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The story of the Orlox empire.
The story of the Orlox empire.
Hello everyone. Since the lack of aars on this forum I decided to write one. It is going to be a very slow aar meaning it will have a lot of pictures and informations about ressources, ship designs, plans, etc. I will play as the Zenox under the Technocracy type of government. Also, please bear with me as english is not my native language and I work a lot so updates may take a while to be posted. The writing style is going to be informative so there won't be any ''plot'', ''characters''. Below you can see the starting conditions for my game. There is no victory condition and no story element. I chose not to have any space monsters since, in my opinion, it does not feel ''right'' with the ambiance of the game.
The Galaxy settings
The race settings
The Galaxy settings
The race settings
RE: The story of the Orlox empire.
It is going to be a very slow aar meaning it will have a lot of pictures and informations about ressources,
That's how we like it the most, great debut Harkonnen....may the spice flow in your veins like zentabia in ours.
Welcome to the community [:)]
...Igniting stellar cores....Recharging reactors...Recalibrating hyperdrives....
RE: The story of the Orlox empire.
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[center]The Orlox empire[/center]
[center]2754.01.08[/center]
[center]Colonies: 1[/center]
[center]Population: 11290M[/center]
[center]Money: 27,527[/center]
[center]The Orlox home system[/center]
[center]Zenox system[/center]
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Here is the list of the planets occupied by the Orlox empire in the Zenox system.
Zenox 2
Infrastructure: Mining station
Ressource(s): Silicon
Zenox 4
Infrastructure:Mining station
Ressource(s): Gold, Lead, Steel
Zenox 5
Infrastructure: Medium space port
Ressource(s): Chromium, Lead, Carbon fibre, Polymer, Nekros Stone
Zenox 7
Infrastructure: Gas mining station
Ressource(s): Hydrogen, Helium, Caslon, Krypton
Zenox 9
Infrastructure: Gas mining station
Ressource(s): Hydrogen, Helium, Caslon, Argon
So the Zenox system is quite a good starting position. It is located in a small cluster of stars next to a big one. There is eleven planets orbiting around an orange main sequence star. Our home planet is the fifth planet: Zenox 5. Two hundred years ago, due to the surpopulation of our home world, we started to look to the stars for our expansion. We have every basic ressources we need to expand our empire and there is two luxury ressources located on an ice moon, orbiting the gas giant Zenox 11, called Slouna. On this ice moon lives huge four legged birds called Terralion. Their fur is quite appriciated among our people. The other luxury ressource is Vodkol; an alcohol made of some rare thundra plants and is also quite appriciated. A construction ship as been dispatched to build an outpost to aquire these two important ressources.
We actually have a small presence in another system; the Xubbahn system. Here is a run down of it.
[center]Xubbahn system[/center]
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Xubbahn 1
Infrastructure: Mining station
Ressource(s): Nekros stone, Aculon, Osalia
Ohelk moon (Xubbahn 6)
Infrastructure: Mining station
Ressource(s): Iridium, Steel, Lead
What made us choose this system was the discovery, by an exploration drone, of a continental planet much like our home world orbiting a gas giant in the system. After some years of study we just decided to launch a colony ship called Mocking moon to colonize this moon. Below are the result of those studies:
Atui moon (Xubbahn 4)
We also found an ocean moon orbiting the same planet. This ocean moon is of note because of its fauna. There seem to be huge undersea monsters, living in underwater caves, called Questurian. Their skin can be used to make very luxurious clothing. We decided that it might be a good way for the new colony to make some money, being so close to this other moon. So a construction ship as been ordered to build an outpost on it.
Spuitug moon (Xubbahn 4)
Another interesting thing we have found during the survey of the Xubbahn system is a volcanic moon orbiting the gas giant Xubbahn 3. The particularity of this moon is it's temperature. Due to it's fast orbit around the planet, the surface of the moon passes from incridibly hot to very cold in a very short period of time, creating an ''anomaly'' they call Otandium Opal. It appears when the lava cools very rapidly. Our scientists told us that this phenomenon is quite rare. So we decided to take the opportunity given to us and we dispatched a construction ship to this singular moon.
Snanoite moon (Xubbahn 3)
[center]Foselu system[/center]
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Some freighter captain reported an ocean planet with huge plains of under water sea weeds. For quite some time his crew made this exquisite wine, which will no doubt become famous. They called it Nephtys wine. For his devotion to our empire, the captain of this freighter was awarded command of an escort military ship and a small pension. We have sent a construction ship to exploit this new source of money.
Foselu 2
[/center][center]The Orlox empire[/center]
[center]2754.01.08[/center]
[center]Colonies: 1[/center]
[center]Population: 11290M[/center]
[center]Money: 27,527[/center]
[center]The Orlox home system[/center]
[center]Zenox system[/center]
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[/center]Here is the list of the planets occupied by the Orlox empire in the Zenox system.
