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At the upper edge of the free cluster we find a Human independent colony.

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We're going beamy! For the moment at least. Phasers are really good and a better option
for medium turrets than UV beamers. I think.

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Zuul find us somewhat... edible. However honourable their intention surely are, I'm glad
the military build-up at the colony has begun a few turns back.

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First sign of our second neighbour. Hivers. Well, too bad for this system, it would make
a nice star haven. Also it lies in between the free cluster and (obviously) Hiver cluster.

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Let's make the vastness of space a bit easier to grasp.



Next turn bugs surprise us with a decent enough proposal. Hivers can make a great ally, we
should not forget that. But ceasefire is enough for now, I wouldn't want to see our empire
swamped with their gates before we know each other a bit better.

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Our intel tells us that the Zuul invading force is made up of mainly destroyers. Soror's
alert status goes down to orange and some of the built ships are sent to strip the only
remaining derelict. The other, as you can see in lower right corner, has already been taken
by Zuul. The icon stays on until we check the system.

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Queen is removed. No, this is not a revolution, but a head rolled anyway.

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Phaser PD is available (if) in AM era, so for now I got fed up with micromanaging beamers
to take down incoming ordinance.

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Next time Zuul will not be as friendly, I'm sure.

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Another cluster, another Zuul. At first I actually though this was an independent colony
(I think Zuul independents are not possible) but it turned out it is a Zuul empire with white
as empire colour.

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Research is directed towards section-gaining waters.

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Hrmpf... Third cluster, third Zuul! I'm enclosed among the Zuul! Hm, well, this can be good,
too. At least I'm not at war with races we can get friendly with... Meh, still not good.

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A random encounter hit one of our worlds.

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The Herald foretells the coming of a Suul'ka. Not sure which one, but probably the one who
created the Zuul. The Herald is a ship with clearly Zuul origin. And it lowers the morale of the colony.



Finally. But AM won't be enough to protect this colony for long.

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Last of weapons research for the time being. Next is Advanced CnC, as commanding bigger
numbers of ships is becoming a nuisance. After that we go for some Xeno research. First tier
Zuul bark first - just enough to tell them to f... off. And get a pretty good War section.
Then probably Hiver, to tell them a story or two.

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A mining trap obliterated our fleet. Six rather expensive ships...

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I need to start the mining research to prevent such losses. Research in this case is
a refinery ship sent to a system marked for mining. Then the refining is turned on for
a turn to check for the trap. If it finds one... Better one refinery than a whole mining
fleet.

Ahhh, the fun of Zuul neighbours. The darker green colony above blue Zuul is Hivers, the
rest are Zuul.

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As promised, research takes us into communication.

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Soror is facing two waves of Zuul attacks. As speed and manoeuvrability will not save
the day this time, we design a new cruiser class. "Branilec pesmi" (Defender of Song)
is here to stand its ground and destroy everything that comes in range of its Lancers.

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A surprise! One of the Zuul has dreads! I'm not too worried, if this empire pushed for
DNs, it must have thrown everything at it. Which means that the rest is severely behind.

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Heh, half of Zuul fleets gets eaten by VNs. Our scout could survive, but curiosity
killed the dolphin.

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I find a "Silvaril" system. This system is special because it is named after a Kerberos
forum member who... I don't remember what he did, but he was rewarded by getting
a system named after his nick!

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A "Space Voyager" system... That would be silly.

At turn 102 our mining fleets start bringing the goods at last.

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This turn was full of happening. At a system where our Zuul expedition stopped for
refuelling (I was trembling in fear, having just had a mining fleet obliterated) VN attacked
and as this was not our colony, we destroyed the mothership. Bonus is nice, but we leg it
nevertheless. I wouldn't want to meet a VN Berserker just yet.

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First wave hits Soror. Poor colony... It would be ok if I didn't let three of the slave
disks get away and enter the atmosphere. The results are horrifying. At least none of the
slave disks was able to deliver our brothers to Zuul worlds. Death is far better.

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To add to the disaster, Zuul left a surprise gift. Their spawn is devastating our colony
even after the fleet is destroyed. Another Zuul fleet is on its way. As a small consolation,
the colony was able to repair the defenders.

Zuul infection drags like Monday. And when the second Zuul wave splashes over Soror in 105...

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...colony just barely made it. One slave disk would be enough to destroy it, our beams took
care that none survived. Sometimes accuracy is vital. Colony took only passing shots yet
only half a million imperial citizens survived. Finally, Zuul infestation was cleared in 108.
The colony is far from up on its feet, it has almost zero production capability.

Empire free sector is being cleansed of Swarm.

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This is a nice proposition, but not just yet. Let's get to know each other a bit better first.

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We feed most of the money into research. Now for empire technologies. We'll probably visit
Hiver Xenotechs some more later, but now it is a race for money.

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The true reason for Hivers offering us NAP. Their gate fleet was already en-route to our new
colony. They didn't heed our warnings - which we did send - and the conflict ended the only
way possible.

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Money money money.(=research'n'ships)

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And onward to dreads! Our first salvaged project is started, too.

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Soror has not even recovered by now. Incoming fleet is twice the size of defenders.

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Best defence is offence, but when Zuul are incoming, that is hard to put into action... Our
fleet, which dealt with VN Mothership, is already at the size 9 colony with AM. It is being
augmented with assault shuttle carrying destroyers of "Potapljač" (Diver) class. And on the way
to relieve Soror. Being on the way is not the same as being there though so Soror will have to
weather it out for now. This Zuul fleet is much faster than former two, meaning that they left
node drilling ships behind.

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This went pretty well, considering. There is optimism in our song.

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You should be killing aliens, not singing poetry.

 

Ah, but these are Liir. They see universe as a Song, its true form, and disturbances as disharmony. They value other beings as high as themselves as we're all just cords in the greater harmony.

 

Even killing aliens is only done to prevent the Song from falling silent.

 

Adopting a more... poetic approach to the game is very Liir-like.

 

I just hope not to disappoint Thor too much.

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I edited the post with the Herald. You can see the vid now.

Second turn seals the fate of Zuul attack at Soror.

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Growing the Swarm may not be an option, but destroying it remains a source of income.

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Hivers start an expansion into our waters from Star Haven.

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Blue Zuul start fielding cruiser sized space hurting ships. These just happen to have a Node Canon
attached to their behind, and our beam equipped destroyers prove to be an inexpensive way to get
rid of it, before bigger ships close in and finish the job.

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First the Herald, now this! Another new encounter which I have never seen before... Think of it
what you may, but this game is just full of content, much entirely dependent on chance. Love it.
What you see is Peacekeeper. It seems to have taken a direct route to our second sector.

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Improving our ships.

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A Zuul attack on our colony, guarded by Asteroid Monitor, ends very badly. For Zuul.

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Though it has become evident that AM alone would not be enough, it needs support.

Hivers... What to do about them? Frankly I'd rather see them as allies than enemies. We'll send
them some friendly messages.

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As beams in general are not best at destroying colonies, Zuul get to meet our assault shuttles.

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Research into income, lowering cost, and increasing the numbers on the battlefield.

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First dreadnought is planned and production is started. A "Metronom" class ship. It will give
the beat to battles.

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Why do we need it? Well, Hivers can tell. They are paying us a visit with their own.

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What we know of.

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In turn 129 Peacekeeper reaches its destination. Apparently it has something to say!

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I wonder who will notice the reference of Space Odyssey of Arthur C. Clarke at the end of the message :) (on a side note a brilliant story even in current times)

 

Enforcer is actually the easiest Grand Menace though it forbids expansion it makes sure your worlds are safe. Wonder what I will get :)

 

And I thought you will record all Herald speech. Though he speaks about one Suul'ka in lore there are 7 or 8 of them and you can summon one of them in SotS2 while playing Zuul.

