Turn 642
The foolish Cardassians have not learned their lesson....after the first war and their final defeat at Cardassia, they have again declared war against the mighty Romulan Star Empire. They tried to enter the space in Cardassia and were suprised to see a fleet of cloaked Warbirds...they fled like rabbits would the human say!
Our first reaction was to take Psi 2000 and establish a puppet government....this time however, we're going all the the way and we will take ALL the remaining planets of the Cardassians!
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The Romulan Star Empire has good relations with the Federation (above) and the Ferengi (far away). The Klingons are not a threat with their tiny empire. Therefore, the war against the Cardassians can be dealt with the full focus of the main command, the War Plan Councils and the Tal Shiar.
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Romulan - Federation border
While we have good relations with the Federation, the Romulan Star Empire still maintains a large fleet near the border of the neutral zone...we never know with them. Their weren't very pleased when we took control of Vulcan many years ago. Romulus can be reached in a few days by the Federation ships so we have to keep things secure.
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On the other hand, Earth is not very far either and, in case of difficulties, could become a target for our navy in the Federation decided not to be cooperative...
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Anyway, we will focus on Cardassians and Cardassians only...for now.
Nice! That looks like the BOP mod, yes?
Quote from: Martok on August 13, 2014, 05:04:21 AM
Nice! That looks like the BOP mod, yes?
Yes it is....it's an old game i keep on playing....takes me forever! :D
No kidding, you're at turn 642!
Was there a previous AAR thread? ???
Nope...just played for myself....
Current state
The Romulan Star Empire controls 27 solar systems. We are the greatest power in the alpha quadrant, yet, if we want to control it, we will neet to find an ally. At this point, only the Ferengi and the Federation are good choices with 20 systems each. Negotiations have not been as good as we hoped for and the Federation has constantly refused any collaboration beyond friendship for now...maybe we need to focus more on the Ferengi.
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After the last battle, the Cardassians have retreated their fleet to T'lli Beta. We first thought to attack Andoria but it's well defended with 20 orbitals bases and we would lose many ships in the process. The Cardassians could then attack our weakened fleet there and prevent the invasion. After much discussions and debates, we have finally decided to take a major risk. We're going to send all the ships we have in Cardassia and Psi 2000 on an all or nothing battle. If we manage to take out the Cardassian fleet, they won't be able to create enough new ships to offer any kind of resistance and we will be able to focus on the invasion of their planets...if we lose the battle...we will have to protect our borders fast...
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Now watch the Cardassians somehow sense you coming, and pull out of T'lli Beta just as your combined fleet arrives... ::)
Incidentally, I am now going to have to go play BOTF again. I'd managed to resist its siren call for some time now, but reading this is giving me "the itch" once more. Thanks, Anguille! :P
You're welcome!
All cloaked ships in Cardassia set the direction to figth the Cardassian fleet at the rendez-vous point! Warp!
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As we hoped, the Cardassians are still there with their entire fleet! This is going to be a big battle!
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Obviously, using our cloacking advantage, we hope to cause as much damage to their ships as possible...Cardassians ships are strong!
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And so the battle starts....The first strike takes the Cardassians by surprise as they see a sea of torpedoes and laser shots hitting their ships!
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The ships take new positions to hit them hard again
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The battle is intensive and many ships have already beend destroyed on both sides!
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Egads. Even if you won, you had to have suffered fairly significant losses in that battle.
The fact that around half the Cardassians main force appears to consist of the smaller Galor-class cruisers probably gives you an advantage in "ships of the line". However, does it make up for how badly outnumbered you are in terms of fast-attack craft? Let's hope...
Turn 643! :D
Well, I'm glad to see that the game keeps playing that long without crashing.
No crashing indeed.
The Warbids turn around the Cardassians and fire at will...
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Ships explode all around...this is huge battle...
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Yet there are still many ships on both sides...and nobody thinks about a retreat...this is going until the last ship...
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The Cardassians ships have been hit hard during the last phase of the combat and try to take position behind the Warbirds. But the reaction is fast and laser beams go through the hulls of many Cardassians ships.
