Under A Watchful Eye - An Apocalypse UN AAR

[Nikolai]

Chapter III

“It’s gone.”

The creature looked up.

“What is gone?”

The Watcher pointed to the screen.

10/10/10 science is pretty good!

“The Infinity Sphere, it went into the black hole. The science the humans will get from it…”

The creature looked at the image.

“There is a lot of unclaimed systems between them, though. If only they have the time for it…”

They did have time. The system to the right with the yellow icon is where it's at. It took a decade or so though.

The Watcher smiled.

“I think the cockroaches might leave them alone for now. The human fleet is getting bigger.”

It's better, if not good.

The creature scoffed.

“But at what price? Their income has plummeted… They need peace now more than ever.”

Economy went from +60s to...this in minerals. All due to ships.

He smirked.

“And those marauders… The humans need to pay them off still, I see. Their fleet is no match, half of the marauder strength, no?”

Pesky mauraders, some day I promise you...

The Watcher sighed.

“They barely have the resources to both expand, improve their economy and pay them off. The one time they didn’t, they had to reconsider when the marauder fleet approached. Barbarians…”

Finally! Defence pact with our other neighbour!

The creature clucked his tongue.

“Look at this. They own two wormhole portals, soon they might get to use them too. Not too bad.”

The Watcher grinned.

“Not bad at all. There might yet be hope.”

The creature turned towards The Watcher.

Interesting developments, no?

“You like these humans, you really do. A pity you can’t intervene…”

The Watcher laughted.

“Sadly, that is not our mission. Tea?”

 

[Lilium Atratum]

“Look at this. They own two wormhole portals, soon they might get to use them too. Not too bad.”

What if...
Some time later...
those wormhole portals belong to the same wormhole...

btw. does defensive pact work against the marauders? It would definitely help if it would.

 

[Nikolai]

What if...
Some time later...
those wormhole portals belong to the same wormhole...

btw. does defensive pact work against the marauders? It would definitely help if it would.

What if indeed .There is a third one close to my borders. But stupidly placed as one of my own at the far end of the galactic outer rim.

As for marauders, don't think so no.

 

[stnylan]

“Sadly, that is not our mission. Tea?”

One of these watchers is displaying remarkably British-like tendancies.

Sounds like some useful progress, but no sense of safety or security just yet.

 

[Nikolai]

One of these watchers is displaying remarkably British-like tendancies.

Sounds like some useful progress, but no sense of safety or security just yet.

Purely coincidental, matey .

 

[Tom D.]

May I ask what year you're in when you got that wormhole tech? I thought it is supposed to be quite a late tech to get, but you can't be that far in the game yet, right? Besides, looks like you have a decent base, looks like what I have in my first try after 40 years.

 

[Nikolai]

May I ask what year you're in when you got that wormhole tech? I thought it is supposed to be quite a late tech to get, but you can't be that far in the game yet, right? Besides, looks like you have a decent base, looks like what I have in my first try after 40 years.

What does time matter for a Watcher. Not 100% sure. 2260 or 2270 perhaps? I don't follow time closely. The last update covers two decades, give or take. I'm not even sure what year I am at now, but I have an idea of what I will cover next! Hint: Cold War and cockroaches.

Edit: economy is great btw. Currently gaining 125 minerals with the mineral edict.

 

[Lilium Atratum]

While Watchers may be timeless, studying lesser creatures requires taking time into consideration.
Time is a constant that human cannot just leave behind... yet...

 

[Nikolai]

Chapter IV

“Cold war. It has lasted for decades now. I wonder…. How long will it last?”

The Watcher scratched his chin.

“These humans of yours should go for it. Their fleet is of equal size, their fleet capacity dwarfs the cockroaches, and their technology is equal too.”

The Norani League has similar strength to the cockroaches.

The creature huffed.

“Careful, indeed. That they are…”

The Watcher pointed at the screen.

“See these fortifications? They are strong now. Much has happened over the last decades. From nothing…to this.”

Fortications have been upgraded a lot recently.

The creature smirked.

“And their only other neighbours are the marauders, who are possible to pay off, and the Norani League, who are their friends and allies. What are they waiting for?”

The Watcher furrowed his brow.

“And their economy is doing well for themselves. But I think… See that? They are stockpiling food. I wonder…”

The economy is flourishing!

The creature clapped his hands.

“What was that, my friend?”

The Watcher looked up.

“War. Finally! The Noranis asked the humans for a joint declaration of war, and the humans accepted!”

War. At last. Claimed systems in red.

The fleet. We are merely at half capacity, I focused on defensive measures first, but this opportunity was too good to pass up!

The Watcher smiled.

“I think this constitutes a reason for me to serve some ice cream. Please, sit down, friend.”

