imperium 39 - automatic report

[ignatius]

After having thought about it for some time - basically ever since kyrub put the fantasic autosave feature into embryonic18 - I finally set out and wrote a log generator which evaluates the save files and generates a time-line for the game. So, for what it's worth:

Emperor RBO-39 of the Silicoids, 4 races, 24 stars, 4 difficulty
Emperor Skylord of the Alkaris, Honorable Diplomat
Emperor Nazgur of the Darloks, Aggressive Technologist
Emperor Jasana of the Mrrshans, Aggressive Militarist

2312 S new BARRACUDA ship: V1/1 A0 D2/2 S1 4xLaser 18hp
2321 S new COL ship: V1/1 A0 D1/1 S0 1xLaser StdBase 100hp

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2325 I Player    Sil    Alk    Dar    Cat
       fleet       4     25     69     30
       tech        6      9      6      9
       prod      242    478    338    474
       pop        99    126     94    123
       cols        3      2      1      2

Pretty standard start: Send colship to Kakata, and scout to everything in range. As Reticuli was in range from the start, no reserve tanks were necessary for the medium to look after it.

2325 * Reticuli (Terran 90) founded.
2330 * Uxmai (Dead 40 hostile) founded.
2330 D Contact with the Darlok empire established.
2330 T Deuterium Fuel Cells (Range 5) discovered.
2338 * Vulcan (Jungle 90) founded.
2339 D Contact with the Mrrshan empire established.
2341 T Improved Terraforming +10 discovered.

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2343 V High Council. RBO-39 has 2/8 votes. AI votes:
       Cat3 for Mrrshans (3). Alk2 Dar1 abstain (3).

2344 * Tao (Desert 45) founded.
2344 * Nitzer (Dead 50 hostile ultra rich) founded.
2344 D Contact with the Alkari empire established.
2348 D Silicoids and Mrrshans sign a non aggression pact.
2349 T Improved Industrial Tech 9 discovered.

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2349 V High Council. RBO-39 has 3/9 votes. AI votes:
       Cat3 for Mrrshans (3). Alk2 Dar1 abstain (3).
2350 I Player    Sil    Alk    Dar    Cat
       fleet      36     75     51     92
       tech       13     22     13     26
       prod      391    768    506    988
       pop       216    180    100    272
       cols        7      3      1      5

So far the AI didn't give me any trouble and the initial expansion wave went smoothly. With the Birds settling Cygni, this was going to change soon enough. I beat the birds to Primodius by a single turn and had to threaten them to turn around their incoming stack.

2353 * Primodius (Minimal 35) founded.
2355 * Antares (Desert 15) founded.
2356 T Hyper-V Rockets discovered.
2360 T Class II Deflector Shields discovered.
2363 T Battle Computer Mark II discovered.
2365 D Silicoids and Alkaris sign a non aggression pact.
2365 D Silicoids and Darloks sign a non aggression pact.
2367 T Nuclear Engines discovered.
2369 E Merchant event hits.
2370 * Tau Cygni (Toxic 25 hostile) founded.

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2374 V High Council. RBO-39 has 5/12 votes. AI votes:
       Cat4 for Mrrshans (4). Alk2 Dar1 abstain (3).
2375 I Player    Sil    Alk    Dar    Cat
       fleet      15     60      0    164
       tech       24     41     26     50
       prod     1394   1032    530   1716
       pop       465    195    100    349
       cols       10      3      1      5

Everything in reach has been settled, the remaining Planets would require more range and/or LR colships. Large trade agreements and NAPs would hopefully buy me enough time to stand up the new cols.


2379 T Personal Deflector Shield discovered.
2380 T Improved Industrial Tech 8 discovered.
2381 T Neutron Pellet Gun discovered.
2383 D Alkaris cancel non aggression pact with the Silicoids.
2385 S new SCANNER ship: V2/1 A1 D2/2 S0 BS 18hp
2386 D Alkaris declare war on Silicoids.
2386 T Death Spores discovered.
2387 D Mrrshans declare war on Alkaris.
2388 D Mrrshans declare war on Darloks.
2388 T Battle Computer Mark III discovered.
2389 S new COL ship: V2/1 A0 D1/1 S0 1xNPG StdBase LR 100hp
2393 * Draconis (Radiated 10 hostile rich) founded.
2395 * Collassa (Inferno 10 hostile) founded.
2395 T Improved Robotic Controls III stolen form Alkaris.
2397 T Dotomite Crystals (Range 7) discovered.