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This looks quite good. It seems I'm doing something right here.

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Oh look!

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Peacekeeper is here to help us against the Zuul scourge. Finally, somebody else that saw
a need to sing in tune.

Right?



Wrong.

Sorry for the really confusing vid, I was trying to coordinate the action and get good angles
at the same time. I failed utterly at both. Results...

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Obviously Peacekeeper Enforcer (PE) was not amused by our vacation at a Zuul colony. As it
only wants to stop all fighting, it is allied to the owner of the colony, who is clearly not
an aggressor. This was our bigger Zuul destroying fleet, and only two ships survived. "Korala"
(Coral) class repair and salvage cruisers are expensive enough to be worth saving, even if it
means I'll need to build a refinery to haul them back.
Our advance against the blue Zuul empire is seriously thwarted. And this was the only Zuul
empire we had a nice shot against, both of us not having dreadnoughts yet. For the time being,
we retreat the second fleet to our colony to think things over. Right now, PE seems more of
a problem than a blessing, even though its goal is a noble one.

Research is thrown into even more ships on the battlefield. Not that we have them built. Any
more.

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We're scouting Morrigi cluster. Obviously Morrigi and Humans have at least a non-aggression
pact. A fact worth remembering.

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Our song will be heard.

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This was though through...

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Either we throw a great deal of money into fighting our potential ally, or we let them be.
Taken into consideration that our propaganda cruiser is on the way to Hiver empire, we accept.

Oh COME ON!

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So PE decided that the Swarm needs looking after? You know, more than perhaps

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this world?! Same turn, naturally. Tully survived with heavy death toll among the planet swimmers,
only one cruiser lost. Zuul fleet remains. BTW, it turned out that PE is always ready to
peacefully resolve the fight. After all the swarmers were eliminated the Swarm decided it wants
to fight no more, so after I noticed that both Swarm and PE have the little dove icon in the
lower left corner (check in the vids) I went for it, too, and the battle ended before the whole
fleet was obliterated. Good to know.

Yeah yeah ok, I don't even know where you guys are. But if we meet, I'd rather not fight.

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On turn 132 our colony Ymar is hit by a massive Zuul fleet. Ymar has an AM, but getting PE to help
is even better!

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Zuul are caught between a rock and a hard place, so I should have the time to steady the camera
and do a slightly better job than last time.



Ah, that was a sight.

Frankly the reality was slightly worse but the movie was utterly ruined by flickering, so I had to
reload and film it anew. What you saw was a perfect harmony between defenders and PE, reality was
weirder. For some reason PE and AM got into a fight in the last minute and it seemed as though AM
was going to be destroyed. PE didn't use its most powerful weaponry (like the disintegration ray)
on it, so I only lost the defending fleet and a satellite or two. Anyway, real results:

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Still, the colony was defended and the damage to AM was not worth crying about.

Then, a turn later, PE finally notices Tully, which by some miracle survived two turns. Miracle was
scientifically explained with Zuul' lack of a CnC ship, so dreadnought was not present in the
second battle.

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Our colony is saved! PE is forgiven. Being enclosed between all these Zuul empires, please stick
around.

We dive into risky waters. That is why we send everything we have into research to get through them
as quickly as possible. Even though we have all kinds of nice options open after researching AI
without an incident, we dare not jump there. We go for more Xenotechs and I finally remember that
Trade Creole gives us a boost in that direction.

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We know more, but still not enough.

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SV I am shocked that you didn't know that PE halts any attack plans for time being... or did you do it on purpose ?

 

He also kills defenders if they have enough ships that don't fit PE point of view.

He he he, I did know what its purpose was and thought this would happen. I wasn't sure though, as I have never met it before. But not provoking it would give little material for a vid. ;)

 

I didn't know about the defenders. Are you sure about that? As far as I know, it is supposed to attack if you build too many warships.