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Finally, the last enemy ships have been destroyed...the Romulan Star Empire is victorious
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We have 13 Warbids left...highly veterans...these ships/crews will be used to secure space while a new fleet will come to do the invasion. The Cardassians just had their "Waterloo"....now, we have to finish them off.
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Nice job, Anguille! I know Warbirds are tough (thankfully), but I'll admit I wasn't sure if they'd be able to overcome the Cards' greater numbers. Well done. :)
Thanks...
We'll see what happens next... ;)
That was some straight-up Legend of the Galactic Heroes fighting right there! O0
Thanks!
After rebuilding our invasion task forces and fighting the remainings of the Cardassians forces, the High Command has decided to attack T'lli Beta thus allowing to unite Cardassia with the rest of the Romulan Star Empire.
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After a first wave of bombings, the ground troops land without too much problems and take the planet.
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The losses haven't been so big so it is decided to pursue the offensive....next target: Oceanus
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We notice that the Cardassians continue to produce ships at a regular pace. The decision is therefore taken that, after the successful invasion of Oceanus, the fleet will go very much deeper into Cardassians territory in order to attack Moab, the last planet of the Cardassian Union that produces dilithium....without dilithium, the Union won't be able to produce any new ships thus allowing us to take our time during our conquest.
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Not including Oceanus, how many systems have you taken from the Cardassians now? Three?
Quote from: Martok on August 19, 2014, 03:03:59 PM
Not including Oceanus, how many systems have you taken from the Cardassians now? Three?
I think so...have to look at my netbook tomorrow ;)
Romulan Star Empire War Report (Year 743)
The War against the Cardassian Empire has been going on well even if the losses were very high. We took Moab, Dimorus, Andoria, Farius and Oceanus. The Mintakans have accepted to join us. We hoped that the Cardassians would surrender but they are so stubborn especially that they don't have any planets producing dilithium anymore. We will have to continue the campaign until we have taken the entire Cardassian Empire...planet by planet.
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Meanwhile, the United Federation, the Ferengi and the Klingons have all declared war on us even though we have never interfered into their affairs. So it's going to be a victory on our own....no allies possible anymore.
The Fleets guarding the frontier to the Neutral Zone have been on alert and are ready. The Federation hasn't however made any attempts to enter the territory so far....so we have decided to send a few fleets on our own in order to scout their defenses....and maybe take a planet or two in the process...
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We have just realised that the Federation was sending huge fleets towards the remaining of the Cardassian Empire in order to support them. Our attack fleet, while fully able to deal with the Cardassians cannot handle such a big threat. Big reinforcements are needed...
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Wow, still playing this one! Even if you took a long break from it, that's still pretty amazing. O0
I hope you have sufficient reinforcements to deal with the Feds. Looks like they have Defiant-class ships in their order-of-battle now... :o
Quote from: Martok on January 27, 2016, 03:58:08 PM
Wow, still playing this one! Even if you took a long break from it, that's still pretty amazing. O0
Yeah i know...the game is on my netbook on which i don't play on a very regular basis. I indend however to play this game until victory! ;)
New report:
The first fleet of the Romulan Star Empire has conquered the last Cardassian colony...the Cardassians are now fully integrated. The losses were not big during the last few years but the ships lost at the beginning of the war have not all been replaced...the first fleet is now being rebuilt at the border to the Ferengi Empire...our services have spotted some very big fleets with 60 to 70 warships.
The war against the Federation is going well too....we took Earth! The second fleet has had few losses despite some battles against large groups of Defiant class warships. We are taking one planet after the other. Taking down the Federation will be the focus of Romulus for the next few years. We are trying to convince the Klingons to help us. They are very weak but are on the other side of the Federation...
The Romulan Star Empire controls now 50 solar systems!
I won my long lasting game of Birth of the Federation with the Romulans. Balance of Power mod large. It took me 877 turns to win, conquered the Cardassians, most the Federation (including Sol) and just 3 Sectors away from Ferenginar. I have 59 or 60 solar systems in my Empire.
I was largely financing the Klingons who helped keeping the Federation and the Ferengi busy. I may post a few screenshots when i have the time.
Congrats!
:bd: