The Chosen Ones

[Veki]

Slowly we are running out of fish fins, and roasted bugs are somewhat scarce as seen in the map. I hope there'll be plenty of cooked monkeys (with and without fur). And for desert, raw bird eggs with rosemary.

[Space Voyager]

Slowly we are running out of fish fins, and roasted bugs are somewhat scarce as seen in the map. I hope there'll be plenty of cooked monkeys (with and without fur). And for desert, raw bird eggs with rosemary.

Aaaahhhh, finally somebody with refined taste. We will provide, master!

[Space Voyager]

Former Liir HW is OURS! Additional size 10 colony never hurt anyone.

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Liir field disruptor cruisers - their disruptor shield stops all our energy weaponry. Nice try but too

late and the AI is not really capable of holding a line. We go for enveloping action and they falter.

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To reduce the number of pics the results of two battles are joined.

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Liir were severely beaten at Soror, they lost 19 ships and we lost 3. The colony is not destroyed but

a one turn surprise jump to Hiver lightly defended world is a temptation I can not resist. So we

jumped, caught Hivers with their pants down BUT I didn't manage to really do the best I could so

our losses were much higher than needed or expected. Also the fact that Hivers have heavy planetary

missiles and fusion warheads didn't help much. Most of those came through our point defence

and when it strikes, it STRIKES. The gate did go down so we can call the mission at least partly

successful but the truth is that we have a bunch of crippled ships stranded there, unable to be repaired

or refuelled... There is a rescue operation in the works naturally, I hope it arrives on time.

 

Since we already got to the other side of the rift at Tarka HW, we might as well drill a nodeline

and take it!

https://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b348/SpaceVoyager/SotS%20TAR/screen0007-44.jpg

 

Aaaahhh, a lot of additional armour for our ships. All warship designs are updated. Next research goes

into informational direction, having those is always good. Soon we'll go for dreadnoughts.

https://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b348/SpaceVoyager/SotS%20TAR/screen0008-40.jpg

 

A design I'm toying with... Zuul assault section has assault shuttle mounted so these ships would be

pretty effective against colonies as well, but my heart tells me we should gather slaves rather than

kill off population... Most likely it will not see production.

https://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b348/SpaceVoyager/SotS%20TAR/screen0011-33.jpg

 

Interesting...

https://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b348/SpaceVoyager/SotS%20TAR/screen0019-21.jpg

 

So, Tarka HW is a non-developed colony, far from size 10?! It seems as though Tarka have seen

heavy fighting on this side of the rift as well, and recently! This explains why they did not put up

more of a fight. I'd be surprised if this was not the work of the Humans. Though our feathery slaves

are still out there somewhere. Well, they are not yet slaves technically speaking. Technically.

 

We see more of the other side.

https://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b348/SpaceVoyager/SotS%20TAR/screen0020-14.jpg

[Veki]

Interesting...

https://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b348/SpaceVoyager/SotS%20TAR/screen0019-21.jpg

 

So, Tarka HW is a non-developed colony, far from size 10?! It seems as though Tarka have seen

heavy fighting on this side of the rift as well, and recently! This explains why they did not put up

more of a fight. I'd be surprised if this was not the work of the Humans. Though our feathery slaves

are still out there somewhere. Well, they are not yet slaves technically speaking. Technically.

 

They must have lost their HW recently. Doesn't losing HW inflicts heavy morale loss on the whole empire?

[Space Voyager]

In the direction of dread!

https://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b348/SpaceVoyager/SotS%20TAR/screen0002-60.jpg

 

Ha, a feathery slave approaches.

https://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b348/SpaceVoyager/SotS%20TAR/screen0004-53.jpg

 

Our battered fleet waits for salvation, barely even fighting off the remaining satellites.

https://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b348/SpaceVoyager/SotS%20TAR/screen0007-45.jpg

 

Relief in a turn!

https://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b348/SpaceVoyager/SotS%20TAR/screen0013-22.jpg

 

Hmmmmm... We could fight incoming Liir off or... give the colony back to them, return a turn or two later

and harvest those 200 million slaves that would be lost to us if we colonize now. Guess what we did!

https://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b348/SpaceVoyager/SotS%20TAR/screen0008-41.jpg

 

We find what was formerly a Tarka HW. It is probably outside their climate hazard range but to

Zuul it is almost a paradise! Who would have thought, a fight-free size 10 planet.

https://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b348/SpaceVoyager/SotS%20TAR/screen0009-35.jpg

[Space Voyager]

They must have lost their HW recently. Doesn't losing HW inflicts heavy morale loss on the whole empire?