 

EDIT; But I REALLY didn't think it would defend the Swarm.

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Propaganda cruiser "Poet" is parked at Hivers' doorstep. That should at least prevent a drop
in our relationship.

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After researching Trade Creole, we take initiative with Morrigi.

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A quick addition of two support techs.

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Allows us to build "Slepi videc" (Blind Seer) destroyers at all our colonies.

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Hmmm, it seems we'll all sing Kumbaya after we get rid of Zuul. Or this is just the effect of
a grand menace (PE) present. Relations may explode later on.

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We're doing quite well money-wise and trade is bringing almost half our income!

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Let's finish at least one Xeno research tree.

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Zuul disregard the PE and attack.

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We find a Tarka cluster and start an exploration wave.

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Yup, nice to have the big guy around for now.

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This world in my first cluster gives me a wish to revisit the biotech tree. With some input
it could become a really good colony.

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You forgot about 2 last techs with Hivers.

 

And you just barely caught up with turn time, so I will wait for your next update :P

 

Those two are not my goal at the moment, I need their population. As next update will show, I was lucky enough to get the upper part of the research.

 

You do know there surely are Sectoids lurking inside that PE thing, don't you? :P

 

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Hah! They can't fool us! :D

 

Absolutely, it couldn't be anyone else than the greys! :D

 

Thank you both for all your support and input, it really does make a difference.

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First free systems in the Tarka cluster are explored. Our scouts navigate very carefully not to
visit their existing colonies - ceasefire means staying away from their worlds, but our fleets
can meet in space or at systems without a colony. That would belong to either of us.

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Parvati II is a very low climate hazard world by our standards. Ch at 264 is a paradise waiting
to be settled and one of the three remaining biome cruisers is used to achieve that. A free
system with next to ideal CH means that Tarka CH is far from ours or they would have taken it
themselves. But that their CH is very far from ours was already established when we met the first
independent colony. Consequentially most of their leftovers might be peachy colonies for us, but
I don't wish to invest too much into this cluster just yet. One colony to slowly build a fleet
(if it is not destroyed beforehand) or just to keep contact with them is enough for now.

Colonization efforts are continued wherever possible. Hiver gates should not bother us, we plan
a bright future for all living creatures anyway. Hivers especially as they can now be settled on
all our worlds. And their empire's gates can aid us a lot with defence. Or stab us in the back,
naturally. Anyway, Zoroaster is visited by our biomes. Song is getting louder.

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As explained, Hivers can live among us. As none of their worlds was previously visited, we now
get first information on their preferred climate hazard. Surprisingly, it is almost identical to
ours. This means that their populations should grow almost as fast as our own, so this may really
be the perfect time to try and get rid of overpopulation. Slowly.

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All worlds where our population has not exceeded the overpopulation limit are open to Hivers up
to the number where they don't limit our own. Where overpopulation was in full bloom, only small
portion of our populations will be moved to give Hivers some breathing space. When their numbers
will go into millions, we'll remove the overpopulation and save resources for future generations.

Let's try and get that size 9 system into our empire. Elemental nanites do cheapen the process
of terraforming, but they do not influence our range of planets where we can start pouring water
at all.

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Gravitational adaptation does influence the range though. Our biomes start doing what they do
best.

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Judging from two turns worth of Hiver settlement, they are glad to be here.

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I completely forgot that 15 million dried fish coins gives our colonies a +3 morale boost! I'm
not even sure I ever knew, but our empire was rarely that stinking rich. Which is a result of
Peacekeeper, so others must have some savings as well...

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Research is put into more communication, this time Tarka. We'll only research up to Incorporate
Tarka, which will persuade that independent colony to join our empire.

