Jman4117 Posted September 29, 2012 Share Posted September 29, 2012 https://img703.imageshack.us/img703/7610/orion2002.pngAlright puny humans! Let's get t his party started! We're going to have the easyiest setting, a large galaxy full of victims, average age and pre warp tech levels. Also, we're going to turn that tactical combat ON because we're not pussies that want to run from fights! We want to witness our victims' terror! We will also be leaving the Antarans ON so that we can slaughter all sentients in their deminsion as well! https://img827.imageshack.us/img827/7277/orion2003.pngToday, I rise to be "queen" of the Klackons! They are a hive of ant people that totally kick ass! https://img705.imageshack.us/img705/1294/orion2004.pngThe name? TIGGER! https://img545.imageshack.us/img545/8541/orion2005.pngAnd clearly, we MUST be RED! The color of the blood of my victims! https://img59.imageshack.us/img59/2281/orion2006.pngWheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!! https://img11.imageshack.us/img11/7272/orion2008.pngWhile Kholdan is a nice name and all, I decree that it be renamed to Catnip! https://img441.imageshack.us/img441/9084/orion2011.pngThis is our little world. It holds up to 16 million ant people, this is apparently "large" but I don't believe it. That other gray thing over there, is another planet. It's a barren piece of crap that is of no use to us in the short term. https://img228.imageshack.us/img228/6346/orion2012.pngOn the surface of the planet, we can look into all the different things. First up: Morale. Since we're a hive civilization, we have no need of morale! Neener neener! https://img222.imageshack.us/img222/2595/orion2013.pngTo the left of that we have in decending order: Finances, Food, Industry, and Research. https://img338.imageshack.us/img338/4717/orion2017.pngThe first of these that we're going to play with: Research! We must get more techs if we are ever to leave our home system. Just going to that barren rock decades from now isn't going to cut it! https://img5.imageshack.us/img5/1490/orion2018.pngAnd a few months later: PAYDIRT! We get the freighters which will allow us to ship around food an colonists. https://img14.imageshack.us/img14/2099/orion2019.pngAlso, the nuclear bomb and the nuclear drive. Basic tech, but we're getting there! https://img198.imageshack.us/img198/2070/orion2021.pngNext, we go to research chemistry. This is another basic tech and it'll get us 4 new items! https://img41.imageshack.us/img41/4575/orion2022.pngWhile we're waiting on the research, we get an offer for this guy to join us. 10% just isn't a high enough bonus to be worth it so we reject him. https://img837.imageshack.us/img837/3983/orion2023.pngExtended fuel tanks! YES! This should allow us to make some scouts to check out the neighborhood. We also get the nuclear missile which probably isn't that great. https://img267.imageshack.us/img267/6598/orion2025.pngAlso required for space travel: Fuel cells and titanium armor! https://img827.imageshack.us/img827/16/orion2027.pngWith that out of the way, we go for the techs to build basic transport ships to take our people to the stars! https://img407.imageshack.us/img407/4443/orion2029.pngNow to use that new basic tech. We are going to make some basic scout ships to send to nearby stars in search of habitable planets. https://img708.imageshack.us/img708/7717/orion2030.pngWe are going to make 2 of these then go back to building "housing", which puts production into makin' babies! https://img571.imageshack.us/img571/8620/orion2031.pngAbout a year later, we get the results of our research. We get the colony ship. This is something that our mission would be IMPOSSIBLE without. It allows us to transport colonists to new planets and carries everything needed to start a new colony. Also in this research is the outpost ship. Pretty sure that's like a colony ship without the people. Probably useful as a relay in case we're surrounded by uninhabitable planets. https://img5.imageshack.us/img5/4979/orion2033.pngAnd yes, we also have the transport! This will send our warrior drones to other planets to slaughter lesser lifeforms! https://img202.imageshack.us/img202/456/orion2034.pngAnd not having a clue what to do next: Fighter Bays. https://img204.imageshack.us/img204/9001/orion2036.pngTime to send out our first scout! https://img560.imageshack.us/img560/9401/orion2037.pngWhen we arrive, we find a stranded alien guy that we help out and he swears allegience to the Klackon Empire! https://img89.imageshack.us/img89/9116/orion2038gzr.pngAs for the system, it's pretty useless. No wonder he wanted to leave! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jman4117 Posted September 29, 2012 Author Share Posted September 29, 2012 https://img838.imageshack.us/img838/999/orion2040.pngNext! https://img193.imageshack.us/img193/4397/orion2042.pngOur new ship comes online! With our other ship only 2 days out from its system as well, they should arrive at the same time! https://img29.imageshack.us/img29/4030/orion2043.pngAwww %@$%! https://img812.imageshack.us/img812/9761/orion2045.pngGreetings Mr. Space Mutant Thing... https://img94.imageshack.us/img94/6361/orion2047.pngBefore our scout can flee the system, some energy crap flashes through the system and blows the ship to pieces. https://img37.imageshack.us/img37/641/orion2048.pngOur last transmissions from the stricken vessel detail the contents of the system: In the Rayden system we have a huge Gaia and a