Armada 2526 Supernova PBEM campaigns

[Shelldrake]

No problem Martok. I will leave Lyonesse "on the vine" for you. My advance scout reports minimal defenses on Earth (a few heavy missile sites and space marines) which makes me wonder what they are up to.

[Shelldrake]

@Martok,
Next turn I declare war on the pink skins. The turn after my fleet will reach Earth -  wish me luck!  :)

[Martok]

May the Klurgu crush the annoying Humans! 


My relay station at Cheddar *finally* finished building, and my fleet has now destroyed the new Qa-Qa colony they'd just founded, which therefore leaves me free to invade Lyonesse.  Xpectrada, assemble! 

[Shelldrake]

Earth has fallen to the Klurgu Empire!

Lots of human fleets moving to try to retake Earth, which opens the way for attacks on their central colonies.  :)

[Martok]

Congratulations to the Klurgu on their glorious victory!  8) 


My fleet is marshaling at an empty star system just a short distance east of Lyonesse, shortly to be joined by heavy Marine reinforcements.  The planet should be mine in another three turns! 

[W8taminute]

I'm back boys and badder then ever!  Let the games begin!   8)

[Shelldrake]

I'm back boys and badder then ever!  Let the games begin!   8)

Excellent!!!  ;D

One more turn and hell will come to the AROM world of Roma. They asked for a truce...the Linkin laughed.

[W8taminute]

^Nice.  I can definitely picture the head of the Linkin Empire receiving this plea for peace then tearing up the message and laughing.  Give 'em hell Shelldrake.  I might have to re-declare against the AROM just to pick up the crumbs that are left.  :D

[Martok]

In our 3-player game, the Teyes -- much to my pleasant surprise -- offered me a 20-turn peace treaty.  Despite such a deal apparently being overwhelmingly in their favor, I accepted the offer immediately, without any haggling.  I've still got the Florians and (especially) Walden breathing down my neck, which means I'm still facing the possibility of a two-front war.  Argh! 

I'm back boys and badder then ever!  Let the games begin!   8)

Sweet!  Welcome back, mate.  :D 

[Shelldrake]

In our 3 player game Roma (AROM) is proving to be a tough nut to crack. Once again I am forced to retreat after losing a dreadnaught, cruiser, and assault ship plus 8 marine units in the assault. I really need some devastator units to take out the missile defences but don't get them in the Linkin tech tree so will have to wait until I finish researching the predator. Argh!

In my 2 player coop game with Martok the humans have agreed to pay $795 per turn for 5 turns in return for 10 turns of peace. Of course I intend to renew may attack in 6 turns but this brief respite will allow me to consolidate my gains and start building new ships (paid for with Terran $) at Earth's shipyards. I love the irony of it all!  ;D

[Martok]

In our 4-way game, I just discovered what is easily one of the best planets I've ever seen in this game (see screenshot in the AAR thread).  Simply amazing! 


In our 3-way game, I'm apparently locked in some sort of diplomatic limbo.  Both the Walden and Florians refuse to sign any sort of peace treaty (no matter how generous the terms), yet neither will attack me.  I'll take it for now, I guess, but it's both puzzling and worrisome. 


In my 2-player game with Shelldrake, my fleet is almost to Lyonesse.  (I had to delay its departure due to some tardy Marine reinforcements I forgot were coming.)  Next turn, she's mine! 

Also:  Shelldrake, I'm showing that the Qa-Qa have 3 colonies left, yet I'm only aware of 2 -- Lyonesse and Bath.  Have you seen the third one at all? 



Also speaking of my game with Shelldrake, here's a couple screenies I took.  Basically, they demonstrate how my trade patterns radically shifted after construction of a Passenger Spaceport was completed on my Whitehorse colony (which has Natural Wonders).   




Damn!  Look at all those trade lines!  Overnight, Whitehorse has become my empire's tourism mecca. 



The following shot shows a breakdown of the ridiculous trade income Whitehorse is suddenly pulling down.  I've gotta say, those are some pretty impressive numbers.   




However, one colony's gain is another colony's loss.  Take a look at poor Silicon Valley, and what happened to their tourism income after Whitehorse finished their Passenger Spaceport: 


Before, Silicon Valley's trade/tourism income was something in the realm of 450-500 credits per turn.  Now, it barely brings in enough to cover the maintenance costs of the Passenger Spaceport there.  My apologies to the residents of Silicon Valley -- I didn't mean to make you virtual paupers.  :-[ 

[Shelldrake]

Wow Martok! I wish that the Klurgu had some of that income!

[Martok]

I thought you might say that...which is one of the reasons why I just sent you an offer to establish trade missions on Sumer and Winchester, both of which are within range of Whitehorse.  ;D 

[Shelldrake]

I thought you might say that...which is one of the reasons why I just sent you an offer to establish trade missions on Sumer and Winchester, both of which are within range of Whitehorse.  ;D

Much appreciated! Putting the Terrans in their place (6 feet under) is bankrupting me.  :(

[Martok]

Putting the Terrans in their place (6 feet under) is bankrupting me.  :(

I suspected as much.  I know how much my (relatively) modest military is costing *me*, so I shudder to think at what you must be paying to build & maintain *yours* (which is a fair bit larger)!  :o 


By the by, I now see the Qa-Qa's Ghent colony (presumably thanks to our most recent info swap).  Depending on what they've got there, I may just stomp it out instead of conquering it -- I kinda want to be done with the Assembly so I can lend you a hand against the pink-skins!