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2399 V High Council. RBO-39 has 7/14 votes. AI votes:
       Alk2 Cat4 for Mrrshans (6). Dar1 for Silicoids (1).
2400 I Player    Sil    Alk    Dar    Cat
       fleet      17     23     19    123
       tech       58     61     37     70
       prod     2389   1284    228   2086
       pop       610    195     61    307
       cols       12      3      1      5

Well, peace lasted just barely enough to get the first bases going (with massive reserve spending from Nitzer). After repelling first attacks on Tao and Antares, the game was basically won: I'm first in production and have more planets than all AIs together.

2400 D Silicoids and Alkaris sign a peace treaty.
2403 D Darloks cancel non aggression pact with the Silicoids.
2403 E Comet event hits.
2404 T Scatter Pack V Rockets discovered.
2405 D Mrrshans cancel non aggression pact with the Silicoids.
2407 T Automated Repair System discovered.
2409 D Alkaris declare war on Silicoids.
2409 T Ecm Jammer Mark III discovered.
2410 T Class V Planetary Shield discovered.
2412 S new POLARIS ship: V2/2 A4 D1/1 S2 44+44+43xNPG 1xNuclear2 BS ARS 600hp
2416 T Improved Terraforming +30 discovered.
2418 D The war between the Mrrshans and the Darloks has ended.
2418 S new SPORE ship: V2/2 A4 D1/1 S2 44xSpores BS ARS 600hp
2419 D Mrrshans declare war on Darloks.
2419 T Sub-Light Drives stolen form Alkaris.
2423 T Energy Pulsar discovered.

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2424 V High Council. RBO-39 has 8/16 votes. AI votes:
       Alk3 Cat4 for Mrrshans (7). Dar1 for Silicoids (1).
2425 I Player    Sil    Alk    Dar    Cat
       fleet     144    188     78    249
       tech       82     78     45     89
       prod     3457   1630    530   2666
       pop       767    221    100    350
       cols       12      3      1      5

My first offensive moves were a bit premature, though. The Spore design had to retreat from its first battle at Cygni as the Birds have upgraded their missles the turn before. The Polaris design was reduced to guard duty in the Nitzar nebular.


2425 D Darloks declare war on Silicoids.
2426 T Improved Robotic Controls IV discovered.
2429 T Graviton Beam discovered.
2432 T Ecm Jammer Mark II stolen form Darloks.
2433 T Zortium Armor discovered.
2434 T Inertial Stabilizer stolen form Alkaris.
2435 T Uridium Fuel Cells (Range 8) stolen form Alkaris.
2436 T Ecm Jammer Mark I stolen form Darloks.
2438 T Repulsor Beam discovered.
2442 T Class III Deflector Shields stolen form Alkaris.
2443 T Improved Terraforming +40 discovered.
2448 T Class V Deflector Shields stolen form Alkaris.
2448 E Rich event hits.

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2449 V High Council. RBO-39 has 11/20 votes. AI votes:
       Alk3 Dar1 Cat5 for Mrrshans (9).
2450 I Player    Sil    Alk    Dar    Cat
       fleet     111    373     42    127
       tech      120     89     53    107
       prod     5648   1774    530   3556
       pop      1023    225    100    465
       cols       12      3      1      5

The rich event was at Nazin, which thereby suggested itself as my first target. Again I planned on attacking with large, shielded ARS-equpped ships which hopefully would last long enough in the Hyper-X and SP-V fire to do some damage.