huge Ocean planet. This is a prime system for our workers to tame in the name of the Empire! https://img23.imageshack.us/img23/7193/orion2050.pngOur other scout doesn't meet such a fate. It however, doesn't find much of anything! https://img29.imageshack.us/img29/3267/orion2051.pngHopefully we can find something in the next system! https://img521.imageshack.us/img521/1577/orion2052.pngAwesome..I guess. Not that I have a clue how that is going to work... https://img840.imageshack.us/img840/1456/orion2053.pngNext up for research: Laser stuff! https://img24.imageshack.us/img24/1566/orion2054.pngOur scout find another useless system! We REALLY have to do something about that space hydra! https://img40.imageshack.us/img40/7228/orion2055.pngNew techs! We finally have some pew pews! https://img571.imageshack.us/img571/2599/orion2057.pngAnd some scanner thing that only works for 1 parsec... https://img42.imageshack.us/img42/2923/orion2058.pngWith that out of the way, let's go for Biospheres! https://img69.imageshack.us/img69/8494/orion2062.pngBuilding this on a planet lets us have +2 population there! https://img411.imageshack.us/img411/3194/orion2063.pngNext we're going to go for some computers. Maybe one of these damned branches has something to let us colonize more planets! https://img594.imageshack.us/img594/1064/orion2064.pngAnd here we are putting that new tech to work! https://img109.imageshack.us/img109/6240/orion2065.pngHrm, interesting! This is a 25% boost to our targeting without having to add anything to a ship! https://img201.imageshack.us/img201/3061/orion2066.pngHoly shit! We HAVE to get that tech! This should jack us way up! https://img196.imageshack.us/img196/5821/orion2067.pngAnd so will this guy! He'll add 7 research just on his own. PLUS he'll make everyone in the lab with him 15% more effective! https://img37.imageshack.us/img37/540/orion2069.pngThat...was about 15 before we got him! https://img853.imageshack.us/img853/1777/orion2070.pngWe have it and we want to build it NOW! https://img850.imageshack.us/img850/1492/orion2071.pngAnd no knowing what to go for next we eeny meeny miny moe and pick Planetary Missile Base! https://img222.imageshack.us/img222/9017/orion2072.pngIn 4 turns...we're going to kick so much ass on the science front! https://img846.imageshack.us/img846/6555/orion2073.pngWhoooooooooooooooooooooo! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jman4117 Posted September 29, 2012 Author Share Posted September 29, 2012 https://img802.imageshack.us/img802/7960/orion2074.pngMeer days later, our crack team of researchers unveils plants for a ground battery of defensive missiles! https://img248.imageshack.us/img248/1949/orion2075.pngTime to get something more substantial than those puny lasers! That space mutant can die in a fire! https://img37.imageshack.us/img37/3198/orion2076.pngOOooooooo! He's doubled! https://img203.imageshack.us/img203/8186/orion2077.pngThis peons, is the weapon that will conquer the stars in the name of the Empire! https://img401.imageshack.us/img401/9730/orion2078.pngWe will also go for this space academy thing to make any warships we build better! https://img402.imageshack.us/img402/8764/orion2079.pngAwesome! We got this guy with "galactic lore" whatever that means! Let's hire him and see what it does! https://img580.imageshack.us/img580/5798/orion2082.pngHoly...shit.....He just told us all about everything! https://img29.imageshack.us/img29/9013/orion2083.pngOk, that space monster...We're going to make ourselves some destroyers with fusion beams and send them in to take care of our little problem. I'm sure 3 of them will handle this problem! https://img513.imageshack.us/img513/810/orion2086.pngExcellent! This is going to give us 2 free levels for new crews! https://img825.imageshack.us/img825/1355/orion2087.pngAnd survival pods, just for the hell of it because I have no clue what any of this stuff is! https://img201.imageshack.us/img201/5871/orion2088.pngAnd right after we got that guy to tell us about every system in the galaxy, our scout arrives in Tyr. There's an arid planet here. Not the best, but it's the only thing to colony until we get rid of the space mutant! https://img204.imageshack.us/img204/8886/orion2091.pngWith our fleet assembled, we break orbit and steam for Rayden. Death to the space mutant! https://img703.imageshack.us/img703/4995/orion2092.pngBring it bitch! https://img515.imageshack.us/img515/7530/orion2095.pngAww %^%Q#! Time to consult the lore saints! https://img266.imageshack.us/img266/3313/orion2097.pngWe learn of mysterious creatures that inhabit interstellar space. They like to feed on the best planets and stuff. This is bad, and we GREATLY underestimated this creature! To get rid of this thing we're going to have to use a massive fleet, probably 10-15 frigates. This will allow this creature to target individual ships one at a time while we simply swarm it.