And the story goes on.
The two Boskara planets found have been reduced to one. One of them was human in the north, and is now independent. This leaves one known target, a rather poor planet in the north east.
Resupply 1 has been in position SW of the former Wekkarus capital system for ages. It moves to my NE space port intending to strike camp somewhere around there. A gas mine is on a gas giant in this system, but does not have a giant caslon store. Invasion and Home fleets aim in that direction too. Invasion fleet is at 8 full ships with 40 troops. The 6 remaining transports are on auto.
Issuwyn Nation keeps offering to lift trade sanctions in exchange for a contested mining base. State is silent on the matter.
The fleets make stations low on caslon. Some bright soul should put energy collectors on them to offset the energy used while idle. Caslon is my most demanded commodity, which should mean my remaining few constructors are focusing on that. Or one can hope.
Countermeasure performance is improved, and they start looking for better crew facilities.
Bases retrofit. It is realized that resort base and research facilities have been forgotten. Fixing this will do no good for the caslon problem, but the advisors must be listened to.
Wekkarus explorers are visiting my home system now and then. Unless I have missed something obvious they should not be within striking range. Tough the quality of my exploration does not make me feel safe. The Wekkarus military strength of 3300 makes me feel safe though. Note Space Port and its defense base have more than 1000, and a 4 ship destroyer fleet in the area has 450.
Just as I have been moving northwards, the Buvu Yagin declare war. It will be fun to eventually try that medium space port I have seen spanking other fleets. Home Fleet and Invasion Fleet turns, with Boskara war falling behind in importance. They have a mining station in Durog, my lone central colony. That one will not grow old, a small fleet left behind when Resupply 1 left for the northeast will make sure of that.
The lone Invasion Fleet ship that was up north takes a solo run at the Boskara Planet. It is 2x2 in quality squares, and has 1 troop.
A mining station in the east has a bleak outlook with a Buvu war ship in system. Apart from the base and that ship, the known asset of them is the town in the south. The last map is still true. They are also at war with Issuwyn and Aqoenia. I have a feeling that we are not the only ones that struggle with our state department.
Just a small check for the going rate of peace. Out of curiosity.
The Boskara: 200k
Buvu Yagin Nation: 3,6M
Wekkarus Hegemony: 9,5K
The Mortalen world in the south with the killer medium space port that has kept me entertained is a 5x5 in quality, and is mostly Haakonish. It is a regional capital, has 5 resources, and among the resources is carbone fibre that I have a small demand for. I notice I do not worry too much, though my war tired state has me worried. I should maybe split the invasion fleet on all systems to reconquer lost colonies soon :-/
The threatening military presence for mortalen in the north east is a resupply ship. Usalea counts its destroyer presence. Among them are 9 ships of 1st Destroyer that heads out for a visit. Predictably the mining station that shares system with the resupply fleet is under attack by ships that have refueled there, 3-4 are present. This is a little SW of the lone known Boskara system, btw. The present mortalen frigates are less powerful than my design.
Emp defenses are ready for use, light torpedo bombers is next weapon focus.
It is asked for a new base retrofit. I realise to even test mining bases. If this is carried through and needs to be done by construction ships, I am looking at about 100 years until something new is built.
Aqoenia syndicate lift their trade sanction. Rejoice.
The awesome area abilities that has been at display at the Mortalen planet in the past, kills two ships of destroyer 1. But the resupply ship loses. Just an escort were present to follow the resupply ship into oblivion. Back to port to repair and refuel for destroyer 1 (one is damaged).
Cabinda 004 the lone attacker arrives at Unirun 1 to invade. The system is empty apart from 1 civilian ship and the lone troop defending. Boskaran Collective will soon be down to 6 planets.
The fruits of war show themselves...
That is my lone, central world. The 25th fleet is present with 4 destroyers that are of little help. They notice a mining station further northwest to kill, and decides to kill that one instead to vent their anger. One of my explorers, cleverly disguised as a gas mining ship, rats on that base.
Iceurerp is soon enough independent. Undirun 1 is conquered, that is a zero sum exchange, apart from Iceurerp being a superior system... The system has a caslon source that would make it possible to put a small fleet there. One can dream... This is the system straight east of my northeastern planet (and space port) visible on the last map.
Another Yuvu base is located southeast of my area by one of my gas mining spies. Raider 2 moves from south central to have fun. Home fleet is just about to land in south central, Invasion fleet and Resupply 1 lags a little behind.
12 new destroyers are ordered at my capital Note which is not too far from the southern front. They are placed in a temporary fleet to ensure they don't run off when complete. The mighty display by the medium space port in south makes me careful, even if observed attacks have been by quite small forces.