2451 D Darloks declare war on Alkaris.
2451 D The war between the Mrrshans and the Alkaris has ended.
2451 T Battle Computer Mark VI discovered.
2451 T Impulse Drives discovered.
2453 S new SPAWN ship: V5/4 A7 D5/8 S3 16xSpores BS IS ARS 1200hp
2455 T Megabolt Cannon discovered.
2456 T Improved Industrial Tech 5 discovered.
2456 S new KRAKEN ship: V5/3 A7 D3/3 S5 13xMegabolt 20xGraviton 1xNuclear2 BS ARS 1200hp
2457 S new COL ship: V5/2 A1 D2/2 S0 1xMegabolt BS StdBase LR 100hp
2458 T Gatling Laser stolen form Alkaris.
2460 T Improved Space Scanner stolen form Alkaris.
2461 D Mrrshans declare war on Alkaris.
2462 + The Darloks have been eliminated.
2463 * Nazin (Terran 100 rich) refounded.
2463 T Neutron Blaster recieved as gift.
2464 * Cygni (Desert 40 rich) refounded.
2464 S new MONITOR ship: V5/3 A7 D3/3 S5 8+8xHvBlaster 1xHypV5 BS ARS Repulsor 1200hp
2468 T Hyper-X Rockets stolen form Alkaris.
2469 T Cloning discovered.
2469 E Pirates event hits.
2471 * Altair (Terran 100) refounded.
2472 * Rana (Arid 55) conquered from Alkaris.
2472 + The Alkaris have been eliminated.
2472 T Improved Industrial Tech 6 looted from Rana.
2472 T Duralloy Armor looted from Rana.
2474 D Mrrshans declare war on Silicoids.
2474 T Andrium Armor discovered.
2474 S new WHALE ship: V5/3 A7 D3/3 S6 14+13+13xMegabolt 1xHypV2 BS ARS 1200hp

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2475 I Player    Sil    Alk+   Dar+   Cat
       fleet     599      0      0    335
       tech      160    119     67    131
       prod     7364      0      0   4600
       pop      1259      0      0    503
       cols       16      0      0      5

It worked, but only barely so. Esp. the Akari fleet at Cygni gave me trouble and it took many turns to slowly decimate their agile fighters before I could go for the kill. With the Cats and their stingers, a classical bombing strategy would be called for. I couldn't fit spores on a small yet, so I had to settle for a fast medium design with high missle defense. The Cat's complete lack of BCs was helpful in this department, so their bases would be reduced to a CTH of 5%. As the Cats were my last enemy, it was also safe to let them resettle and go for a ground invasion.

2476 T Improved Robotic Controls V discovered.
2478 S new BIOHAZARD ship: V5/4 A6 D8/11 S0 2xSpores IS 36hp
2485 * Rigel (Desert 40) conquered from Mrrshans.
2485 T Battle Suits looted from Rigel.
2485 T Ion Cannon looted from Rigel.
2485 T Advanced Space Scanner looted from Rigel.
2485 T Anti-Missile Rockets looted from Rigel.
2485 T Fusion Rifle looted from Rigel.
2485 T Stinger Missiles looted from Rigel.
2487 * Fierias (Terran 100) conquered from Mrrshans.
2487 T Particle Beam looted from Fierias.
2487 T Ion Stream Projector looted from Fierias.
2487 T Hydrogen Fuel Cells (Range 4) looted from Fierias.
2487 T Irridium Fuel Cells (Range 6) looted from Fierias.
2488 T Scatter Pack VII Missiles discovered.

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2489 I Player    Sil    Alk+   Dar+   Cat
       fleet     857      0      0    123
       tech      181    119     67    145
       prod     9848      0      0    882
       pop      1544      0      0     84
       cols       20      0      0      1

2489 * Thrax (Terran 65) conquered from Mrrshans.
2489 * Seidon (Arid 70) conquered from Mrrshans.
2489 = Silicoids: 20/21 cols, 95% pop, 92% prod, 87% fleet, avg. TL 30.2


ignatius

[Vanshilar]

Neato! I've been wanting to do that, to extract data from the save files to show how the game progressed, but haven't started working on it. My thoughts were basically a map showing who held what stars in which years, as well as maybe some other graphs showing population, production, tech, etc. by year, so it would be visually oriented. I obviously haven't gotten very far with it yet though; the animated map that I do is basically just me remembering to print screen the map every turn, then a script to put all those image files into a single animated gif. Kudos for the script!

[Nad]

Thank you for your report and the development of this script - sounds very useful! Would you mind to provide it?

[ignatius]

Eventually, when I'm done with it, I probably will, allthough I'm yet undecided in what form and how to proceed about it. RIght now, this is work in progress.

ignatius

[toddestan]

I must also chime in and say that your automatic report generator is pretty cool. It may be nice to add in when new planets are scouted.

Also, very well played game.