AAR 6 - Final Doom

[Yitzi]

Green, please remember to, once you have a chance and get around to it, finish up this game and post the results.

[lifehole]

I am half tempted to try playing the game as Exterminatus for a challenge.. probably would not AAR it though, that'd be stepping on toes even as an alternate reality thing. I suspect it's just about winnable with sufficient bombardment.. though maybe not.

I doubt green1 would mind someone doing an alternate reality thing. I sure as heck wouldn't.

[Flux]

Green, please remember to, once you have a chance and get around to it, finish up this game and post the results.

Yeah
I want to see you get destroyed in a major plot twist by one planetbuster with an event never-before seen that kills your leader!
Or something like that.

[Flux]

llll/ llll/ llll/ lll
Day 18...
little food left... shipment not coming
afraid if aar doesn't continue soon, may not make it out...
*Screaming is heard
can't hold out much longer...
Green, why have you forsaken me?

[Buster's Uncle]

And he cried out in a loud voice "Greeni, Greeni lama sabacthani?", which is the say Green1, Green1, why have you forsaken me?

[Buster's Uncle]

[Flux]

I'm going to stop checking this.

"Greeni, Greeni lama sabacthani?" You're my favorite color! 

[ete]

Postgame:

The Annihilators ended up in such a strong position because:
1. Locusts let you fight wars fast and pick your targets. They're horribly cost-ineffective compared to, say, rovers even with the Psi bonuses, but being able to immediately hit the bases, formers, or colony pods of semi-distant foes controlled by AI is a huge deal when you're on a timer before you hand over to incompetent AI, so dealing damage now is essential.
2. I played at the right time. Early enough that important techs for development were not kickstarting other factions, and late enough that there was a good number of units to cash in to rish locusts and other facilities.
3. I had someone to eat, and territory to steal. The Cult was not an ideal foe, they were technologically backwards and have +2 Planet, but it was still much better than lacking a target.
4. I pinned down the Stranded by blocking their attempts at development, who would otherwise have transcended.
5. Planetary Transit System+HQ every base+Using fungus for minerals is crazy-powerful. It allowed absurdly rapid development without the usual drawbacks, and is the Annihilator's 'win button'.

I believe that as a faction the Annihilators are in many ways weaker than Exterminatus and even the Stranded (though they are kind of kryptonite to the stranded, since psi combat bypasses the level 4 reactors that would make them almost impossible to break for a normal faction), especially later game, but playing with monsters lets you push them to breaking point and I got enough of a lead to make it hard to fight before other humans got going.

I do think (and have tested in my AU game) that the Exterminatus could conceivably win, but they can't win in 20 years and if the Annihilators get another turn in human hands the rest of Planet will fall.

[Flux]

I'm really missing Green1.
I hope he returns soon. And gives us the epic conclusion to this beloved AAR.
He makes really entertaining AARs.