A Buvu research station is discovered in the south. The 23rd fleet present with four destroyers makes that trip.
The high command discuss if monitoring stations are a part of their responsibility, but decide against that.
One of the other gas spies notice a Wekkarus mining base in the western areas. The 24th with 10 destroyers protecting the west splits into two 5 ship fleets with one heading off. The 24th does its job well, and the action is followed by a Wekkarus warning to stop attacks. It would be very nice to be made aware of peace treaties. The state department are rather arrogant as they don't tell about their initiatives.
The two other wars are still on...
The Wekkarus scandal makes my two good friends impose trade sanctions on me. I do however still have trade with the Wekkarus. Strange world...
The southern Buvu stations are killed off without diplomatic incidents.
My two remaining exploration ships are soon in the south, ready to be killed off.
Resupply 1 moves to deploy a little east of my southern spaceport, which is low on fuel and a central staging area. Home Fleet did not find enough fuel here.
The 12 destroyers built in Note are ready as the 30th fleet. They move south on full stomachs.
Invasion fleet has one ship with fuel, the rest are dry, and closest fuel source is Note space port. They limp towards the planet where resupply 1 deploys.
The enemy system got 1 research station, a medium space port with 2700 shield and 629 power, and 8 defending troops. They try to hide under their space port, but that does not fools the grand admiral's intelligence section. Please, little explorer, flee that lone frigate and do some good work elsewhere.
Another two mining stations are discovered in the southeast, and a small fleet is dispatched.
Issuwyn Nation declares WAR.
Two full troop transports are refueling in the north. One is sent to each of the north/east Issuwyn colonies without any further info or scouting. The Northern is Ketarov populated and 2x3, while the eastern is Naxx populated and 2x2. Lets hope for low defense.
The Issuwyn cluster in the SW is ignored as of now, I will try the mortalens first. Enemies, please stand in line.
A Wekkarus construction ship arrives to refuel at my gas mine in the east. This feels wrong, so wrong...
Home and Invasion fleets both heads to the resupply ship to find fuel, but a raider fleet is first on the target.
Note begins to build a third resupply ship. There are free planets down there... My gut feeling is that fuel will be tight.
Light bombers are made available to our production lines. Weapon research is moved to point defense weapons. Without me noticing, energy research is on high speed hyperdrives.
Boskara accepts a peace treaty, yay.
Buvu Yagin Nation offers a peace with no conditions
All this peace stuff distracted me from the brave invasion of Ghowa in the Kyrella system. It is now mine with its 134M ketarov and 49M others. It has Unity Forum ruins. One thing is 23% development bonus for colony. Another is 20% diplomacy bonus for the owner. We surely can benefit from that.
The United Kiadian Alliance informs us they have wiped out the Boskara Nation, one of the 1 colony states at war with them.
Still war with Buvu Yagin, so the destroyer attack in mining bases is allowed to proceed. They no longer have two mining bases in the Umiga system.
Resupply 1 has 12338 Hydrogen and 1968 caslon as invasion and home fleets arrive. I fear they will soon be useless. The planet is even on caslon and hydrogen supply.
Afraid that I am bored, the Dhayut declare WAR.
Iceurarp in my central area that rebelled are now Buvu Yagin territory. There is about 10 troops there (not counted) so a swift recapture will not happen.
Ziltrius 3 are revolting. That is the planet conquered from the Dhayut during the last war. The lone troop station there can little do and the colony is lost.
I know two Dhayut places in the NW, their capital in the SW that I previously visited.
The 12 destroyers of the 30th fleet joins the Home Fleet that found enough fuel. Home fleet is now at 28 ships, 1 capital, 6 cruisers and the rest destroyers, which will gather and attack the Medium space port of the Buvu Yagin.
The Dhayut did not accept an offered peace.
The troop transport attacking Tefnyl 6 in the east finds one troop defending. It is conquered, and includes the Garden of Arcadia giving 11% development bonus, and 10% happiness to all empire. Very welcome indeed...
Both two former Issuwyn colonies in the east and northeast are now mine.
Home Fleet has been told to attack Gauxxek the Hakkonish dominated region capital with the scary space port, due south of me.
Even if suggested, Invasion Fleet does not invade Ziltrius 3 that was lost. It has a richer prey in mind. Invasion 2 is gathered from the now full ships gathering troops. 6 ships and 30 troops. They try to gather the best they can.
The feared aoe of the Mortalen Medium Space port goes off as invasion fleet approaches. All 28 ships of the Home Fleet survives, but two cruisers are damaged and left with no hyper drives. Invasion Fleet heads to the location to drop its load on the 9 defenders. Invasion fleet got 35 troops. A new large space port is started and the Home Fleet is happy to destroy enemy money.