It does, but if it wasn't very recent, it has no effect any more. If it was VERY recent, there would most likely be some infra left. Not necessary, though, but since we arrived to this side there was no obvious fighting visible.

[Space Voyager]

A somewhat lengthish update this time, sorry. I joined a lot of pics already and deleted some lees informative, still came up to 15.

 

Finally, salvation for our stranded troops. A turn more for fuel refinement and we're outtahere!

https://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b348/SpaceVoyager/SotS%20TAR/screen0001-69.jpg

 

Ups, almost forgot about our peachy colony on a size 10 world! This is exactly why a suggestion for a timed pop-up reminder popped up so often. Anyway, remembered just in time.

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Research update.

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Mwahahahha, this Liir state of the art ship of the line finds the sting of Zuul support vessels - that was four boarding pods up its arse and the ship is ours!

https://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b348/SpaceVoyager/SotS%20TAR/screen0012-32.jpg

 

Yeah, just phenomenal. At the time of our attack on the Tarka HW... VN appear. Two big fleets call for a LOT of VN drones.

https://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b348/SpaceVoyager/SotS%20TAR/screen0016-20.jpg

 

Damn, 107 ships?!

https://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b348/SpaceVoyager/SotS%20TAR/screen0018-19.jpg

 

Ah, TRADE ships!!! That is what I call to profit from trade!

https://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b348/SpaceVoyager/SotS%20TAR/screen0022-14.jpg

 

A step closer to our goal.

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Tarka start to use new toys. Corrosive missiles (especially on defence platforms) and... what is that energy shield again?! Whatever, corrosives make us move fast. Standing still is dying slowly.

https://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b348/SpaceVoyager/SotS%20TAR/screen0035-5.jpg

 

And Liir... Antimatter! Not just propulsion, they have gotten the damn AM projectors as well. Raining antimatter, is there anything better than that?

https://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b348/SpaceVoyager/SotS%20TAR/screen0037-4.jpg

 

Well, ok, so they went for AM before dreadnoughts. A gamble that may not pay out. DNs give a huge bonus, no sections destroyed and a much higher survivability rate.

 

Hmmmmm... So Humans ans Tarka are at war.

https://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b348/SpaceVoyager/SotS%20TAR/screen0044-1.jpg

 

I'm not even sure I like this info. Their petty wars are taking the fun out of the game. This way we'll run over them all. Can't they see that there is a non-trading slaving sentient beings eating enemy out there?! And a lot of it!

https://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b348/SpaceVoyager/SotS%20TAR/screen0047.jpg

 

We get nastier. And plan to get even nastier. Will they see the light of day before the night is upon them?

https://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b348/SpaceVoyager/SotS%20TAR/screen0050.jpg

 

Our net is woven over almost whole half.

https://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b348/SpaceVoyager/SotS%20TAR/screen0054-1.jpg

 

A blunder.

https://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b348/SpaceVoyager/SotS%20TAR/screen0056-1.jpg

 

See next update for an answer.

[Space Voyager]

Just a sneak peak into SotS ship design. You will see our answer to bugs as well.

[Thorondor]

Ooohh, research ahead of schedule!! Do you...

 

::

 

*squirms with pre-massacre salivation*

[Veki]

A somewhat lengthish update this time, sorry. I joined a lot of pics already and deleted some lees informative, still came up to 15.

I don't mind. The more, the merrier.

 

Tarka start to use new toys. Corrosive missiles (especially on defence platforms) and... what is that energy shield again?! Whatever, corrosives make us move fast. Standing still is dying slowly.

https://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b348/SpaceVoyager/SotS%20TAR/screen0035-5.jpg

Disruptor shield.