Zenox 2
Infrastructure: Mining station
Ressource(s): Silicon
Zenox 4
Infrastructure:Mining station
Ressource(s): Gold, Lead, Steel
Zenox 5
Infrastructure: Medium space port
Ressource(s): Chromium, Lead, Carbon fibre, Polymer, Nekros Stone
Zenox 7
Infrastructure: Gas mining station
Ressource(s): Hydrogen, Helium, Caslon, Krypton
Zenox 9
Infrastructure: Gas mining station
Ressource(s): Hydrogen, Helium, Caslon, Argon
So the Zenox system is quite a good starting position. It is located in a small cluster of stars next to a big one. There is eleven planets orbiting around an orange main sequence star. Our home planet is the fifth planet: Zenox 5. Two hundred years ago, due to the surpopulation of our home world, we started to look to the stars for our expansion. We have every basic ressources we need to expand our empire and there is two luxury ressources located on an ice moon, orbiting the gas giant Zenox 11, called Slouna. On this ice moon lives huge four legged birds called Terralion. Their fur is quite appriciated among our people. The other luxury ressource is Vodkol; an alcohol made of some rare thundra plants and is also quite appriciated. A construction ship as been dispatched to build an outpost to aquire these two important ressources.
We actually have a small presence in another system; the Xubbahn system. Here is a run down of it.
[center]Xubbahn system[/center]
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[/center]Xubbahn 1
Infrastructure: Mining station
Ressource(s): Nekros stone, Aculon, Osalia
Ohelk moon (Xubbahn 6)
Infrastructure: Mining station
Ressource(s): Iridium, Steel, Lead
What made us choose this system was the discovery, by an exploration drone, of a continental planet much like our home world orbiting a gas giant in the system. After some years of study we just decided to launch a colony ship called Mocking moon to colonize this moon. Below are the result of those studies:
Atui moon (Xubbahn 4)
We also found an ocean moon orbiting the same planet. This ocean moon is of note because of its fauna. There seem to be huge undersea monsters, living in underwater caves, called Questurian. Their skin can be used to make very luxurious clothing. We decided that it might be a good way for the new colony to make some money, being so close to this other moon. So a construction ship as been ordered to build an outpost on it.
Spuitug moon (Xubbahn 4)
Another interesting thing we have found during the survey of the Xubbahn system is a volcanic moon orbiting the gas giant Xubbahn 3. The particularity of this moon is it's temperature. Due to it's fast orbit around the planet, the surface of the moon passes from incridibly hot to very cold in a very short period of time, creating an ''anomaly'' they call Otandium Opal. It appears when the lava cools very rapidly. Our scientists told us that this phenomenon is quite rare. So we decided to take the opportunity given to us and we dispatched a construction ship to this singular moon.
Snanoite moon (Xubbahn 3)
[center]Foselu system[/center]
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[/center]Some freighter captain reported an ocean planet with huge plains of under water sea weeds. For quite some time his crew made this exquisite wine, which will no doubt become famous. They called it Nephtys wine. For his devotion to our empire, the captain of this freighter was awarded command of an escort military ship and a small pension. We have sent a construction ship to exploit this new source of money.
Foselu 2
RE: The story of the Orlox empire.
[center]Exploration[/center]
Since the summary is finished we can now start to take some decisions. We actually have only one exploration ship. We decide to build four more exploration ships to help explore the small cluster of stars we are located into. Four should be quite enough. The order is passed at the Zenox 5 space port. Until the four new ships are constructed we decided to send the one we have to the nearest star. You can see on your screen below the location of that star. It is the one selected in pink. You can also see the four next targets for exploration.
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[center]Research[/center]
Weapons
We are now researching the technology to deploy small ships called fighters during battle. It is belived that, even though small, the accumulation of firepower by these ships during combat could exceed the damage delivered by bigger ships.
Energy and construction
The ability for a battleship to recharge it's shields rapidly is incalculable. Faster shields reload time means faster redeployment to another battle. We are thus researching Capacitator overloading.
HighTech and industrial
Ressources are the base of our economy. Localising these ressources is very important if we are to exploit them. We are thus researching improved sensors for our exploration ships.
[center]Military[/center]
Our military actually consists only of the 1st Fleet which is composed of three ships; an escort, a frigate and a destroyer. With the establishment, in the near future, of another colony, we decided it was necessary to create another fleet. Two frigates and a destroyer were ordered at the Zenox 5 space port. These new ships will form the 2nd Fleet of the Orlox empire. Below you can see the composition of the first fleet.