Crazed advisors want the home fleet to attack an enemy mining base waaay out east. The 23rd fleet used to base hunting goes instead.
It is a race against the time once a freighter spots a Dhayut colony ship at the now independent Ziltrus 3. The 24th fleet was waiting in the Capredur system next door, and attacks. The enemy colony ship is a slow as mine and die. The 24th find this a nice spot to hang around.
Funds are now down to a scary 1 587 882. Bankruptcy is imminent. The Boskara Collective start trade sanction.
Poor management had the new Resupply 3 leave port on auto, and it has gone waaay east. It is told to land on the gas giant in our new southern province, which is a brilliant, pure caslon source.
Two small destroyer fleets in the north west are sent to Dhayut systems to take a look. The battle for Gauxxek has started and should be a breeze.
Another buvu gas mining station in the south east, 23rd fleet has killed their last target and has fuel enough to go on.
Ketarov lifts their trade sanctions. Thank you. A Boskara agent is captured trying to steal research. My lonely spy is now at 145.
Wekkarus want me to sanction Ketarov. It is up to state, but I would never do that...
The 22nd fleet find the closest NW Dhayut system empty. Invasion 2 heads in that general direction to stop at my NW unless told otherwise.
The battle rages on Gauxxek, the home and invasion fleets waits outside. Resupply 3 closes in on that juicy gas giant in the system.
Point Defense Weapons are approved by the research quality control, and the researchers move on to Advanced area weapons.
The 23rd has a great time killing a mining base, 3 military ships and some civilian. They move back to their southeast central mining station to refuel.
A destroyer from the home fleets follows an enemy way east and is running out of fuel. I am excited about what may be at the journey's end. Will it stop at a gas station in the clouds, or at a star beyond? The answer is a gas mine with quite a few ships around. There is it kills an escort, but run out of fuel and goes to refuel. The 23rd get a queued order to kill that gas mine.
The two NW Dhayut colonies have quite a lot of troops. No invasion order is given, but one destroyer fleet hangs around in each system hoping for action.
The 25th in the NW attack a Dhayut destroyer that arrives. Hm, the Dhayut has taken Ziltrus 3, I thought the 24th were waiting there.
A pirate attacks Bornen Cunn 9 gas mining station. Too sad Raider 6 had refueling there as its last order. And another one, they must lack communication. Or maybe there was not enough time to send an emergency signal...
High Speed Hyper Drives are ready to me made at our construction plants, Enhanced energy collection is next.
We notice a new medium space port being built at our old planet in the Durog system in our central area. Raider 5 is not far away after refueling, and moves in to spoil the party.
We notice an issuwyn gas mining gig, and are lucky enough to check Diplomacy. I can't remember a peace happing, but it may be me forgetting... (Not forgetting, but I may not have noticed). We also find a new city of theirs in the southeast.
From the image. Destroyer fleets sits in the two Dhayut systems in the northwest.
A raider fleet closes in on the new space port under construction north of my capital. We see the two Dhayut towns in the south, the NE being the one that rebelled out of my control. Raider 6 is about to launch from my eastern town to kill the pirate base to the east. Another raider closes in on the previously met gas station in the gas cloud south of this pirate base (by a good distance). It does not have far to go. A fleet sits on a fuel deopt in the Narg Zone in the central north, one of my precious caslon gas mines. The supply fleets are distributed with one in my southern colony, one just north of it on that trade line going east from the space port, and one in the western colony. The poor single military ship east of my south-eastern towns is the former destroyer of the home fleet that chased all the way to that cloud out east and went out of fuel. It aims for the gas mine in the Cuurnakht Expanse which entertains the fleet now on the SE raid front (the 23rd).
Notice my 3 new colonies in the east, and the prized conquest in the far south.
Home fleet launches for the Dhayut capital system to the west just at this time, having filled up its tanks.
It is at 26 ships, having lost one cruiser that is still a wreck, the other have been repaired by a constructor. One destroyer left after doing the long trip east to the gas mine that is about to be killed by another fleet. The fleet next to Zlitrus gets order to move there, maybe they will build a space port I can kill?
Repuation is at “notorious”, I really need to kill that pirate base. And about 100 friends of their's. War weariness is rampant. Cashflow is at -10,3K, not bad, but that new planet in the south has a regional capital built, and 141K revenue with 15% tax. It helps. Tax is at 20% max.
It appears the dorks at state went TS at Ketarov, as I have not seen a message about them starting it.
Issuwyn, Kiadian and Wekkarus are the ones trading with me, but only the first two has any volume at all.
And some good news for myself, Resupply 1 has now a bit more than 10K hydrogen, which means they jettison some when needed.