 

[Nikolai]

While Watchers may be timeless, studying lesser creatures requires taking time into consideration.
Time is a constant that human cannot just leave behind... yet...

Hehe, rightly so. As of this last update, we're in 2296.

 

[stnylan]

It looks like a relatively modest little border war.

 

[Nikolai]

It looks like a relatively modest little border war.

Yes, unfortunately I had just recently used influence on expanding my borders to unclaimed systems. BTW, boy is the effect of winning a decisive battle big. Went to 97% war exhaustion among the enemy and victory within reach in 4-5 months.

 

[stnylan]

Yes, unfortunately I had just recently used influence on expanding my borders to unclaimed systems. BTW, boy is the effect of winning a decisive battle big. Went to 97% war exhaustion among the enemy and victory within reach in 4-5 months.

I have been playing a Cherryh game (sans DLC alas) just to get a feel for the new mechanics. Had a pretty odd and isolated starting position, so haven't come close to fighting a war yet. That said, my first impressions of the FTL and starbase changes are positive.

 

[Nikolai]

I have been playing a Cherryh game (sans DLC alas) just to get a feel for the new mechanics. Had a pretty odd and isolated starting position, so haven't come close to fighting a war yet. That said, my first impressions of the FTL and starbase changes are positive.

Same here. I love the slower pace. Although the navy movement is a tad bit slow for my tastes. But the slower pace in the game, especially the early game, and the starbase mechanics are awesome!

 

[Lilium Atratum]

Although the navy movement is a tad bit slow for my tastes.

But that may be the key to break the doomstacks. If you have one fleet that can get everywhere quicky, there is no reason to split it. But if your empire is big and need several years to get from one end to another...

 

[Nikolai]

But that may be the key to break the doomstacks. If you have one fleet that can get everywhere quicky, there is no reason to split it. But if your empire is big and need several years to get from one end to another...

Indeed. I wonder how this one planet, yet widely spread, empire of cockroaches managed to have a fleet almost my size though. I had 6.5k, they had 5.5k or so. I encountered a horrible bug btw, during combat my leaders of the fleets just disappeared from the battle, leaving the navies without commanders and giving me huge losses. They were not dead though, just not assigned suddenly. I lost over half my fleet in one battle. Thankfully it made the WW for the cockroaches 100%.

Btw, next war will be interesting... I just claimed their only planet, and will take it out in the next war. I wonder if the rest of the territory will be mine, or just become unclaimed...

 

[Lilium Atratum]

Indeed. I wonder how this one planet, yet widely spread, empire of cockroaches managed to have a fleet almost my size though. I had 6.5k, they had 5.5k or so. I encountered a horrible bug btw, during combat my leaders of the fleets just disappeared from the battle, leaving the navies without commanders and giving me huge losses. They were not dead though, just not assigned suddenly. I lost over half my fleet in one battle. Thankfully it made the WW for the cockroaches 100%.

Btw, next war will be interesting... I just claimed their only planet, and will take it out in the next war. I wonder if the rest of the territory will be mine, or just become unclaimed...

Isn't it the case that the admiral is actually sitting in one of the ships?
In 1.9.1. I noticed that if I select ships to move to another fleet, sometimes the admiral goes there too, sometimes they don't (and no, it was not related to the size of the split - sometimes 1 ship sufficed).

If the above assumption is correct and a ship with the admiral eFTL-s, then they are suddenly gone from the battle...

 

[stnylan]

Btw, next war will be interesting... I just claimed their only planet, and will take it out in the next war. I wonder if the rest of the territory will be mine, or just become unclaimed...

Oh that will be interesting. One of my near-neighbours in my game has that life-seeded civic, so they are genuinely restricted to a single planet at the moment. Not that I am thinking of taking them down, but would be interesting to know what happens.

 

[Nikolai]

Isn't it the case that the admiral is actually sitting in one of the ships?
In 1.9.1. I noticed that if I select ships to move to another fleet, sometimes the admiral goes there too, sometimes they don't (and no, it was not related to the size of the split - sometimes 1 ship sufficed).

If the above assumption is correct and a ship with the admiral eFTL-s, then they are suddenly gone from the battle...

Perhaps. I honestly don't know. Good theory, but it just happened while I was merging two fleets too!

Oh that will be interesting. One of my near-neighbours in my game has that life-seeded civic, so they are genuinely restricted to a single planet at the moment. Not that I am thinking of taking them down, but would be interesting to know what happens.

I will investigate. For science!

 

[Lilium Atratum]

Btw, next war will be interesting... I just claimed their only planet, and will take it out in the next war. I wonder if the rest of the territory will be mine, or just become unclaimed...

May I ask - what is the point of claims outside the war? Does it function like a limited rivalry?