 

And Liir... Antimatter! Not just propulsion, they have gotten the damn AM projectors as well. Raining antimatter, is there anything better than that?

https://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b348/SpaceVoyager/SotS%20TAR/screen0037-4.jpg

 

Well, ok, so they went for AM before dreadnoughts. A gamble that may not pay out. DNs give a huge bonus, no sections destroyed and a much higher survivability rate.

Meson projector, if I remember correctly.

AM before DN, now that was a mistake. I think is no good researching AM as you don't get many new weapons that are powerful enough to surpass DN weapon payload.

 

I'm not even sure I like this info. Their petty wars are taking the fun out of the game. This way we'll run over them all. Can't they see that there is a non-trading slaving sentient beings eating enemy out there?! And a lot of it!

https://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b348/SpaceVoyager/SotS%20TAR/screen0047.jpg

Next time put AI players in teams? I'm sure that will be a good challenge.

 

We get nastier. And plan to get even nastier. Will they see the light of day before the night is upon them?

https://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b348/SpaceVoyager/SotS%20TAR/screen0050.jpg

I don't think so.

 

A blunder.

https://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b348/SpaceVoyager/SotS%20TAR/screen0056-1.jpg

Nah, it's just a good excuse to field your new DN toys. :P

 

Anyway, finally we see where Morrigi have their nests.

 

And a quick question.

I'm playihng as Liir and I've researched "Node tracking : Human". How can I see their node lines?

[Space Voyager]

Disruptor shield.

 

Yes, that. I keep forgetting the name.

 

I'm playihng as Liir and I've researched "Node tracking : Human". How can I see their node lines?

You'll have to wait for them to travel through them in your field of view, then they become visible, one by one.

[Space Voyager]

Research update. I tried to do as Veki has done and track Human nodelines. No go, not this

time - there is no link for Human node line tracking... So I went for some older techs than may

yet prove useful.

https://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b348/SpaceVoyager/SotS%20TAR/screen0002-62.jpg

 

Aaaaaaaahhhhhhh, always good to see Armada CnC.

https://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b348/SpaceVoyager/SotS%20TAR/screen0004-54.jpg

 

We leave some of the old nodelines to falter. No use for them all and we'd need too many bore

ships to maintain them. We use skeleton lines and those for mining.

https://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b348/SpaceVoyager/SotS%20TAR/screen0005-51.jpg

 

Interesting. Hiver HW is not the one they started with either.

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Humans will be first to feel our dread.

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We put the Dreadnoughts in front to take the alpha strike, than the swarm behind them will help

them get rid of attackers. I just love to use all sizes of ships, they make the battles look really nice.

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We speed through the older techs until we opt for antimatter. Commerce raiding is mostly useless.

Their empires are intertwined and they are all at war so there is not much trading going on.

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Ha, here is the old Hiver HW. In the hands of the fish. Sadly this is only a node boring fleet.

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A Human colony falls. We lost 5 destroyers.

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Zuul stations and the ship to build them. The rest of the stations is not as helpful.

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Now THIS is what I call trade raiding!

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[Veki]

Research update. I tried to do as Veki has done and track Human nodelines. No go, not this

time - there is no link for Human node line tracking... So I went for some older techs than may

yet prove useful.

You'll get "Node Tracking: Human" when you research "Node Tracking: Zuul".

[Space Voyager]

Damn, there really is a link between the two. I'll definitely go for it! Thank you!

[Space Voyager]

Our first station is built! The only appropriate place was our HW.

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A new special project started.

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This... is painful. I'm trying to film a battle but damn flickering destroys 99 percent of the movies.

Even overviews are a pain as they need like five to six tries. Well, this battle was really nice...

It has boarding, it has slave runs, it has grappling missiles and it has a lot of Human ships exploding.

So DAMN. If anyone has a good alternative to X-Fire for video capture, do tell.

https://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b348/SpaceVoyager/SotS%20TAR/screen0005-52.jpg

 

Humans went for AM before dreadnoughts as well. Wrong.

https://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b348/SpaceVoyager/SotS%20TAR/screen0006-39.jpg

 

Still, their speed takes toll. That was our colony.