Since the summary is finished we can now start to take some decisions. We actually have only one exploration ship. We decide to build four more exploration ships to help explore the small cluster of stars we are located into. Four should be quite enough. The order is passed at the Zenox 5 space port. Until the four new ships are constructed we decided to send the one we have to the nearest star. You can see on your screen below the location of that star. It is the one selected in pink. You can also see the four next targets for exploration.
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[/center][center]Research[/center]
Weapons
We are now researching the technology to deploy small ships called fighters during battle. It is belived that, even though small, the accumulation of firepower by these ships during combat could exceed the damage delivered by bigger ships.
Energy and construction
The ability for a battleship to recharge it's shields rapidly is incalculable. Faster shields reload time means faster redeployment to another battle. We are thus researching Capacitator overloading.
HighTech and industrial
Ressources are the base of our economy. Localising these ressources is very important if we are to exploit them. We are thus researching improved sensors for our exploration ships.
[center]Military[/center]
Our military actually consists only of the 1st Fleet which is composed of three ships; an escort, a frigate and a destroyer. With the establishment, in the near future, of another colony, we decided it was necessary to create another fleet. Two frigates and a destroyer were ordered at the Zenox 5 space port. These new ships will form the 2nd Fleet of the Orlox empire. Below you can see the composition of the first fleet.
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RE: The story of the Orlox empire.
Very cool. Looking forward to this.
RE: The story of the Orlox empire.
Nice bit of luck having another Continental planet with a luxury resource right next door. Looking forward to more installments!
RE: The story of the Orlox empire.
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[center]The Orlox empire[/center]
[center]2754-2755[/center]
[center]Exploration[/center]
Half the small cluster is now explored. There is a disturbingly high number of systems without any planets or with one or two. We even found a system with three planets but absolutely without any ressources. Most of them though are good with a lot of common ressources and a few luxury ressources we already have. Concerning construction of mining stations our policy for now is to laissez faire. The moon Atui was colonized on 2754.05.10. Everything went well. Here is the stellar map showing the exploration completed thus far, it also shows the extent of our empire.
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[center]Infrastructure[/center]
On 2754.05.01, the construction of a defensive star base in orbit of the planet Zenox 5 was started and it was finished on 2754.07.21. On the same day the building of a construction ship was started and finished on 2754.09.15. A second orbital defense star base was started on 2754.09.27 and finished at the end of the year.
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[center]Picture of the first defensive star base ever built by the Orlox empire.[/center]
[center]Diplomacy[/center]
Our first encounter with an alien species was an unwanted one. This first encounter happened when one of our mining gas station was attacked by a frigate. These ''space pirates'' were dealt easily with (see military tab for more information) but since that encounter, these Evil moon invaders, as they call themselves, contacted us several times. They offered their protection, some discovery and the location of an independent colony. Every offer as been refused swiftly. We will not bargain with pirates.
[center]Research[/center]
At the end of the year 2754, we made a breakthrough in the research of star fighters. After many considerations it was decided to fund the research in missile technology. The idea behind this decision is the fact that an enemy might be protected against beam weapon and a little diversity in our armament could be the turning point in a future battle.
[center]Military[/center]
With the establishement of our second colony we had a second fleet assembled. As soon as the three ships were finished on 2754.07.12 we sent those ships to the Xubbahn system. On two occasion during this year pirates attacked our installations. On 2754.03.17, a pirate frigate attacked one of our mining gas station on the planet Zenox 9. After the first clash the enemy ship had lost all it's shields power. As our fleet came for a second run the pirate warped away. The second attack happenned on 2754.11.11, against the mining station on the moon Ohelk in the Xubbahn system. This time our ships of the 2nd Fleet were more lucky. After a small battle the enemy ship was destroyed with no damage to report on our side. Below are pictures of the two battles.
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[center]First encounter with the ''Evil moon invaders'' pirates.[/center]
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[center]Second battle with the pirates.[/center]
[/center][center]The Orlox empire[/center]
[center]2754-2755[/center]
[center]Exploration[/center]
Half the small cluster is now explored. There is a disturbingly high number of systems without any planets or with one or two. We even found a system with three planets but absolutely without any ressources. Most of them though are good with a lot of common ressources and a few luxury ressources we already have. Concerning construction of mining stations our policy for now is to laissez faire. The moon Atui was colonized on 2754.05.10. Everything went well. Here is the stellar map showing the exploration completed thus far, it also shows the extent of our empire.
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[/center][center]Infrastructure[/center]
On 2754.05.01, the construction of a defensive star base in orbit of the planet Zenox 5 was started and it was finished on 2754.07.21. On the same day the building of a construction ship was started and finished on 2754.09.15. A second orbital defense star base was started on 2754.09.27 and finished at the end of the year.
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[/center][center]Picture of the first defensive star base ever built by the Orlox empire.[/center]
[center]Diplomacy[/center]
Our first encounter with an alien species was an unwanted one. This first encounter happened when one of our mining gas station was attacked by a frigate. These ''space pirates'' were dealt easily with (see military tab for more information) but since that encounter, these Evil moon invaders, as they call themselves, contacted us several times. They offered their protection, some discovery and the location of an independent colony. Every offer as been refused swiftly. We will not bargain with pirates.
[center]Research[/center]
At the end of the year 2754, we made a breakthrough in the research of star fighters. After many considerations it was decided to fund the research in missile technology. The idea behind this decision is the fact that an enemy might be protected against beam weapon and a little diversity in our armament could be the turning point in a future battle.
[center]Military[/center]
With the establishement of our second colony we had a second fleet assembled. As soon as the three ships were finished on 2754.07.12 we sent those ships to the Xubbahn system. On two occasion during this year pirates attacked our installations. On 2754.03.17, a pirate frigate attacked one of our mining gas station on the planet Zenox 9. After the first clash the enemy ship had lost all it's shields power. As our fleet came for a second run the pirate warped away. The second attack happenned on 2754.11.11, against the mining station on the moon Ohelk in the Xubbahn system. This time our ships of the 2nd Fleet were more lucky. After a small battle the enemy ship was destroyed with no damage to report on our side. Below are pictures of the two battles.
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[/center][center]First encounter with the ''Evil moon invaders'' pirates.[/center]
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[/center][center]Second battle with the pirates.[/center]
RE: The story of the Orlox empire.
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[center]The Orlox empire[/center]
[center]2755[/center]
[center]Exploration[/center]
Multiple things of note during this year. First of, during the continued exploration of our small cluster, the exploration ship Zenox Scoundrel found an abandonnned frigate class ship in the Niilgaemun system. After investigating the ship, it was declared obsolete by our scientists. Basically, everything in the ship seems up to date but it's shields. Below you can see the comparison between our shields and the abandonned ship's.
Our shields: Megatron Z4 shields
Corvidian shields
As you can see, our shields are 1.5 times better than this ship's shields. This is a good news, since the ship appears new, this would means that our ships are better than up to date ones. The theory regarding why this ship was abandonned without any damage done to it would be an attack by pirates who saw no use in the ship. Without any better idea, this was the one retained. We sent a crew to board the ship and we sent it to the 1st Fleet.
On 2755.07.24, we made, probably, the discovery of the century. In the Zaldix system, we found a continental planet with members of our own race populating it. Orders were immediately given for a colony ship to be assembled. This discovery gave the ''uplift theory'' quite a few followers amongst our people. The Zenox population on the planet is around 645M. This will give an enormous boost to our population, this without considering the cultural and scientific ideas these people might have. Below is an overview of the Zaldix system and the planet Zaldix 4
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Infrastructure: None
Ressource(s): Osalia, Lead, Nekros stone, Steel
[center]Infrastructure[/center]
During the year 2755, two new defensive star bases were constructed around the planet Zenox 5. Below is a picture of the planet with it's three defensive star bases. There is nothing else of note.
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[center]Diplomacy[/center]
Nothing much happened this year. Two more pirates factions made contact with us, but were ignored. Below you can see the three pirate factions names.
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[center]Research[/center]
This year, our scientists made breakthrough in two areas of research. First, they finished the construction of working prototypes of better sensors for our exploration ships and secondly, they created working missile weapons. After multiple tests with our new space fighters, we started funding our scientists to find a way to defend against those fighters. No doubt, after seeing our fighters, someone might try to mimic us. So we gave some guidelines for our scientists. First a better targeting system would seem apropriate considering the small size these fighters are and also some kind of point defense weapons to take out those who would come close to our ships. Below are the two prototypes made with our new technology.
[center]Military[/center]
Three pirate attacks are to be reported this year alone. The biggest battle took place in the Aqoenia system when after attacking a mining station with an escort ship, the pirates summoned another one to deal with our 1st Fleet. Unfortunately for them, our ships had no trouble dealing with those two escorts, but while the 1st Fleet was away from its home system (Zenox system), the pirates made a bold move and attacked a mining station there. The 1st Fleet was immediately called back to deal with the problem. The battle hasn't taken place yet because it didn't happened before this report was written. The third contact with the pirates was in the Xubbahn system . The 2nd Fleet engaged and destroyed a single frigate on the outer rim of the system. On another subject, a third fleet has been commissioned because of the near future establishement of a new colony in the Zaldix system. Below are pictures of the pirate attacks and the details of our three fleets. You can see the up to date destroyer in the 3rd Fleet which has fighters capabilities.
