Armada 2526 Supernova PBEM campaigns

[Martok]

Yes, the Gold edition is the original game + Supernova bundled together. 

Sweet!  If/when you feel up to dipping your toe in MP, give us a shout.  :) 

[W8taminute]

Thanks for the advice Martok.  I agree with you that one of the appealing features of this game is that nothing comes easy.  Hard choices must be made.  I didn't think to not dump so much money into new colonies and focus on the homeworld and maybe one other juicy colony.  I've got some major re-organization to do next turn!!

[Martok]

You're welcome!  May my words of "wisdom" (if they are that) bear you fruit.  :) 


Also, if it makes you feel any better, I continue to have trouble following my own advice in this regard.  :P  I'm just too used to most other 4x games (where money is generally more plentiful), and am thus still in the habit of wanting to build everywhere on all my colonies simultaneously.  It's a hard habit to break! 

[OJsDad]

Yes, the Gold edition is the original game + Supernova bundled together. 

Sweet!  If/when you feel up to dipping your toe in MP, give us a shout.  :)

I got it ordered this morning from Amazon.  However, it's says expected delivery isnt until end of June!  Oh well, it was a free gift card from work, and I'm too cheap to pay the $7 for the download now version  :P.  I'll let you know when I get it and am ready to jump in.

[Shelldrake]

Martok,
My battle fleet (escort carrier, a couple of dreadnaughts and cruisers, several devastators and corvettes, and an assault ship) are currently 4 turns out from Winchester. Hopefully they are a match for whatever the QaQa have in system. I sent you a big tech exchange offer as part of our joint war plan. For the glory of the empire, death to QaQa!  :)

[W8taminute]

Somehow this turn, or maybe last, the humans learned of the existence of a new race in the galaxy. 

Martok I sent you an offer to exchange ideas and knowledge.  :)

[Martok]

I got it ordered this morning from Amazon.  However, it's says expected delivery isnt until end of June!  Oh well, it was a free gift card from work, and I'm too cheap to pay the $7 for the download now version  :P.  I'll let you know when I get it and am ready to jump in.

Sounds good.  We'll be here.  :D 

Martok,
My battle fleet (escort carrier, a couple of dreadnaughts and cruisers, several devastators and corvettes, and an assault ship) are currently 4 turns out from Winchester. Hopefully they are a match for whatever the QaQa have in system. I sent you a big tech exchange offer as part of our joint war plan. For the glory of the empire, death to QaQa!  :)

Aha, so the war has effectively begun already!  You're going to have a head-start on me then.  I have eight turns left on a nonaggression treaty with them, so I may just wait for it to expire before I attack (especially since I'm not really ready yet anyway). 

Just so you're aware, I'm seeing the Assembly has dispatched 3 Corvettes and a Scout to Winchester as reinforcements.  Nothing you shouldn't be able to handle, but just be aware they'll reach Winchester before your invasion fleet does. 

Also, in an effort to increase my fleet buildup a little more quickly, I just made you an...interesting offer.  You're certainly not obliged to accept it, but I think you'll find it's at least worth examining.  ;) 


By the way, what exactly are your goals for this war?  Which colonies are you after?  Are you intending to use Winchester as a stepping stone to Avalon and/or Qa-Qish itself?  And perhaps most pertinently, are you aiming for a more limited war, or is this is a "total war" to wipe out the Qa-Qa completely? 

As for myself, the Assembly planets I'm for sure claiming for the Imperium are Cornwall and Camelot.  I'd also really like to grab Cheddar as well, unless you had your heart set on taking it yourself (in which case feel free).  What else I do after that will probably depend at least partially on what you're planning, as I'd like to coordinate with you as much as reasonably possible. 

Somehow this turn, or maybe last, the humans learned of the existence of a new race in the galaxy. 

Martok I sent you an offer to exchange ideas and knowledge.  :)

Yep, I just stumbled across your colony at Mycenae.  Greetings to the pink-skins!  ;D 

I sent you an offer as well, although I'll confess I've already forgotten what it was.  :-[  However, I too look forward to a new era of peace and cooperation with our new neighbors (even if they do have an odd penchant for being land-dwellers...).  :D 

[Shelldrake]

Martok,
My plan it to use Winchester as a base from which to attack and capture Avalon, which will add another rich world to the empire and deprive the QaQa of major shipyard facilities. The plan at the moment is a limited war to give me more resources for a fleet buildup before I pursue total war on the QaQa.

[Martok]

Hmm.  Those Qa-Qa corvettes I saw are now headed toward Cornwall.  I think they may be onto me...  :P 

Thank you kindly for the ships, by the way!  I hope my, ah, compensation package was adequate.  ;) 

Martok,
My plan it to use Winchester as a base from which to attack and capture Avalon, which will add another rich world to the empire and deprive the QaQa of major shipyard facilities. The plan at the moment is a limited war to give me more resources for a fleet buildup before I pursue total war on the QaQa.

Very good.  That is what I'd been planning as well (limited war with a few "land grabs"), so I'm glad we're on the same page.  Good luck in your assault! 

[Shelldrake]

Hmm.  Those Qa-Qa corvettes I saw are now headed toward Cornwall.  I think they may be onto me...  :P 

Thank you kindly for the ships, by the way!  I hope my, ah, compensation package was adequate.  ;) 

Most adequate! :)

[W8taminute]

Somehow this turn, or maybe last, the humans learned of the existence of a new race in the galaxy. 

Martok I sent you an offer to exchange ideas and knowledge.  :)

Yep, I just stumbled across your colony at Mycenae.  Greetings to the pink-skins!  ;D 

I sent you an offer as well, although I'll confess I've already forgotten what it was.  :-[  However, I too look forward to a new era of peace and cooperation with our new neighbors (even if they do have an odd penchant for being land-dwellers...).  :D

And greetings to the water swimmers?  :)

How do I see how our deal concluded?  I didn't notice any messages popup.  I'll check my diplomacy screen on my next turn.  I forgot to do that after I sent my turn this morning.

[Martok]

How do I see how our deal concluded?  I didn't notice any messages popup.  I'll check my diplomacy screen on my next turn.  I forgot to do that after I sent my turn this morning.

Actually, don't even worry about what I'd originally sent, as I just sent a counter-proposal to your proposal that I suspect you'll appreciate.  :) 

[Shelldrake]

In our 3 way game I just discovered that corvettes and destroyers while ok for space combat can't eliminate even militia on the ground so I accepted the ROM plea for peace (until I can build something with space to ground missiles).  :P

[W8taminute]

Sounds good Martok, can't wait to see.


Shelldrake, that is the most frustrating thing that could happen.  Here you've bested the enemies fleet yet can't take a single world because you ships have pea shooters for space to ground bombardment.  But, did you try to assault him with marines?

[Shelldrake]

Shelldrake, that is the most frustrating thing that could happen.  Here you've bested the enemies fleet yet can't take a single world because you ships have pea shooters for space to ground bombardment.  But, did you try to assault him with marines?

I just had one marine unit for occupation and didn't want to risk 1:7 odds even against militia. I am now putting together a marine assault force.