Part 171: Episode XVII: Opening

Episode XVII: Opening

Emperor Gmork rules from the shadowy world of Fantasia.




That's ... a lot of stars. I'd forgotten how massive and dense these games are. Our goal will be to secure the upper-right. The yellow star being pointed out here, if it holds a homeworld, could be the biggest threat to that.

Pretty decent draw of rivals. Silicoids and Klackons are both very capable of being runaways, but no Psilons and the Humans aren't as much of a worry in the larger galaxies usually. Bulrathi and Alkari for a couple of military foes that probably won't be as relatively tough.




Three options here in range. I'd like to go for the white star directionally but they are typically hostile. We'll go for the yellow one, with scouts out to the other two.




We may have chosen ... poorly here.




This would have been the same.




Ok. There just wasn't anything any better. Obviously Kailis will be an early target, probably the next one we hit. Nine recons are needed, which isn't all that many actually for a huge galaxy.




Our first good find, and it's away from the rim. Four parsecs out though so we'd need to research to reach it.




Right next to Artemis. Getting that pair will be essential.




WOW. Radiated, but I want it. An ultra-rich that size is quite rare.




Pretty please have Radiated in our tree.




...... I don't believe what I'm looking at. Natural Terran Fertile. And it's in range, three parsecs past Endoria. We're going here first, ladies and gentlemen. If we can get it up fast enough, this could be a fantastic secondary colonizer-producing system early on. Gonna be excellent no matter what we do with it really.



Crap out in the middle of nowhere. It's like Rha barely cared enough to exist and join the orbit of this galaxy.




Another big ultra-rich, and this one's not even hostile!




Last one. Tao and Arietis are just ridiculous. They won't take us towards the middle, but they're so lucrative that frankly I don't care. I estimate we should be able to get those two and Kailis before researching more range.




The first Colonizer is begun in 2324. We can RELOC to Endoria, which is on the way to Tao. The race is on. Being a huge galaxy, we'll need a lot more systems than usual. 20-25 is a decent number to shoot for. Endoria will build a couple more Recons right away to be ready to push forward. That's vital to stay on top of with this many stars; pushing the scouting frontier back as the Colonizers expand our territory.