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[center]Pirate attack in the Aqoenia system. The abandonned ship can be seen engaging the two pirate escorts[/center]
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[center]Pirate attack in the Xubbahn system[/center]
[/center][center]The Orlox empire[/center]
[center]2755[/center]
[center]Exploration[/center]
Multiple things of note during this year. First of, during the continued exploration of our small cluster, the exploration ship Zenox Scoundrel found an abandonnned frigate class ship in the Niilgaemun system. After investigating the ship, it was declared obsolete by our scientists. Basically, everything in the ship seems up to date but it's shields. Below you can see the comparison between our shields and the abandonned ship's.
Our shields: Megatron Z4 shields
Corvidian shields
As you can see, our shields are 1.5 times better than this ship's shields. This is a good news, since the ship appears new, this would means that our ships are better than up to date ones. The theory regarding why this ship was abandonned without any damage done to it would be an attack by pirates who saw no use in the ship. Without any better idea, this was the one retained. We sent a crew to board the ship and we sent it to the 1st Fleet.
On 2755.07.24, we made, probably, the discovery of the century. In the Zaldix system, we found a continental planet with members of our own race populating it. Orders were immediately given for a colony ship to be assembled. This discovery gave the ''uplift theory'' quite a few followers amongst our people. The Zenox population on the planet is around 645M. This will give an enormous boost to our population, this without considering the cultural and scientific ideas these people might have. Below is an overview of the Zaldix system and the planet Zaldix 4
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[/center]Infrastructure: None
Ressource(s): Osalia, Lead, Nekros stone, Steel
[center]Infrastructure[/center]
During the year 2755, two new defensive star bases were constructed around the planet Zenox 5. Below is a picture of the planet with it's three defensive star bases. There is nothing else of note.
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[/center][center]Diplomacy[/center]
Nothing much happened this year. Two more pirates factions made contact with us, but were ignored. Below you can see the three pirate factions names.
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[/center][center]Research[/center]
This year, our scientists made breakthrough in two areas of research. First, they finished the construction of working prototypes of better sensors for our exploration ships and secondly, they created working missile weapons. After multiple tests with our new space fighters, we started funding our scientists to find a way to defend against those fighters. No doubt, after seeing our fighters, someone might try to mimic us. So we gave some guidelines for our scientists. First a better targeting system would seem apropriate considering the small size these fighters are and also some kind of point defense weapons to take out those who would come close to our ships. Below are the two prototypes made with our new technology.
[center]Military[/center]
Three pirate attacks are to be reported this year alone. The biggest battle took place in the Aqoenia system when after attacking a mining station with an escort ship, the pirates summoned another one to deal with our 1st Fleet. Unfortunately for them, our ships had no trouble dealing with those two escorts, but while the 1st Fleet was away from its home system (Zenox system), the pirates made a bold move and attacked a mining station there. The 1st Fleet was immediately called back to deal with the problem. The battle hasn't taken place yet because it didn't happened before this report was written. The third contact with the pirates was in the Xubbahn system . The 2nd Fleet engaged and destroyed a single frigate on the outer rim of the system. On another subject, a third fleet has been commissioned because of the near future establishement of a new colony in the Zaldix system. Below are pictures of the pirate attacks and the details of our three fleets. You can see the up to date destroyer in the 3rd Fleet which has fighters capabilities.
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[/center][center]Pirate attack in the Aqoenia system. The abandonned ship can be seen engaging the two pirate escorts[/center]
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[/center][center]Pirate attack in the Xubbahn system[/center]
RE: The story of the Orlox empire.
Nice story...great pictures! [:)]
RE: The story of the Orlox empire.
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[center]The Orlox empire[/center]
[center]2756[/center]
[center]Exploration[/center]
Not much happened during this year. There's only three things of note to report. First, we found an abandonned colony ship in the gas cloud VS483. It was full of a very agressive race called the Boskaras. They were all in cryo-sleep. When we awakenned some of them, they immediately started attacking our exploration team. The decision of blowing the whole ship was taken. Second, on 09.15, the colony ship sent to the Zaldix system, colonized the planet Zaldix 4. Everything went smoothly and the population of our empire went from 11 568M to 12 324M instantly. Third, we found two pirate bases. One in the gas cloud JF507 and another one in the Tiyr system
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[center]The Orlox empire[/center]
[center]Infrastructure[/center]
No important construction were started during this year.
[center]Diplomacy[/center]
Nothing much happened this year.
[center]Research[/center]
On 08.08 we finished developing a target tracking system. This component will come in handy when our ships will face fighters. Due to several mission being aborted because of fuel shortage, we asked our scientists to improve the fuel storage capacity aboard our ships.
[center]Military[/center]
The 1st Fleet, after refuelling at the star port orbiting Zenox 5, was sent against the pirate base in the Tiyr system. Without difficulty the 1st Fleet destroyed the pirate's presence in this system. We then sent them against the second pirate base in the gas cloud JF507.
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[center]1st Fleet attack the pirate base in the Tiyr System[/center]
[/center][center]The Orlox empire[/center]
[center]2756[/center]
[center]Exploration[/center]
Not much happened during this year. There's only three things of note to report. First, we found an abandonned colony ship in the gas cloud VS483. It was full of a very agressive race called the Boskaras. They were all in cryo-sleep. When we awakenned some of them, they immediately started attacking our exploration team. The decision of blowing the whole ship was taken. Second, on 09.15, the colony ship sent to the Zaldix system, colonized the planet Zaldix 4. Everything went smoothly and the population of our empire went from 11 568M to 12 324M instantly. Third, we found two pirate bases. One in the gas cloud JF507 and another one in the Tiyr system
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[/center][center]The Orlox empire[/center]
[center]Infrastructure[/center]
No important construction were started during this year.
[center]Diplomacy[/center]
Nothing much happened this year.
[center]Research[/center]
On 08.08 we finished developing a target tracking system. This component will come in handy when our ships will face fighters. Due to several mission being aborted because of fuel shortage, we asked our scientists to improve the fuel storage capacity aboard our ships.
[center]Military[/center]
The 1st Fleet, after refuelling at the star port orbiting Zenox 5, was sent against the pirate base in the Tiyr system. Without difficulty the 1st Fleet destroyed the pirate's presence in this system. We then sent them against the second pirate base in the gas cloud JF507.
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[/center][center]1st Fleet attack the pirate base in the Tiyr System[/center]
RE: The story of the Orlox empire.
Well organized, hope you can keep up with all the stuff that'll happen once the game begins to pick up speed and a bazilion things occur all at once.
...Igniting stellar cores....Recharging reactors...Recalibrating hyperdrives....
RE: The story of the Orlox empire.
I am curious as to why you didn't keep the Boskara colony ship. Couldn't you have settled a Desert world with it? Or was that a role-playing decision.
RE: The story of the Orlox empire.
Sounds RP to me....they really are very agressive and could have defected should a war with another boskara entity in the game broke out. But they are also great warriors on the ground...imagine Harkonned sending a boskara invasion fleet to a boskara planet. Hmm, now I really hope you keep the next one [:)]
...Igniting stellar cores....Recharging reactors...Recalibrating hyperdrives....
RE: The story of the Orlox empire.
It was a role-playing decision, the Zenox being very cautious I thought it would ''fit'' better. Anyway don't worry about the details, I am unhappy now because not much is happening so I can't wait to get more detailed updates. Anyway I am really busy these days, so I don't know if I'll be able to do an update today or tomorrow. Wednesday and Thursday I am not working so I'll update a lot during these days until then.... Oh by the way, thank you for reading!! [:D]
RE: The story of the Orlox empire.
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[center]The Orlox empire[/center]
[center]2757[/center]
[center]Exploration[/center]
In 2757, we finished exploring our cluster. Having found three inhabitable planets it was speculated that there could be several other colonizable planets in the galaxy. We took the decision to start exploring the big cluster. Not long after this decision was taken, one of our exploration ship found a huge pirate fleet orbiting a star base in the Mytos system. It seems the rest of the galaxy is quite the same after all. At the end of the year after a few stars were explored in the big cluster we encountered an alien species that might actually be part of a big trade empire. More details in the diplomatic section of this report.
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[center]The huge pirate fleet in the Mytos system[/center]
[center]Infrastructure[/center]
This year, the construction of a research base was started (and finished) near the neutron star Murillea. Below can be seen an image of the base.
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[center]Diplomacy[/center]
The encounter with the new race started very badly. At first they thought we were a pirate ship and started firing at us as soon as we came in range. After a while, since we weren't firing back, they stopped firing and tried to contact us. After some time, the small science team aboard the exploration ship were able to comprehend their language. As stated earlier, they seem to be part of a trading empire. They call themselves the Vilmuueni Syndicate. They are very cautious. They never gave us any of their colonies location or any other information about their empire. It is speculated that their empire lies in the big cluster, but there is no proof. Below can be seen an artist impression of this new race and their flag.
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[center]Research[/center]
After our few fights with the pirates, it was decided that better beam weapons were needed so when our scientists finished a point defense component, we urged them to upgrade our beam weapons.
[center]Military[/center]
This year, the war against piracy saw its peek. On 01.19, the 2nd Fleet destroyed a frigate attacking the Aqoenia system. After refueling, the 1st Fleet attacked and destoyed the base and an escort ship in the JF507 gas cloud on 06.01. A datacore was found leading to the location of a cruiser class ship. Unfortunately it is out of our range... for now. The 1st Fleet also destroyed a pirate base in the XY540 gas cloud. On 07.21, it was decided to build one destroyer and two more frigates for the 1st Fleet in preparation of its attack on the pirate base/fleet in the Mytos system. Below can be seen pictures of these various operations.
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[center]Pirate attack in the Aqoenia system[/center]
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[center]Destruction of a pirate base and escort ship in the gas cloud JF507[/center]
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[center]Destruction of a pirate base in the XY540 gas cloud[/center]
[/center][center]The Orlox empire[/center]
[center]2757[/center]
[center]Exploration[/center]
In 2757, we finished exploring our cluster. Having found three inhabitable planets it was speculated that there could be several other colonizable planets in the galaxy. We took the decision to start exploring the big cluster. Not long after this decision was taken, one of our exploration ship found a huge pirate fleet orbiting a star base in the Mytos system. It seems the rest of the galaxy is quite the same after all. At the end of the year after a few stars were explored in the big cluster we encountered an alien species that might actually be part of a big trade empire. More details in the diplomatic section of this report.
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[/center][center]The huge pirate fleet in the Mytos system[/center]
[center]Infrastructure[/center]
This year, the construction of a research base was started (and finished) near the neutron star Murillea. Below can be seen an image of the base.
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[/center][center]Diplomacy[/center]
The encounter with the new race started very badly. At first they thought we were a pirate ship and started firing at us as soon as we came in range. After a while, since we weren't firing back, they stopped firing and tried to contact us. After some time, the small science team aboard the exploration ship were able to comprehend their language. As stated earlier, they seem to be part of a trading empire. They call themselves the Vilmuueni Syndicate. They are very cautious. They never gave us any of their colonies location or any other information about their empire. It is speculated that their empire lies in the big cluster, but there is no proof. Below can be seen an artist impression of this new race and their flag.
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[/center][center]Research[/center]
After our few fights with the pirates, it was decided that better beam weapons were needed so when our scientists finished a point defense component, we urged them to upgrade our beam weapons.
[center]Military[/center]
This year, the war against piracy saw its peek. On 01.19, the 2nd Fleet destroyed a frigate attacking the Aqoenia system. After refueling, the 1st Fleet attacked and destoyed the base and an escort ship in the JF507 gas cloud on 06.01. A datacore was found leading to the location of a cruiser class ship. Unfortunately it is out of our range... for now. The 1st Fleet also destroyed a pirate base in the XY540 gas cloud. On 07.21, it was decided to build one destroyer and two more frigates for the 1st Fleet in preparation of its attack on the pirate base/fleet in the Mytos system. Below can be seen pictures of these various operations.
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[/center][center]Pirate attack in the Aqoenia system[/center]
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[/center][center]Destruction of a pirate base and escort ship in the gas cloud JF507[/center]
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[/center][center]Destruction of a pirate base in the XY540 gas cloud[/center]
RE: The story of the Orlox empire.
Sounds like you're running into an above-average number of pirates so far! What frequency/setting to you have them on?
"Evil is easy, and has infinite forms." -- Pascal
RE: The story of the Orlox empire.
Harkonnen encounters the Haakonish first. Don't trust them whatever you do.
Then again, I wouldn't trust a Harkonnen either.[;)]
Great AAR. I like the format you're using for this.
Then again, I wouldn't trust a Harkonnen either.[;)]
Great AAR. I like the format you're using for this.
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RE: The story of the Orlox empire.
ORIGINAL: martok
Sounds like you're running into an above-average number of pirates so far! What frequency/setting to you have them on?
I'd also like to know that. There a pita,but when you have none it's impossible to get a good reputation.
Nice AAR, I normally don't like any storylines but I feel DW AAR's must have one. I went there and built a mining station hardly makes for a rivetting read.
RE: The story of the Orlox empire.
Hey guys, thank you all for the comments, I hope you enjoy.
Martok As you can see on the screens of the first post, the pirates setting is set to normal.
Igard Why wouldn't you trust a Harkonnen? I mean they are great humanist absolutely not prone to deceit and cruelty. [:D] I'm glad you like the format.
cookie monster I'm glad you like the aar, but I don't think there's much of a storyline in mine. I do put some element here and there but they are really minimal. Funny nickname by the way.
Martok As you can see on the screens of the first post, the pirates setting is set to normal.
Igard Why wouldn't you trust a Harkonnen? I mean they are great humanist absolutely not prone to deceit and cruelty. [:D] I'm glad you like the format.
cookie monster I'm glad you like the aar, but I don't think there's much of a storyline in mine. I do put some element here and there but they are really minimal. Funny nickname by the way.
RE: The story of the Orlox empire.