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Ok, I'll try to film this battle as well. If I can ensure that it is the only one, I'm prepared to repeat it

a few times if need be. I put a rend drive ship into the fleet for two reasons; the fleet is slower so

Liir have more time to bring as many ships to the shooting as possible and I hope to film the

node cannon in action.

https://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b348/SpaceVoyager/SotS%20TAR/screen0013-23.jpg

[Space Voyager]

Thanks to Veki I was finally able to record this battle. As I kinda lost hope a week or two back

I needed to load the game from an older save to record it. But it would be a bit pointless to

show you a battle that did not really happen in the game you were reading AAR from - so we'll

continue from here!

 

So, we gave Liir plenty of time to gather their forces in defence of their HW. This was done

by going in from pretty far away - and by adding a rend bore ship to the fleet so that the fleet

travels slower. Also I wanted them to know what is coming as they are hardly reacting to my

jammed fleets, so jammer/deep scan "Pitch Black" destroyers were sent a turn later, to arrive

at the same time as the main fleet. We definitely need them as Liir researched cloaking...

I haven't seen advanced cloaking but nevertheless I want eyes in the battle.

 

Recording the battle was not at all the only reason to gather Liir. I want to crush most of their

forces in one go instead of fighting large fleets at all their colonies.

 

Perhaps a quick clarification on why I think going for dreadnoughts early is by far a better course

of action than antimatter (when you are fighting AI, this must be said). Beside the fact that one

can not destroy a single section on a DN, naturally. The main reason is Armada CnC. No matter

how well Liir antimatter ships are equipped, they can not match the firepower brought in by

vastly higher command and control capability.

Fighting a human player CAN be a lot different though. Getting AM first would give you a huge

speed and range bonus. Using these bonuses with small cruiser fleets ravaging through enemy

territory will quickly bring an empire to its knees. AI is not really best at using these advantages

so one has no need to chase them all through the map. There are examples that prove

otherwise but too rare to care. Should Liir send the forces that you will see defending their

current HW at several targets and keep them on the move as well I'd have a hard time to

compensate and catch them all across the map.

As there is not a lot of concern about Liir using such advanced strategy, we can use the extra CnC

to bring a lot of ships into big fights and win purely with numbers. The filmed battle shows this

principle in action.

 

At the beginning you can see a node cannon in action, obliterating most of Liir first wave, than

there are grappling missiles, boarding and slave runs. Those were not as successful as I'd want

as all three slave discs were destroyed but still, they killed off 150 million population by

themselves. We'll fill'em up with fish later.

 

[Veki]

Just one complaint : it's too short!!!

 

Nice video and nice battle. I noticed that you didn't bring reinforcements near the end of battle. You had a DN first on the reinforcements list so it couldn't jump in because you had too many cruisers in the battle. On purpose to make things more interesting or you didn't notice?

[Space Voyager]

On purpose to make things more interesting or you didn't notice?

Didn't notice. Making a movie and trying to show the most interesting details does have its drawbacks as well, he he he!

 

I turned on global attack command so I took my mind off managing reinforcements as they tend for themselves. If they arrive, that is.

[Space Voyager]

The fighting didn't stop there though. Battle at Braal rages for four turns, the last is just a satellite

clean-up. First turn (recorded battle) leaves us with 16 destroyed ships, all destroyers. Battles look

much less fun without them zooming around. At the end of second turn Liir run out of CnC ships so

there was no resistance left to speak of. So... why did we lose a ship in the third turn? And a

dreadnought at that?! Somehow it caught too much speed and rammed the planet. Liir inhabitants

got fireworks and we lost our first dread. If you thought New Year's eve fireworks was expensive,

think again. https://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b348/SpaceVoyager/Smiley/head_wall.gif

https://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b348/SpaceVoyager/SotS%20TAR/screen0003-62.jpg

 

Weapon damage summary from the captured battle:

https://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b348/SpaceVoyager/SotS%20TAR/screen0004-55.jpg

 

Fusion cannons and heavy fusion cannons take the lead, but if I'm not mistaken, those are thumpers

in the second place with a large damage count - a heavy driver with anti-gravity generator that pushes

everything everything away from the blast. A blast or two behind our DN's arse could easily account

for the excessive speed and ramming.

