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I like what you did thar, Blarg

As for me, I like all four 'ancient' elements.

EHR MAH GERD
POPDKERNZ.

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Scrolled through everything, I saw the Helmsdale A was destroyed. Did I manage to make it off in an escape pod this time? If so, I'll take the Helmsdale B until I can get myself into something larger again. Damned Borg.

But you already moved to USS Exeter prior to that battle, remember?
...And I don't see any mention of giving you that ship since it was constructed? O.o I propably thought about giving you Exeter and did that subcounsciously or something. Oh, well.

Burnt Pies: USS Exeter is Zoku's, so you're getting USS Montgomery.

@Hyo: There's a mod that replaces Ferengi with Dominion, adds Vorta/Breen/Ferengi/few others as minor races, and adds missing TNG ships like Excelsior-class and Intrepid-class. