AAR: A pilgrimage through fire and steel - [Complete]

[ete]

When your colony pod runs straight into an battle ogre.




Others are getting some SPs underway. I'll be starting mine soon.


MM build a new base. Vigil Grounds is feeling pretty cut off right now. Also an earthquake at the top.

[ete]

Unity AI's getting a bit hissy, but all it does is let's me teleport my colony pod closer to where I want it.. so hey.

[ete]

Handy, but not excellent right now. Planned+Police State is just too low effic for non-yang.



Infiltrated the MM. They have 4 stealable techs, which is tempting, but I'm not ready for a war over it yet and framing is too unreliable. Need a bunch of probes ready for when the fight happens though, she has 2/2 tech and I'm on 1/1.

[ete]

It's fun when a pod teleports you across an ocean.


And even more when you get a Battle Ogre! That'll help a lot when war comes.

[ete]

New base! Trying to keep them vaguely close together so I can easily reinforce, and this is a nice spot anyway. Plenty of places for river+forest, two specials.






Usually I'd avoid SoHB like the plague.. but this time I'm curious to try out the Pilgrim's ability to use it without the usual -2 research downside.

[ete]

That Battle Ogre is getting a bit nosey...


Going for the same SP as me.



aaaaaaa, not just yet, give me a few more turns..

Let's see how much trouble I'm in.



Quite a lot. Out numbered roughly 3:1 and with much weaker weapons/armor. I have a battle ogre, probes, and better tactics, so I've got hope, but it's not going to be easy. It's those 16 2/2s that are going to be an issue..

[ete]

WP gone, 'tis fine. I like it, but it's not essential here.



Grabbing some tech.



huh.. turns out MM is massively probe weak. And I've been saving cash for a while.

This will be easier than I'd thought.



That rover sure is falling through the dimensions a lot.

[ete]

Brave Scout Patrol beat the odds and fended off a rover the turn it was built!


HGP almost ready, looking forward to having this base contribute to the war effort. 15 min income .




Probes are awesome. Sadly, this one died.


Tried to go for the base, took an AA but it was filled again with a new defender. Another time.


Now is the time to focus on that battle ogre. Would cost 160 to steal.. which I can't afford any more. Ah well.

[ete]

And I'm done for tonight. Maybe back tomorrow for part 2.

As always, feedback and comments appreciated.

[JarlWolf]

I'm watching this with great pleasure. I'm really happy about the roster of factions you have here...

On another note, this proves my theory that probe weakness's do indeed matter. The Machine Mandate is a tough enemy because they can pump out units very rapidly and have good research- but they are very vulnerable to probes, being machines and so closely tied to information networks, they can be subverted.

The Crimson Comrade's also have a slight probe weakness, as their society is a little bit more open when it comes to information transfer- they are very egalitarian about information control and flow so this leaves them a little bit vulnerable to outside malcontents, so spying on them isn't hard. Subverting them is a bit more difficult though then it is for the Machine Mandate..

[Buster's Uncle]

I'm lovin' it!
 

[ete]

I'm watching this with great pleasure. I'm really happy about the roster of factions you have here...

On another note, this proves my theory that probe weakness's do indeed matter. The Machine Mandate is a tough enemy because they can pump out units very rapidly and have good research- but they are very vulnerable to probes, being machines and so closely tied to information networks, they can be subverted.

The Crimson Comrade's also have a slight probe weakness, as their society is a little bit more open when it comes to information transfer- they are very egalitarian about information control and flow so this leaves them a little bit vulnerable to outside malcontents, so spying on them isn't hard. Subverting them is a bit more difficult though then it is for the Machine Mandate..

Thanks . And yea, Probe weaknesses do hurt. Probe bonuses on the other hand are fairly unimportant, in my opinion. Nice, but usually no big deal.


@BU: Glad you're enjoying it

Oh, and I'll leave you guys with one last picture:


Anyone want to hazard a guess as to why the Genachs are catching up with the Imperium despite

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the imperium having started in the jungle which has almost no fungus, aaaaaaaaaaa, that is going to get scary

[Sigma]

Human Genome project perhaps? HGP + Navarro's Talent bonus is generally a pretty terrifying combination.

Incidentally ete, are you using the most recent version of the faction pack, here? Judging from the fact that the game is calling them Genarchs instead of Chrysalites I'd assume not. It mostly buffs the Authority (which doesn't apply here) and nerfs the Chrysalites, probably a bit too hard (I need to take another pass at them).

[ete]

On the right lines with a SP, but it's a fair bit more important than the HGP!

And no, I apparently missed that. Will download for next game, though for this one I'm glad I have the non-nerfed version.

[Green1]

A strong roster of well designed factions. This will be interesting to watch.