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silencer_pl Posted September 29, 2012 Share Posted September 29, 2012 Nice - I see that number of systems are reduced comparing to MoO, but each system now can have more planets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jman4117 Posted September 29, 2012 Author Share Posted September 29, 2012 Apparently you can build on any planet type from the very beginning. You just take more and more penalties as the planets get more hostile. Those barren worlds we started surrounded by? Well we can build there. We cannot however farm on them. So it will be up to freighters to save the day, ferrying in food and colonists from more productive colonies such as Homeworld! With luck, we should be able to make them into prime production colonies so we can save the homeworld for research and make the most of that Psilon science leader we have there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knan Posted September 29, 2012 Share Posted September 29, 2012 Forget the space hydra system for a while. It's at least as bad as the monsters in MOO1, and you can't build a million frigates to swarm it because you'll run out of command points and then go broke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jman4117 Posted September 30, 2012 Author Share Posted September 30, 2012 https://img832.imageshack.us/img832/6724/orion2098.pngThe lore saints also revealed that we can colonize that barren world in the system with us. We're going to build a colony base on the homeworld and launch it toward that planet. Afterward, we we build freighters to ship them food! https://img513.imageshack.us/img513/3971/orion2100.pngThis is apparently something to keep leaders assigned to ships alive if they lose their ship. Handy if we get some of those guys! https://img19.imageshack.us/img19/9443/orion2101.pngTo follow up we pursue the tech for space ports, but only 2 turns after, we get a breakthrough that lets us get the tech super early! https://img401.imageshack.us/img401/9639/orion2103.pngYes! Build thermonukes to spread death to the enemies of the Empire! https://img37.imageshack.us/img37/7084/orion2104.pngBarren, yeah! https://img88.imageshack.us/img88/4263/orion2106.pngAs you can see, barren worlds can't farm. Maybe we can change that later, idk. https://img14.imageshack.us/img14/4379/orion2110.pngWe got the boom booms to go with our pew pews! https://img69.imageshack.us/img69/6843/orion2111.pngNext we go for the ion drive to get our ships traveling at Warp 4! https://img96.imageshack.us/img96/3676/orion2113.pngNow that we have our colony on the barren world set up, we start out with the spaceport for money to pay for everything, and the biosphere to get the population over 4! After that? Everything else! https://img854.imageshack.us/img854/4897/orion2117.pngA couple of years later we get our colony ship built. Even though our homeworld is decent and our species has production bonuses, it still takes forever! We're going to send this ship to Tempium. https://img845.imageshack.us/img845/3082/orion2118.pngAnd while it's in transit we get the Warp 4 tech! https://img685.imageshack.us/img685/6521/orion2119.pngNext: Tritanium Armor! https://img824.imageshack.us/img824/1945/orion2121.pngOur ship enters the system. We pick out the best planet and set'er down. We claim this world, Silencer, in the name of the Klackon Empire! https://img266.imageshack.us/img266/3624/orion2125.jpgAnd as we erect the radio transmitter to phone home and tell them everything is ok..We meet the neighbors! THe Meklar and the Sakkra...and they seem to be hostile! https://img515.imageshack.us/img515/785/orion2129.jpgOk, false alarm. Guess the Meklar at least were bluffing! We sign a trade treat, a research treaty and a NAP. https://img88.imageshack.us/img88/2372/orion2132.jpgAnd they try to get our Spaceport tech...I think not! https://img189.imageshack.us/img189/7333/orion2133.jpgWith the Sakkra, we are only able to get a trade treaty before they decide not to talk to us. https://img26.imageshack.us/img26/2377/orion2136.pngOooo, Tundra! This is better than those Barren planets we've come across! https://img31.imageshack.us/img31/2438/orion2137.pngAlso, there's a wormhole here! It goes all the way across known space! https://img27.imageshack.us/img27/6983/orion2138.pngWAY over there, we find 4 decent planets that can be used...eventually. We don't need to have those all the way over there without a practical way to defend them. https://img833.imageshack.us/img833/8819/orion2142.pngWith that explored, we turn around and travel back through the wormhole to Pollux. https://img51.imageshack.us/img51/8720/orion2143.pngIt's only double, but it's better than nothing! https://img339.imageshack.us/img339/6379/orion2144.pngNext we go for the Tachyon Scanner. This should give out sensors better range so we can see any incoming alien craft. https://img844.imageshack.us/img844/8787/orion2146.pngAfter getting back to Pollux, we set our sights east! This is an artifact planet, and we get a nice new tech from it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jman4117 Posted September 30, 2012 Author Share Posted September 30, 2012 https://img197.imageshack.us/img197/5122/orion2150.pngSince our main colony has so much population, we're going to send excess to the other colonies. https://img7.imageshack.us/img7/8370/orion2151.pngNice! This has a base range of 3, and each large ship class can be detected even further! https://img51.imageshack.us/img51/2127/orion2152.pngAfter this, we go for the most basic shields since it appears that we get they for free on ships and leaving them out doesn't save space so, might as well have the tech! https://img19.imageshack.us/img19/1443/orion2153.pngWell...it's better than nothing! https://img268.imageshack.us/img268/6787/orion2155.pngOooooo! This is something we really really need! This will give us HUGE production boosts as the pollution that is eliminated is turned back into production! https://img689.imageshack.us/img689/9093/orion2158.pngWith the new shield tech, we're going to redesign the Claw and refit all the existing ships in the class. https://img87.imageshack.us/img87/9969/orion2159.pngAlso, we'll build more of them! https://img715.imageshack.us/img715/572/orion2160.pngA second colony ship comes off the line in Catnip System. We launch for Tyr, drop off the colony base and settlers, and name the new world after our Emperor! https://img43.imageshack.us/img43/7585/orion2164.pngSWEET! https://img849.imageshack.us/img849/6121/orion2165.pngAnother pollution tech is also on the list, and it will pretty much eliminate it all! https://img266.imageshack.us/img266/8610/orion2166.pngAnd this new building is just too good to wait on all those ships to finish! We want it and we want it now! https://img51.imageshack.us/img51/1474/orion2167.pngSee? That was like, 20 pollution! https://img708.imageshack.us/img708/8918/orion2170.pngAwesome! That scientist has leveled up yet again! https://img820.imageshack.us/img820/7352/orion2172.jpgAnd we manage to get the Sakkra to sign those other two treaties we wanted! https://img688.imageshack.us/img688/9879/orion2175.pngSoon after, we get an offer from this guy. He'll give a decent boost to production on Silencer's world. https://img9.imageshack.us/img9/301/orion2176.pngCrassis goes to Silencer, and Kimbuzzi goes to Tigger to boost food production. https://img713.imageshack.us/img713/739/orion2178.pngWooo! We are now pretty much pollution free! https://img121.imageshack.us/img121/4572/orion2179.pngNow we pursue cloning to boost our growth rates. https://img715.imageshack.us/img715/571/orion2181.jpgWhy yes, let's do that! https://img717.imageshack.us/img717/1143/orion2183.jpgAnd more neighbors! Silly Mrrshans! You have it backwards! https://img266.imageshack.us/img266/5674/orion2186.pngTime to get that little Arid world stocked up! https://img13.imageshack.us/img13/6307/orion2187.pngYay!! https://img820.imageshack.us/img820/8430/orion2188.pngNow we go for Security Stations to boost the effectiveness of marines on ships. https://img17.imageshack.us/img17/2148/orion2190.jpgDeath to the Psilon Empire! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silencer_pl Posted September 30, 2012 Share Posted September 30, 2012 Is the tech tree random ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jman4117 Posted September 30, 2012 Author Share Posted September 30, 2012 The Klackon are Uncreative which means they can only get one tech randomly chosen in each of the 8 fields offered. I think Non-Creative races have about 3 things that they can pick 1 from in each field at any given time, and Creative get all 3 of them. The only exception are the very basic techs. If you noticed when I researched the colony ships and basic armor I was getting 3-4 techs at a time. Also there are some higher levels where there is only one tech at that level. This is to stop the game from being broken and forcing a Non-Creative or Uncreative race into missing something absolutely critical like the Colony Ship or Freighter. So in summary: Creative: Get the whole tech tree.Non-Creative: Get to pick what they want, but only get about 1/3 of techs.Uncreative: It's random chance. You're stuck with whatever 1/3 of techs you get. Nothing that really breaks the game, the Uncreative still get the same tech levels that Creative get, they just don't have the options to build anything they want. The one major thing I noticed when I just went to look at the tech tree was that I missed out on Battle Pods and got Survival Pods instead. This means that I don't get a 50% bonus to ship size. Luckily, I have about double normal production to make up for this! But really, I should work on getting that tech, it's a HUGE boost. I'm sure some of my enemies have it.. Edit: Also, I apparently missed out on Titan class ships too...shit! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EBM Posted September 30, 2012 Share Posted September 30, 2012 Been ages since I last played this. Good choice for an AAR! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jman4117 Posted September 30, 2012 Author Share Posted September 30, 2012 https://img832.imageshack.us/img832/2117/orion2193.pngAfter about 20 turns we finally have Scout Lab show up as being researched....Also, Security Stations! https://img835.imageshack.us/img835/7903/orion2195.pngNow, we're going to improve our weapons so we can hopefully deal with that damned space monster. https://img853.imageshack.us/img853/3631/orion2197.pngIn the Silencer system, we launch off a Colony Base to the 4th planet. https://img442.imageshack.us/img442/8962/orion2199.pngMeanwhile in the home system, we launch an expedition to the Pollux system. Our ship touches down on the Tundra planet on the outside of the system. THE WORMHOLE WILL BE MINE! https://img824.imageshack.us/img824/5641/orion2204.pngAfter a dozen turns of power building, our fleet of 9 destroyers moves on that damned space creature. Prepare to die! https://img42.imageshack.us/img42/4630/orion2211.jpgDAMMIT! We barely scratched that thing. It's got 3 super guns and each one is big enough to take out a destroyer in one shot. Guess we'd better wait on that new weapon tech and just use frigates because we can have twice as many and destroyers are getting oneshotted anyway! https://img13.imageshack.us/img13/5122/orion2218.pngOhhhh Yeeeah! Much better than our previous guns. https://img259.imageshack.us/img259/7835/orion2220.pngAnd we can put two of these bastards on a frigate! https://img13.imageshack.us/img13/7547/orion2221.pngAnd each of our best production worlds can easily make 1 per turn! https://img689.imageshack.us/img689/9869/orion2224.pngHrm, maybe this will help us out! https://img577.imageshack.us/img577/1623/orion2225.pngYES! That's one of those techs that we must have! One of those awesome worlds with the space monster is heavy gravity and we need this there! https://img407.imageshack.us/img407/460/orion2244.pngOk, about 18 of these things. Let's roll! https://img211.imageshack.us/img211/762/orion2246.pngYou gonna die now! https://img854.imageshack.us/img854/9968/orion2247.pngWe close to point blank range and open up on the hydra. Very quickly we munch through its hide, take out some of the weapons and immobilize it. 13 ship explosions later, victory is ours! https://img3.imageshack.us/img3/1521/orion2252.jpgYes, pay me tribute, and I will allow you to live, slaves! https://img253.imageshack.us/img253/9468/orion2254.pngAnd just in time, we get this awesome tech! https://img802.imageshack.us/img802/8936/orion2255.pngNow we are going to leverage our already impressive science output with Supercomputers! https://img15.imageshack.us/img15/7047/orion2257.jpgThe Meklar come to trade techs! They give us a 3x armor tech for one that adds 50% beam defense or something. SCORE! https://img163.imageshack.us/img163/5393/orion2258.jpgNow we give the Psilons some cheap bombs that they should have, being Creavtive and all, for something awesome that we missed out on because we can't learn everything! SCORE! https://img87.imageshack.us/img87/8605/orion2259.pngYay! Let's get this on homeworld, pronto! https://img710.imageshack.us/img710/4071/orion2260.pngNow for some microbiology. https://img689.imageshack.us/img689/2827/orion2262.pngWoooo! Colonize! Colonizzzze! And build EVERYTHING ON IT! https://img11.imageshack.us/img11/7808/orion2266.pngAnd get that one too, even though it's not quite as good! https://img20.imageshack.us/img20/9034/orion2269.jpgGreetings Troll ambassador! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jman4117 Posted September 30, 2012 Author Share Posted September 30, 2012 https://img42.imageshack.us/img42/4493/orion2270.pngWe get some medical tech to boost our population growth rate by 25%. Next up in that same research path: Terraforming! This will let use get all those 4 pop barren worlds up to something nice. Something like, Terran, with 10-20 pop! https://img694.imageshack.us/img694/5651/orion2276.jpgAnd we trade the Sakkra some lvl 1 shields for something of a much higher level! https://img338.imageshack.us/img338/5800/orion2277.pngOk, Terraforming. This is a very good tech. Only catch is: It costs more each time you use it on the same planet. This means that taking a planet from Toxic to Terran can be VERY expensive, so we'll use it sparingly. The good news is, those barren worlds only take 2 uses (750 production) to get up to Terran! https://img853.imageshack.us/img853/1892/orion2278.pngAnd again in Biology: Weather Control! https://img100.imageshack.us/img100/9305/orion2279.pngLooks like we got ourselves an invasion commander! https://img211.imageshack.us/img211/6527/orion2281.jpgWell, at least until we decide to enslave your race.. https://img542.imageshack.us/img542/3121/orion2283.pngThis is now our top world. 80 industry is really allowing it to build at an insane rate! https://img805.imageshack.us/img805/8454/orion2284.pngAnd another boost to our agricultural planets! https://img208.imageshack.us/img208/8541/orion2285.pngAnd again, we persue biology! This time we go for the tech to boost the intellence of our people! https://img838.imageshack.us/img838/1853/orion2288.jpgWith Rayden rocketing along, it's time to move that Psilon guy over there and make the absolute most of that world. The purple fuzzy will go to the Homeworld to set up a massive farming operation. By the time Kirsus reaches Rayden, that baby should be finished and ready to go on full research! https://img521.imageshack.us/img521/2590/orion2291.pngWell, well, well. Looks like we've turned that little desert planet into a wonderful Terran planet! It's sill ultra poor, so, either food or research! https://img829.imageshack.us/img829/7239/orion2294.pngOh hell.....this must be THE ANTARANS! https://img51.imageshack.us/img51/5613/orion2295.pngCompounding the massive research from Rayden: Heightened Intelligence! https://img641.imageshack.us/img641/5853/orion2296.pngNow to go back and get some lower level techs! This is about the crappiest one in its level, I think Titans would be the best out of it.. https://img843.imageshack.us/img843/1303/orion2298.pngWell, good for them, they better give us 10% of the increased production! https://img405.imageshack.us/img405/6371/orion2299.pngAnd in two turns? We get our power armor! https://img32.imageshack.us/img32/3599/orion2300.pngNow for something that's actually useful! https://img253.imageshack.us/img253/8374/orion2301.jpgWell since you asked SO nicely...NO. https://img194.imageshack.us/img194/8630/orion2303.pngNow that we have teraforming, we can go for every barren planet on the map. Starting with: Pollux I! https://img571.imageshack.us/img571/479/orion2306.pngExcellent, we'll be putting that to good use once we manage to steal someone else's Titan tech.. https://img593.imageshack.us/img593/1458/orion2307.pngNow we go after the only low level tech we have left here. That silly hippie tech that makes conquered aliens like us even though we're genocidal monsters. https://img12.imageshack.us/img12/1473/orion2308.pngYES! Two levels of terraforming later: Catnip! III is now a Terran world with 8 more population than it had before! https://img84.imageshack.us/img84/851/orion2309.pngWell, they also can't revolt if they are dead... NEXT! https://img689.imageshack.us/img689/371/orion2310.pngNow something useful, like money! https://img14.imageshack.us/img14/1151/orion2313.pngOooooo, SHINY! But we have a space eel! Time to rebuild that fleet of frigates and send them over to slaughter this thing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yeni Posted October 1, 2012 Share Posted October 1, 2012 Ahh yes, Moo 2, one of the few games i always play on max difficulty ( meaning the AI races get about 6 race pick points added for free, semi randomly - some of those can be BRUTAL ) Also worthy of mention is one of the best custom race systems I've seen in a game, I almost never play stock races anymore A few observations that might be helpful, either now or in later games On the tech window, you can click the tech field name to see current and future techs in that field. Outpost ships have 2 main uses : One, they give you a spot from which to extend your ship's reach, and Two, if you outpost then colonize a planet, the new colony has a Marine Barracks built already (not so useful under Unification and Democracy, decent for Despotism, and very nice for Feudal governments) For early scouts, i don't use bombs on them, i either leave them unarmed (less cost to build and more maneuver in combat) or give them a 2 shot nuke missile rack, so they can actually kill other scouts. For monsters, if you're willing to spend more construction effort, most monsters can be killed with 1 battleship filled with 2 shot MIRV nukes, though i do normally have battle pods to use there - this does only use 4 command points, instead of 8 to 15. To get a missile to be able to have the MIRV modification, get its tech field 2 levels past where you learned the missile. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jman4117 Posted October 3, 2012 Author Share Posted October 3, 2012 https://img688.imageshack.us/img688/541/orion2315.pngYay! https://img10.imageshack.us/img10/4162/orion2317.pngOn Rayden, we have huge amounts of research. About 1/3 of all teching is cominf from this one planet and that is including all the static bonuses on every planet! https://img210.imageshack.us/img210/7715/orion2321.pngNow that we have those little ships built, let's go fight the space worm! https://img708.imageshack.us/img708/9638/orion2322.pngAnd on the way, we get the Astro University! This thing adds +1 to all 3 types of colonist on any planet it's built! https://img90.imageshack.us/img90/3371/orion2326.jpgShit.. As soon as we commit to moving away from the Meklar with our huge fleet you go and do that.. https://img843.imageshack.us/img843/9767/orion2328.pngGreat! 2 turns until they hit our colonies in Pollux. https://img341.imageshack.us/img341/8536/orion2329.pngAnd we'll be back in 3 turns! NOOOO!!! https://img696.imageshack.us/img696/7748/orion2331.pngASSHOLES! https://img3.imageshack.us/img3/2530/orion2333.jpgAnnnd they take one of our planets! https://img248.imageshack.us/img248/4528/orion2335.pngScrew it! We're wiping them out! https://img507.imageshack.us/img507/6673/orion2337.pngNow we're going for your homeworld, bitches! https://img138.imageshack.us/img138/2830/orion2338.pngPrepare to die! https://img515.imageshack.us/img515/7607/orion2342.pngLuckily for us, their fleet is out and we only have to deal with a starbase. https://img690.imageshack.us/img690/69/orion2350.pngNeutron blasts pound the installation, but we quickly bring it down! https://img121.imageshack.us/img121/5722/orion2355.pngHA! https://img600.imageshack.us/img600/6324/orion2358.pngThe two Meklar craft return to try and save their pathetic homeworld. Neither are really a threat, this should be over in no time! https://img17.imageshack.us/img17/3590/orion2362.pngOur ships swarm in and engage at point blank range to make the most of their energy weapons. This leads to destroyer being ripped apart nearly instantly. THe cruiser holds on for a while, but it too dies! https://img593.imageshack.us/img593/6874/orion2374.pngWith the Meklar fleet in shambles, we bring in some transports and reinforcement frigates to finish them off. https://img534.imageshack.us/img534/3352/orion2377.pngINVADE! https://img822.imageshack.us/img822/9879/orion2378.jpgWe go in 4 vs 3, 3 of each die, but that's good enough! https://img28.imageshack.us/img28/2092/orion2379.pngMUWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! https://img593.imageshack.us/img593/3060/orion2382.pngOnward to Hoshi! https://img528.imageshack.us/img528/9783/orion2384.jpgWith nothing in orbit, we simply come in and take it! https://img715.imageshack.us/img715/4594/orion2385.pngWith the Meklar Empire fallen, all remaining Meklar will be on exibit in the Meklon and Hoshi systems. https://img24.imageshack.us/img24/7489/orion2387.jpgOh pulllease, I'm not giving your pathetic civilization anything. You're only confined to one system and about to go EXTINCT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Space Voyager Posted October 3, 2012 Share Posted October 3, 2012 Please, don't forget a distillery! On every colony. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silencer_pl Posted October 3, 2012 Share Posted October 3, 2012 Wrong game you drunkard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Space Voyager Posted October 3, 2012 Share Posted October 3, 2012 How can a distillery be wrong for a game?! KIDDING! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorondor Posted October 3, 2012 Share Posted October 3, 2012 Our most esteemed supreme ruler Tigger decrees celebrations are to be held with healthy helpings of m.i.l.k. :: A potent white beverage whose inebriating qualities are well known amongst hard drinkers across the galaxy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jman4117 Posted October 4, 2012 Author Share Posted October 4, 2012 https://img194.imageshack.us/img194/412/orion2390.pngTo deal with this Psilon and Sakkra bullshit, we're going to make spies. Lots and lots of spies! https://img809.imageshack.us/img809/3643/orion2391.pngIn the meantime, we send in another colony ship to the Roch system to set up a new world! https://img141.imageshack.us/img141/6580/orion2392.pngAnd along the way we get new techs! These are like mech things but they are better that tanks, somehow... https://img22.imageshack.us/img22/5935/orion2395.pngArriving in Roch, we land the colony ship and christen the landing site: EBM! https://img607.imageshack.us/img607/3037/orion2397.pngNext up on the research front: Recyclotron. This thing adds another point of industry per colonist on any planet it is built! https://img716.imageshack.us/img716/3459/orion2399.jpgGreetings fish people! https://img18.imageshack.us/img18/8402/orion2400.pngOur fleet finally arrives in the Habor system and procedes to engage the space eel! Our floatilla of little ships move into range and start firing! Several turns later, we have barely scratched it! Fortunately, we didn't try this BEFORE going to face the Meklars, because our little fleet is in shambles and running back to Klackon space for repairs. https://img222.imageshack.us/img222/9389/orion2409.pngOn the bright side: New Research! This building will add a static bonus to the industry of a planet, regardless of whether there are any active workers. https://img440.imageshack.us/img440/6803/orion2411.pngOn the rebuilding front, we recolonize that world we lost in the Pollux system. It's not that great, but we're rapidly going through the tech tree and getting techs that will make the downsides largely irrelivant. https://img580.imageshack.us/img580/4879/orion2413.jpgIn the interests of peace, the Psilons give us a colony in the Menalo system. They have apparently recently colonized here, because last we looked, they were confined to one world in their home system. https://img248.imageshack.us/img248/6633/orion2414.jpgOne pathetic Psilon colonist works at building absolutely nothing! https://img338.imageshack.us/img338/5356/orion2415.jpgAnd the Sakkra apparently don't like this, so they decide to end the alliance! https://img708.imageshack.us/img708/2025/orion2416.pngAnnd, more tech! https://img231.imageshack.us/img231/8855/orion2419.jpgWe get the stupid Psilons to trade us something we can't research. Since we're going to be invading them next time they get the slightest bit out of line, this is a good deal. https://img513.imageshack.us/img513/9307/orion2422.pngNow...to deal with that space monster the proper way. We're going to use the missiles we just got from the Psilons and have a single pew pew as a fallback weapon just in case 2 shots isn't enough to deal with any problem we have. https://img43.imageshack.us/img43/7773/orion2427.pngExcellent! This is a tech that gets us a bonus without having to built anything! https://img255.imageshack.us/img255/4113/orion2429.pngTo Habor! https://img571.imageshack.us/img571/4845/orion2433.pngFire 1! And the space eel goes down in a swarm of missiles. The colony ship we sent along with the fleet sets down on the planet and sets up our colony. As a play on words we name it: Harbor https://img3.imageshack.us/img3/1065/orion2440.jpgSince we aren't allied to the Sakkra it's perfectly fine to spy on them now. We learn the secret of antimatter bombs! https://img856.imageshack.us/img856/5145/orion2442.pngAnd right after, our scientists announce new fuel systems that allow us to travel 12 parsecs from home! https://img204.imageshack.us/img204/2132/orion2444.jpgYou want 5% tribute from me? SCREW YOU! You want war? Well, it's your funeral! https://img841.imageshack.us/img841/2563/orion2447.pngWe launch on Monstrum! https://img99.imageshack.us/img99/1593/orion2448.pngAnd Menalo! https://img840.imageshack.us/img840/2745/orion2451.pngIn Monstrum we simply carpet bomb them. We would have glassed the place, but didn't have the firepower. Guess our forces in the rear can deal with these Sakkra, these ships are needed elsewhere. https://img849.imageshack.us/img849/6153/orion2458.pngMeanwhile, our other fleet arrives at Menalo. Time to engage the Sakkra! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jman4117 Posted October 5, 2012 Author Share Posted October 5, 2012 https://img19.imageshack.us/img19/4017/orion2459.pngDamn, you're ugly! https://img5.imageshack.us/img5/1129/orion2462.pngKill it with fire! https://img20.imageshack.us/img20/744/orion2463.pngThe pathetic Sakkra only have basic defense on their structures. This little station only has 60 structure and armor! https://img687.imageshack.us/img687/629/orion2464.pngOur second volley of missile easily take it out! https://img90.imageshack.us/img90/7460/orion2467.jpgKlackon troops land and take over the 2 planets in the system largely unopposed! https://img407.imageshack.us/img407/5264/orion2470.jpgNone of our marines die in combat, at all! Pathetic Sakkra! https://img189.imageshack.us/img189/2585/orion2471.jpgNew weapon, yay! https://img14.imageshack.us/img14/183/orion2472.pngXengara, rawr! https://img825.imageshack.us/img825/3072/orion2479.pngDIEDIEDIEDIEDIE!!!! https://img5.imageshack.us/img5/2227/orion2482.pngBOOM! Also, gems! https://img196.imageshack.us/img196/8274/orion2485.pngOnward to the homeworld! https://img138.imageshack.us/img138/8418/orion2486.pngExcellent! https://img43.imageshack.us/img43/5305/orion2489.pngOur fleet arrives and moves on the Sakkra homeworld. https://img543.imageshack.us/img543/1271/orion2491.pngTigger, smash! https://img402.imageshack.us/img402/2343/orion2495.pngWith Menalo taken, we set our sights on the surrounding star systems. Our fleet here is going to divide in two and hit two systems at once! https://img706.imageshack.us/img706/2909/orion2496.pngWith the back of the Sakkra Empire broken, these small ships should be good enough to take anything left over. https://img853.imageshack.us/img853/4098/orion2497.pngOur reinforcements are building at Silencer, and we really need some more troop ships! https://img803.imageshack.us/img803/2199/orion2499.jpgHA! They only had one marine guarding the colony. We curb stomp him! https://img253.imageshack.us/img253/8835/orion2507.jpgThe other? We took that wouldn't firing a shot! https://img696.imageshack.us/img696/5888/orion2508.pngOooo, we might want to steal that... https://img546.imageshack.us/img546/6163/orion2509.pngCower in fear before the might of the Klackon Empire! https://img27.imageshack.us/img27/3338/orion2511.jpgOh note on Vitruvious: It was a Mrrshan colony originally. The Sakkra took it from them apparently. https://img594.imageshack.us/img594/3315/orion2515.pngHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! They...are...alll....DEAD! https://img528.imageshack.us/img528/9338/orion2517.jpgOur reinforcements hit Xengara and takes over without resistance. https://img716.imageshack.us/img716/5995/orion2519.pngThe Sakkra Homeworld is no more! It has ceased to be! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silencer_pl Posted October 5, 2012 Share Posted October 5, 2012 What? Space fish - kill them and make cod-liver oil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Space Voyager Posted October 5, 2012 Share Posted October 5, 2012 Damn, you're ugly! I thought they look a bit like your lizard! And it is cute. What? Space fish - kill them and make cod-liver oil Your childhood seems to have been ruined by Liir... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silencer_pl Posted October 5, 2012 Share Posted October 5, 2012 Space fish are evil, true evil. Only space hamsters can save us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jman4117 Posted October 22, 2012 Author Share Posted October 22, 2012 https://img138.imageshack.us/img138/7609/orion2520.pngThese might be nice since we're the Klackons and don't have that whole morale thing anyway...but we're not going to use them since they are only good for science and we can't move them to other tasks.. https://img841.imageshack.us/img841/1998/orion2522.jpgYes, give me your pulson missiles before we go in and destroy your pathetic race! https://img401.imageshack.us/img401/8369/orion2523.pngPrepare to die Sakkra! https://img707.imageshack.us/img707/3605/orion2525.pngWHOOOOSH! BOOOM!!! https://img690.imageshack.us/img690/1517/orion2529.jpgDIEDIEDIE! https://img21.imageshack.us/img21/4082/orion2530.jpgAnd from the rubble we take: Nano Disassemblers! https://img208.imageshack.us/img208/3681/orion2532.jpgScrew you! https://img696.imageshack.us/img696/5646/orion2533.pngHAHAHAHAHA! https://img502.imageshack.us/img502/4495/orion2534.jpgBecause of this, we're going to totally depopulate the Tur system! https://img822.imageshack.us/img822/905/orion2543.pngAnd to speed things along we'll induce starvation! https://img198.imageshack.us/img198/2424/orion2537.pngNow on to the last Sakkra world! https://img811.imageshack.us/img811/695/orion2539.pngOur missiles pound the starbase taking it out in the opening volley... https://img28.imageshack.us/img28/2043/orion2546.jpgOur troops land and slaughter all opposition! https://img211.imageshack.us/img211/6872/orion2547.pngHA! https://img195.imageshack.us/img195/82/orion2548.jpgAnd as soon as the Sakkra fall, the Psilons make threats. This will NOT be tolerated! https://img600.imageshack.us/img600/29/orion2550.pngTO THE PSILON HOMEWORLD! https://img59.imageshack.us/img59/9365/orion2551.pngMeanwhile, our scientist learn how to network and increase productivity! https://img252.imageshack.us/img252/4536/orion2554.pngYep...WAR, bitches! https://img526.imageshack.us/img526/6559/orion2556.pngWell these should fall quickly... https://img836.imageshack.us/img836/6272/orion2567.pngOur fleet annihilated the Psilons with 0 losses! https://img843.imageshack.us/img843/3888/orion2576.pngYeah, we're not even going to bother with bombing you. You're too pathetic for it to give us an actual edge. Prepare to die to our tritanium reinforced mandibles! https://img651.imageshack.us/img651/5417/orion2577.jpgOne trooper dies as the entire Psilon force is wiped out. ALL HAIL EMPEROR TIGGER! https://img834.imageshack.us/img834/585/orion2578.pngOUR history books! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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