 

Our first sensor station is built. At a colony that is know to be an entry point of a Human nodeline.

We hope we'll see them coming sooner this way.

https://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b348/SpaceVoyager/SotS%20TAR/screen0006-40.jpg

 

Ah, Liir weren't as foolish as it seemed!

https://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b348/SpaceVoyager/SotS%20TAR/screen0016-21.jpg

 

They took a large force and went for an attack instead of futile defence. The only thing I can think of

to save the colony is to build a single DN. And hope for the best.

 

Research update. We enter antimatter era. But we are given nothing in the weapon tree we climbed

so high. No anti matter cannons or heavy cannons. Perhaps it was time to go somewhere else, for candy

sake if nothing else. But first we prepare for a prolonged war with Humans. Zuul node tracking will be

researched to gain access to Human node tracking. Knowing their highways will benefit us GREATLY.

https://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b348/SpaceVoyager/SotS%20TAR/screen0012-33.jpg

[Veki]

Weapon damage summary from the captured battle:

https://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b348/SpaceVoyager/SotS%20TAR/screen0004-55.jpg

 

Fusion cannons and heavy fusion cannons take the lead, but if I'm not mistaken, those are thumpers

in the second place with a large damage count - a heavy driver with anti-gravity generator that pushes

everything everything away from the blast. A blast or two behind our DN's arse could easily account

for the excessive speed and ramming.

If you're referring to bottom left weapon (blue-grey circle with 27 445 damage) that is node cannon. Plus you lost DN on 3rd battle, not on first.

 

They took a large force and went for an attack instead of futile defence. The only thing I can think of

to save the colony is to build a single DN. And hope for the best.

Hope, but I think you're screwed.

 

Research update. We enter antimatter era. But we are given nothing in the weapon tree we climbed

so high. No anti matter cannons or heavy cannons. Perhaps it was time to go somewhere else, for candy

sake if nothing else. But first we prepare for a prolonged war with Humans. Zuul node tracking will be

researched to gain access to Human node tracking. Knowing their highways will benefit us GREATLY.

Do you have AM torpedo? It can lead to AM cannon. What about ballistic weapons?

[Space Voyager]

If you're referring to bottom left weapon (blue-grey circle with 27 445 damage) that is node cannon. Plus you lost DN on 3rd battle, not on first.

Hmmmm, could be. I'd expect node cannon to have a red circle though, but since none of the pics looks like hwat a node cannon should, that COULD be it. Well damn, even worse for the fish. That was a single blast, he he he!

 

I did write third turn, not first.

 

Hope, but I think you're screwed.

Probably true. Still worth a try. The DN I'm building is AM so I might be able to give them a merry chase out of range of projectors. It just might be that the Liir fleet is without CnC ships. If that turns out to be true... They are the ones screwed. I wouldn't bet on it though.

 

Do you have AM torpedo? It can lead to AM cannon. What about ballistic weapons?

I was thinking to delve into ballistics, yes. But absorbers are available and Humans have a lot of beams, so giving energy weapons another try might be worthwhile. I'll see after node tracking.

[Veki]

I did write third turn, not first.

I'm referring to this part :

a heavy driver with anti-gravity generator that pushes everything everything away from the blast. A blast or two behind our DN's arse could easily account for the excessive speed and ramming.

But never mind that.

 

Do you have access to heavy beams? Cutting beams are excellent weapons. Maybe use them with absorber section. And if you manage to get quantum capacitors from salvage (doubt that) that would make a killer combo.

