Seeing as a few people have posted game stories I thought I would post this one that I’m playing at the moment.
I’m playing as the Klingons, Tech 1, Large, Many, Impossible with Random Events turn on. Wait, there was my first mistake! Normally I play without Random’s, especially when playing on Impossible, but hey I was feeling adventurous. It’s worth mentioning I’ve installed the Planet Population mod so I can have some decent fleet sizes.
I hit a couple of lucky breaks, meeting the Yridian’s and the Edo in quick succession; I quickly make both members and subjugate another 2 minors as well as colonizing a load of decent systems. I’m up to about 12 systems when I meet the Rom’s.
For reasons best known to the AI, the Rom’s had just 2 systems?? I’m the first Major they have encountered, so they haven’t been beaten up by anyone. I quickly popped back to the menu screen to make sure I’ve not click the wrong settings or something, but sure enough the AI is just being dumb for some unknown reason. Being the generous type that I am I immediately declare war on then and steal their first colony, this has the negative effect of sending the Antican’s and the Andorians straight into the Arm’s of the Praetor.
Then I meet the Fergs and the game is on, quickly followed by the Feds and the Cardassians. A brief pile on ensues and after bitch slapping the cardies about for a bit they sign a peace treaty followed by a friendship. Another couple of minors and I’m banging out ships and pouring them into Romulan space like ants at a picnic.
Then Cardassian systems started to disappear!!
In no time at all the Cardassian Union has been reduced to about 3 systems and I’ve got half a dozen Borg cubes on my border. They chew through my first few colonies in a couple of turns and I mass my fleet for a counter offensive. Unfortunately I’ve picked a lousy tech level to try and go whoop-ass on the Borg and my 40+ ships last two turns.
To cut a very long story short, the Borg then proceed to destroy every major system in the game in about 100 turns. I’m reduced to one system, Edo! Qo’nos was lost about a dozen turns ago. The Rom’s and Fergs each have one system and the feds three. The only reason they are still alive is due to the planet mod giving them a massive boost in population growth. All home systems have been lost.
So with a total population of 630 and the sole protection of the Edo Guardian and 9 Battle Cruisers I must somehow launch a counter offensive against 2 dozen Borg cubes and recover my lost Empire.
It’s going to be a very very long night!
