We have officially reached the end of the early game. It is now the mid-game, and there are precious few more gains to be had from colonizing. From here on out, our entire focus should be expansion at the expense of others--and where we don't expand, we must make sure that we defend. Our Victory conditions are daunting, but we are well on our way. Updates will be longer, more detailed, and also probably farther in between. Where the early years of colonization pass by like an action movie, the rest of this game will pass very slowly, methodically, and catiously. Storylines are enabled, but there is no sign of anything strange yet. Victory Conditions do not apply until 2808, but it will likely be much longer before anyone reaches the threshold. We are not sure what "Winning" actually means, but we are excited. We hope there is a T-Shirt.
That said, are you ready for another one!? We have not talked much of the other Empires in the Local Cluster. It is time! In...
Interlude - Diplomacy - 2789
We start off by looking at our Empire's finances. Considering this was taken at the very beginning of 2789, this is pretty fantastic. Only the Ackdarians have a military larger than ours, and we have the formidable Quameno as Allies should they consider moving into our part of the Galaxy. The Alliance with the Quameno is one of convenience, and one that we had to pay lots of money for. They didn't want our backwards tech, so this Alliance took a very long time to build. Our Empire:
The Quameno, who have proven incredibly valuable trading partners, and formidable Allies. Still, should any ever decide to emigrate to our Empire, they would still be put in Slavery. Our attitude towards alien life has given us precious few friends.
Because of the Atuukian proximity to the Ugnari, we were hoping we could prop them up as Allies. Instead, they've been manhandled by the Haakonish next door. Still.. they are one of the few Empires willing to buy our outdated tech, and we would step in to intervene if it looked as though they were about to be wiped out.
The Ackdarians have been going crazy against the Mortalens. Their Military Strength is incredible, and even more incredible considering that they have only just begun to develop most of their colonies. We are afraid of these fish-people.
In the extreme 'north' of Local Space, there are the Mortalens and Slukens. The Mortalens have clearly been on the losing end of a long struggle with the Ackdarians. We send them tech and money to try and change the tide of war, and the Ackdarians haven't made territorial gains in years. Still.. we don't have much hope for the Lizards. The Slukens have been very quiet. Their Empire is large, and surely that is only a fraction of their potential military strength. Their proximity to our northern border is unsettling, and the main reason we haven't sent everything we have against the Ugnari.
And of course, the Rats. They've lost two wars to us, including two systems and four planets. We intend to continue taking their territory, perhaps even completely enslaving the entire Empire. Lets not get ahead of ourselves, though.
There are several minor Gizurean factions, and a Boskaran faction that shares a system with the Ugnari near the Ugnari Home System.
There are many pirate factions operating in local space, but we are only allied with one. They are ideally positioned to cause give our future enemies some current trouble.
We are winning, but we have a very long way to go.
Stay tuned...
But unfortunatly as Nedrear said - it is impossible to mod this game to that degree (I am no moder - I just believe in His opinion).