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[center]The Orlox empire[/center]
[center]2758[/center]
[center]Exploration[/center]
In 2758, we found a marshy moon orbiting a gas giant in the Tiyr system. On this moon grows a kind of nuts called Megallos nuts. It seems our neighbors of the Vilmuueni Syndicate like these quite a lot so we sent a construction ship to build the infrastructures to cultivate those nuts. Unfortunately, there was already smugglers profiting of this opportunity. They immediately attacked our ship and destroyed it.
[center]Infrastructure[/center]
This year, the Nam Khureus saw a lot of money put into it. On 02.02, the construction of a resort hotel orbiting the Nam Khureus 6 gas giant was finished. The beauty of this planet is sure to bring a lot of tourists. In the same system on 05.05 we finished the construction of an energy research station orbiting a gas giant prone to unbelievably huge electric storms. Due to the fact that our ships needs to retrofit at the planet Zenox 5 and that sometimes it can take a lot of time to do so, it was decided to build a big star port at the second biggest colony in our empire on the planet Zaldix 4. The construction started on 04.26.
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[center]The energy research station[/center]
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[center]The resort hotel station[/center]
[center]Diplomacy[/center]
This year, our diplomats worked on a free trade policy treaty to propose to the Vilmuueni Syndicate. After a few months of deliberation, the treaty was refused due to our lack of good trading methods.
[center]Research[/center]
On 04.06, we finished designing advance beam weaponry. Due to our cold relations with the Vilmuueni Syndicate we decided to take no chances and prepare to war. We thus asked our scientists to design bombs big enough to bombard a planet. Such bombs would need to be efficient against military planetary installations. On 06.29, we finished researching enhanced storage and started researching a way to coordinate control over our fleets to drop the maintenance cost of these. This decision was taken due to our increased number of ships for the war against the pirates. At the end of the year, our scientists made a breakthrough. They delivered a working design for planetary bombardment weapons. After the multiple battles against the pirates we fought, pression by our fleets commandant for better blasters showed the poor quality of our current weapons. The new model we asked for, to our scientists, would need to inflict more damage, fire more rapidly and reach greater distances.
[center]Military[/center]
Due to the destruction of our construction ship in the Tiyr system, by a fleet of four pirate frigates, and the proximity of the Nam Khureus system to it, we created a fourth fleet to protect the latter. This new fleet will be composed of two destroyers and two frigates class ships.
[/center][center]The Orlox empire[/center]
[center]2758[/center]
[center]Exploration[/center]
In 2758, we found a marshy moon orbiting a gas giant in the Tiyr system. On this moon grows a kind of nuts called Megallos nuts. It seems our neighbors of the Vilmuueni Syndicate like these quite a lot so we sent a construction ship to build the infrastructures to cultivate those nuts. Unfortunately, there was already smugglers profiting of this opportunity. They immediately attacked our ship and destroyed it.
[center]Infrastructure[/center]
This year, the Nam Khureus saw a lot of money put into it. On 02.02, the construction of a resort hotel orbiting the Nam Khureus 6 gas giant was finished. The beauty of this planet is sure to bring a lot of tourists. In the same system on 05.05 we finished the construction of an energy research station orbiting a gas giant prone to unbelievably huge electric storms. Due to the fact that our ships needs to retrofit at the planet Zenox 5 and that sometimes it can take a lot of time to do so, it was decided to build a big star port at the second biggest colony in our empire on the planet Zaldix 4. The construction started on 04.26.
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[/center][center]The energy research station[/center]
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[/center][center]The resort hotel station[/center]
[center]Diplomacy[/center]
This year, our diplomats worked on a free trade policy treaty to propose to the Vilmuueni Syndicate. After a few months of deliberation, the treaty was refused due to our lack of good trading methods.
[center]Research[/center]
On 04.06, we finished designing advance beam weaponry. Due to our cold relations with the Vilmuueni Syndicate we decided to take no chances and prepare to war. We thus asked our scientists to design bombs big enough to bombard a planet. Such bombs would need to be efficient against military planetary installations. On 06.29, we finished researching enhanced storage and started researching a way to coordinate control over our fleets to drop the maintenance cost of these. This decision was taken due to our increased number of ships for the war against the pirates. At the end of the year, our scientists made a breakthrough. They delivered a working design for planetary bombardment weapons. After the multiple battles against the pirates we fought, pression by our fleets commandant for better blasters showed the poor quality of our current weapons. The new model we asked for, to our scientists, would need to inflict more damage, fire more rapidly and reach greater distances.
[center]Military[/center]
Due to the destruction of our construction ship in the Tiyr system, by a fleet of four pirate frigates, and the proximity of the Nam Khureus system to it, we created a fourth fleet to protect the latter. This new fleet will be composed of two destroyers and two frigates class ships.