The Age of Strife
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We are the Yor. We exist only to destroy all organic life. Yet This existence is also a curse, for the meatbags are also our foodsource. This "age of strife" began when the moronic humans gave us hyperdrive. Imagine, an entire universe of meatbags, ready to be collected!
I'm not sure as to how to make and post screenshots, help would be great.
I havn't played any Galciv in a while, so I loaded up a game with the Yor that I started but never finished. I modified it a bit, nothing special. (leaders name was changed to 'Bender' and took War Party) as soon as I loaded up the game I noticed the main reason as to why I never finished it: my starting point had only one inhabitable planet, that of my homeworld, and no others, and the nearest inhabitable star system was located a fair distance away. However I did already have a few far-flung holdings. there was another reason as to why it never got done: only a handful of civilizations, and the drengin and I were the only evil ones. The Altarians were locked in between the two of us, but were fairly large. The Arceans expanded fair rapidly as well, as far I as I knew they held whatever the three of us didn't have.
Altogether not a very desirable situation, but I relish a challenge. I quickly made up my mind that I should take whats left, if anything at all, build up a military, and squeeze the Altarians early with the Drengin. This goes very nicely for a few turns, then the Altarians decide to rid the galaxy of the Drengin. I am of course sympathetic to the Drengin's cause and supply them with weaponry and technology, but no ships. I don't have enougha s it is. The Altarians then decide to wage a two-front war and declare war on me. (stupid crusader bunch of do-gooders) i immediaetly give alliances to the Drengin and offer them one for good measure. Greedily they take it. They'll be all dead soon enough.
A few turns later as my warships start showing up on their front door, the Altarians start to have second thoughts. They extend a peace treaty to both the Drengin and I. the Drengin take it, but I stay in the war, I won't have them go after me again!
I soon realize that I am pumping out too many transports from Iconia. It isn't putting much of a dent in the population, but I have too few military warships to keep up with defending them. I frantically switch production to my newly patented "Meat-baggers" I designed them specifically to combat the Altarian menace, they are well-equipped to deal with them, as the Altarians have invested heavily in beam technology and not much else, the Drengin countered this with missile and shield technology, the meatbaggers on the other hand have four laser turrents and four advanced deflector units, a fair match for the Altarian heavy fighter, which has a pair of MkII Phasors and a laser.
The war is not going well. Despite my new ships, they are not arriving at the fron fast enough to deal much damage, thusly the Altarians can use larger fleets to pick them off as they arrive. The Drengin have honored our alliance and have entered the fray once more. And the Arceans... They're the most powerful race in the galaxy. I sent a few scouts to see what the rest of the map loooks like. the verdict has come in: NOT GOOD! Whatever the three northerners (me, Drengin, and Altarians) don't have, they've taken. they have wiped out two minor races and apparently the Torians. They are closing on the Drath Legion. i've lent them some technology, but it is unlikely that they will last much longer... So far they've stayed neutral, but now they have decided that the Drengin and i have been "hurting their economy". Bullshit. They want an excuse, but they don't need one.
As of this writing, the Arcean empire controls a little over 50% of the territorial map, they are the largest and most advanced nation out there. I don't know how long I will last, but damnit I am going to make them remember the Yor, years from now.
Will update as necessary.
I'm not sure as to how to make and post screenshots, help would be great.
I havn't played any Galciv in a while, so I loaded up a game with the Yor that I started but never finished. I modified it a bit, nothing special. (leaders name was changed to 'Bender' and took War Party) as soon as I loaded up the game I noticed the main reason as to why I never finished it: my starting point had only one inhabitable planet, that of my homeworld, and no others, and the nearest inhabitable star system was located a fair distance away. However I did already have a few far-flung holdings. there was another reason as to why it never got done: only a handful of civilizations, and the drengin and I were the only evil ones. The Altarians were locked in between the two of us, but were fairly large. The Arceans expanded fair rapidly as well, as far I as I knew they held whatever the three of us didn't have.
Altogether not a very desirable situation, but I relish a challenge. I quickly made up my mind that I should take whats left, if anything at all, build up a military, and squeeze the Altarians early with the Drengin. This goes very nicely for a few turns, then the Altarians decide to rid the galaxy of the Drengin. I am of course sympathetic to the Drengin's cause and supply them with weaponry and technology, but no ships. I don't have enougha s it is. The Altarians then decide to wage a two-front war and declare war on me. (stupid crusader bunch of do-gooders) i immediaetly give alliances to the Drengin and offer them one for good measure. Greedily they take it. They'll be all dead soon enough.
A few turns later as my warships start showing up on their front door, the Altarians start to have second thoughts. They extend a peace treaty to both the Drengin and I. the Drengin take it, but I stay in the war, I won't have them go after me again!
I soon realize that I am pumping out too many transports from Iconia. It isn't putting much of a dent in the population, but I have too few military warships to keep up with defending them. I frantically switch production to my newly patented "Meat-baggers" I designed them specifically to combat the Altarian menace, they are well-equipped to deal with them, as the Altarians have invested heavily in beam technology and not much else, the Drengin countered this with missile and shield technology, the meatbaggers on the other hand have four laser turrents and four advanced deflector units, a fair match for the Altarian heavy fighter, which has a pair of MkII Phasors and a laser.
The war is not going well. Despite my new ships, they are not arriving at the fron fast enough to deal much damage, thusly the Altarians can use larger fleets to pick them off as they arrive. The Drengin have honored our alliance and have entered the fray once more. And the Arceans... They're the most powerful race in the galaxy. I sent a few scouts to see what the rest of the map loooks like. the verdict has come in: NOT GOOD! Whatever the three northerners (me, Drengin, and Altarians) don't have, they've taken. they have wiped out two minor races and apparently the Torians. They are closing on the Drath Legion. i've lent them some technology, but it is unlikely that they will last much longer... So far they've stayed neutral, but now they have decided that the Drengin and i have been "hurting their economy". Bullshit. They want an excuse, but they don't need one.
As of this writing, the Arcean empire controls a little over 50% of the territorial map, they are the largest and most advanced nation out there. I don't know how long I will last, but damnit I am going to make them remember the Yor, years from now.
Will update as necessary.
