Collective Calradian Cosmos!

[Revilo]

I'm thinking about starting up my copy of Sword of the Stars again. Sounds simple, no? Well, you're wrong. My experience with this game can be summed up quite nicely as being negligable (at best) and so I present to you the twist:

You control everything

Each action from what to research, what race I play, where we go and what we do when we get there will be decided by you. I'll update as I'm playing through so you guys can dictate what's next and together we'll see what adventures lie on the horizon.

Of course, there is an ulterior motive in this, namely that I've always wanted to play this and understand it properly, but never could, so hopefully this goes towards achieving that.

Should be fun if this drums up enough interest, especially since I don't think I've ever gone past the second or third turn.

Thoughts, comments?

Download has 40 minutes left at current speed for anyone interested.

 

[Elisianthus]

Play as Hiver. Be a real man.

Turn one: set 3 Armour and 3 tanker ships on to build. Send them each with one of the initial gates to the 3 nearest planets. Research Waldo Units, then put research to 90% and whack Fusion. The moment you breach 50% on Fusion drop research to a bare couple of percent and cruise whilst enjoying the cash. Have all the good techs before the rest of the players and laugh.

 

[Taimat396]

Go Tarka. First turn, as many tankers as you can build that turn with full construction setting. Second turn, send them each to a different planet. Research waldo units. Second tech would be cybernetics. Those two make your ships about 20% cheaper and quicker to build, and give you around 30% more construction to play aroudn with - so about 50% more ships each turn if needed.

 

[Revilo]

Poll up, pick a choice.

Edit: Well, with what is truly an overwhelming amount of interest let's get this underway. Kronics idea wins, with 2 vote ( one is mine, funnily enough) 

Starting information:

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Initial position in the Collective Calradian Cosmos:

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Let's go!

 

[Revilo]

Double posting, cus well...yeh.

Showing research and build:

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Presumably now just end turns until the stuff is done, right?

Edit: Fleets are ready to go to nearest planets.

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Edit x 2: Nearly at the first system, and researching fusion now.

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[Elisianthus]

See the Construction-Trade bar on the planet screen on the solar system map? Slide it all the way to Construction. Before you have a trade network set up the trade half of the bar is wasted and it'll double your build speed.

 

[Revilo]

Sweet, just done that then.

Edit: Hit the first planet, what next?

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[Tuckles]

DEPLOY THE GATE!

And use that planet as a staging area to... DEPLOY MORE GATES!

 

[Revilo]

Well this seems to be moving far to slowly, so this is no longer going to be a group decision. It's a tad tedious staring at a screen until someone else posts  I'll still update though....for example:

Other systems have been reached and gates have been deployed. Colonizers are on their way.

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