[Space Voyager]

The Dreadnought Gambit paid off! Unlucky bastards had all of their CnC ships destroyed so their

cruisers trickled in threes, becoming easy picking for our single DN. Naturally, I had to throw the

usual guard destroyers to their death before DN appeared on the battlefield, this is why we have

5 destroyed ships in the first turn of the battle.

https://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b348/SpaceVoyager/SotS%20TAR/screen0001-72.jpg

 

Contrary to what SOME had me believe, Zuul node tracking did NOT unlock Human node tracking,

dammit. So everything is dependant on my memory. We are screwed. But only as far as knowing

their nodeline layout is concerned, otherwise we're doing quite ok.

https://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b348/SpaceVoyager/SotS%20TAR/screen0002-65.jpg

 

We continue with fusion torpedo in hope of unlocking some AM toys. No luck there either...

 

Being too enthusiastic about battles I captured another one. It happened here,

https://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b348/SpaceVoyager/SotS%20TAR/screen0006-42.jpg

 

where Hivers decided they didn't like me taking their colony, gather slaves etc. I don't know why,

they are just crazy like that, bugs. Anyway, here's the battle with Hivers.

 

 

Our DEs do some nice spinning due to Hiver use of mass drivers, so if you want to see Zuul

ships dancing, take a peek.

 

As heavy combat lasers are not available for further research (but I hope we have a special research

project with lancers in the works) our research disappointments made me furiously go for heavy

beams. To my surprise it didn't stop dead in the tracks immediately after the first one... You can also

see the relative research price for these beams - our research capability did not change much from

one research to the other, but research times go 1-4-7 turns. Positron beam is not finished yet so I

don't know if that is the end of the line.

https://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b348/SpaceVoyager/SotS%20TAR/screen0009-39.jpg

 

I'm always glad to show others' futile attempts as well, so here's one; Hiver traders are fleeing from

our ships. Turn around, bags of money, come back! We come in peace, KA KA KA KAAA KA!

https://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b348/SpaceVoyager/SotS%20TAR/screen0014-32.jpg

 

Contrary to other AARs, when a species goes extinct in a Zuul AAR, it really is extinct. Even if some

remnants live on colonies of our enemies, we'll see that the extinction is final. Only one regret here -

it wasn't our doing.

https://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b348/SpaceVoyager/SotS%20TAR/screen0015-22.jpg

 

Gah, forgot some bugs on this colony.

https://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b348/SpaceVoyager/SotS%20TAR/screen0020-16.jpg

 

Ah well, we will be able to collect the rest of the inhabitants as slaves.

 

Well, that is it for now. Just a quick video update left. Oh, before I go - Humans did give us a whooping

at one occasion. We lost three dreads. Where and why is explained in the update, but this is the

weapon statistics of the battle. Impactors in wrong hands...

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[Veki]

The Dreadnought Gambit paid off!

You lucky sob.

 

Contrary to what SOME had me believe, Zuul node tracking did NOT unlock Human node tracking, dammit.

Do you have "Translate English" researched? It's required for "Node Tracking: Human".

 

Contrary to other AARs, when a species goes extinct in a Zuul AAR, it really is extinct. Even if some

remnants live on colonies of our enemies, we'll see that the extinction is final. Only one regret here -

it wasn't our doing.

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Morrigi? Who did this? Humans?

 

Well, that is it for now. Just a quick video update left. Oh, before I go - Humans did give us a whooping

at one occasion. We lost three dreads. Where and why is explained in the update, but this is the

weapon statistics of the battle. Impactors in wrong hands...

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Do they have impactor DN? Or just cruisers? Maybe biuld a few CR with deflectors?

[Space Voyager]

You lucky sob.

Why yes, yes I am!

 

 

Do you have "Translate English" researched? It's required for "Node Tracking: Human".

Damn? Damn damn? Damn damn damn. Will see to it. Thanks!

 

Morrigi? Who did this? Humans?

Most likely. More likely than Tarka.

 

Do they have impactor DN? Or just cruisers? Maybe biuld a few CR with deflectors?

Cruisers, still cruisers only. My ships were really battered and when three of the Human cruisers started firing from insane ranges my fusion DNs seemed not to move at all. Mostly because they didn't, he he he! Deflectors are definitely an option and if they show up with impactor DNs it may quickly become the best answer.

 

Though grapple missile armed AM cruisers could be effective as well, closing in fast and messing with their bearing.

 

Anyway, I am going to wait for enemy dreads before filming more battles.