Wow - this is a great read, especially as the game sounds like a really rough ride. I loved the way you brought the war home to a personal, human (errrr ... Alkari) level, for both sides. The political discussions and posturing were priceless as well.
On the events of the game itself: It sounds like you had an opportunity to make peace with the Sakkra in 2399, but rejected it; is that right? Also, did you ever develop the necessary tech to put LR tanks and a colony base on a large ship? In my game, I sent a ship to Xengara in the far northwest as soon as I developed that ability, and even though I never sent it population through the entire game(!) (too many other desperately important priorities with too little population to go around anyway, and it was just too far from everything at warp one) Xen's fertility and size helped it to grow into a very useful world on its own.
I really enjoyed this report! And perhaps some day, Akhir Al-Muhaymin ibn Altairi Al Qatsaw'ts will be awakened from hypersleep by an alert siren activated by his Scout's one remaining functional sensor. He'll prepare himself to die in battle with the inevitable Sakkra Hierarchy Dreadnought only to find a Meklar renegade piloting an ancient, reassembled Orion Doom Star, assembling a revolutionary force to overthrow the lizard overlords! ... But of course, that's a tale for another day....
On the events of the game itself: It sounds like you had an opportunity to make peace with the Sakkra in 2399, but rejected it; is that right? Also, did you ever develop the necessary tech to put LR tanks and a colony base on a large ship? In my game, I sent a ship to Xengara in the far northwest as soon as I developed that ability, and even though I never sent it population through the entire game(!) (too many other desperately important priorities with too little population to go around anyway, and it was just too far from everything at warp one) Xen's fertility and size helped it to grow into a very useful world on its own.
I really enjoyed this report! And perhaps some day, Akhir Al-Muhaymin ibn Altairi Al Qatsaw'ts will be awakened from hypersleep by an alert siren activated by his Scout's one remaining functional sensor. He'll prepare himself to die in battle with the inevitable Sakkra Hierarchy Dreadnought only to find a Meklar renegade piloting an ancient, reassembled Orion Doom Star, assembling a revolutionary force to overthrow the lizard overlords! ... But of course, that's a tale for another day....