Arena Combat Report Summary: 16,000 minotaurs + 14,000 sirius' attacked Republic's gorgos fleet Combat Report: There is virtually no way for minotaurs or sirius' to touch gorgos' without sending tens of millions of them. The gorgos began firing immediately upon engagement and my fleet took 11% casu...

It would be nice if you would post each update instead of editing the first post, that way we will have a cool historical record of events in the galaxy. Having a new post also lets people know that there's been an update, I missed too many bulletins because I forgot to check the first page of the B...

Don't worry about the Helions, the Pact has never really considered it an act of war to destroy explorers on a capital. Still, 100,000 is probably the most to go at once, but I understand how such a fleet can be threatening. It's ok, I have 4 million more. And yes, those worlds are available, just w...

Well, even though it's been reported in the Stargazer bulletin, it's still strange to me that I am now one of the Great Powers of the Galaxy. Before I continue, I present a map that shows almost all of my domain. A little bit in the Utter East is cut off, but this won't effect the political discussi...

I'm sending 10,000 Gorgos to the Arena, should be there in another 2 cycles.

Hmm, named after the mythical warriors of the Outer Rim, the only ones ever able to defeat the Jedi of ancient Earth on equal terms?

The Mandalorians can have my vote. You just better get serious with the exotroops later on .

I believe the "attack weaker empire" thing triggers an empire wide happiness hit. I don't know how powerful it is compared to the ones for supply shortages, but it's a similar kind of thing. So if you have a lot of "happy" worlds you won't even trigger a rebellion unless you do it a lot. As another ...

Yeah, 6cef is right. The problem here is that foundations can only advance worlds to the techlevel of the capital who's influence they fall under. Another key thing to note is that the level a planet is raised to is defined in the trade route. If you start importing techlevels from a foundation when...

That's because you mostly use the "link individual worlds without hubs" strategy. That way you have to make 2-6 routes per world., which must really add up over time. Part of the reason I like clusters based on all the worlds withing the import/export range of a trade hub/foundation pair right next ...

Lot's of great suggestions in this thread. Concerning the new player experience, one factor for the high number of people giving up that I haven't seen mentioned is how disheartening it can be to start with a tiny force and not be able to capture any nearby worlds. There are a few flavours of this s...

I don't think there are other bonuses, just a greater chance for, say, a transuranic world to have major or abundant trillum. The organic bonus is legit though, I first saw it mentioned in a thread somewhere on this forum. I can't seem to find the post right now, but if you look at a cave world and ...

I've been thinking a lot about the subject of planetary defenses since the first galactic war. I've come to to the conclusion that they suck, generally speaking. Not because they are bad at what they do within their specialization but because of the nature of Galactic warfare and the forces involved...

Heh, that was quiet the turnaround when my (Republic of Reason) jumpfleet arrived to save the day and squash your invasion force, only to rebel and join you. It took me from 5.3 million Eldritch to only 300,000. The 100,000 Exotroops was painful as well. All in all, it has been a pretty exciting Fir...

Greetings in the name of the Barricades Pact! I control the Republic of Reason (and am also a member of the Pact). Hallucination and Starnet have my vote. After all, Hallucination is my galactic neighbor. Once voting is concluded we can bring all the new members up to speed on recent organizational ...