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I'm sorry to say but we'll probably have to waterform the planet considerably to allow our
population to grow. If Tarka would be closer to out CH it wouldn't be a problem and all of the
existing population would be able to stay, but as it is the terraforming slider will most likely
cut into their living space.
If you're asking yourselves why would I need my population to grow fast at all - since the planet
is already full of productive Tarka - it would be best to explain that whatever planet of other
race you take over is a draw on your income. A planet full of hard working lizards will cost us
money until we get enough imperial population on it.

We'll end this session with a beautiful, starry night. And a premise of war.

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We'll end this session with a beautiful, starry night. And a premise of war.

 

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What a beautiful sight! alien.gif

Can't wait to see it in flames! killcrazed.gif

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So if you had another nations appropriate tech that would add 700 million civilians of that race? So the sum of civilians would be 900 + 700 + 700 ?

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:D It's midnight already and I just came from a friend of mine, newly moved to an apartment, so I'll need that RD even without playing. Further. ;)

 

So if you had another nations appropriate tech that would add 700 million civilians of that race? So the sum of civilians would be 900 + 700 + 700 ?

 

Nope, twice your population (without Arcology, which is 800 + 800 in this example) is maximum number of individuals on the planet. You can max your own and divide the rest among the races that can live there or go for another combination, but you can not go over the number that you can reach with overpopulation.

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No time to lose. What we have ready is employed immediately, the rest is being built on the fly.
Liir dreadnoughts see first action.

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Orange Zuul are among the fist to test our ships and their DN blows before I manage to pause the
game to take a nice sparkly picture. We're left with a nice fiery picture. To remind you; orange
Zuul were the first ones that I know of to have built DNs. Their effort to rush for size - and the
cost of supply for DNs - must have left their coffers dry as they seem to have more or less
stagnated since then.

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Black Swimmers are celebrating. They will be riding much tougher ships from now.

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Naturally we jumped for the new tech immediately. A lot of projected ships in the build queue can
be replaced with superiour models and more of our fellows will get to fight another battle. Hear
a nicer song.
And straight back to understanding Tarka. Our negotiations party (a standard planetary defence
force) is en-route and it would be awkward if they arrived with nothing to say. There were no
hiccups during research - and couldn't have been, as our research budget is a high multiplier of
the demands of this research topic, so even with it going overbudget it would still be finished in
a single turn. Our ships arrive, armed with all demanded knowledge.

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Prediction was sadly correct. Not all Tarka will be able to stay. As an act of good will,
waterforming will only be performed to Hiver ideal CH. A few more Tarka will be able to stick around.

Operations are not limited to orange, we opened three war zones at the same time. Zuul flock to defend
their spawn.

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Accidentally a joint venture is formed with Hivers.

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Hmmmmmmmmmm...

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I thought they were acting kinda funny, laughing their exoskeleton arses off while blasting at poor
Swarmers. BTW, I'm still in grief over the fate of the Swarm.

White Zuul were a kind of an enigma but their tech level is revealed.

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AM engines, torpedoes etc., pretty good for a Zuul. More of a Liirian approach to research really.
Without further due, we introduced them to dreadnoughts. I hope they have invested all they have
into toys and that we won't see their DNs any time soon.

Blue Zuul hold no surprises, except numbers. They were the only ones to destroy our DN. Our ships
performed beautifully and their exceptional manoeuvrability makes them highly efficient kil...
singers, still a high number of tone-deaf members of the choir of life can ruin the tune any time.
Zuul went for Harmonija CnC DN first, which cost them their lives as Metronom lead the beat in its
place.

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Let's take another look at the formerly independent Tarka colony.

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Tarka numbers are falling but Hivers already started to move in. It is still too toxic for swimmers.

That reminds me, there was another independent colony at the top of our second cluster. Where did
that one go?

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Oh... I... don't think they made it. A ship was dispatched to check if any of the Humans are still
alive, and biomes are built. If Hivers don't get a move on, we'll move in, Humans or no Humans.

Heading for Power.

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Things are becoming quite hectic in a map this huge, I'll try to do another vid update.

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