empire still balanced on a knife's edge between glory and collapse!
RefSteel - On Deck
Thrawn - Perhaps still hibernating ... but getting closer and closer to spring!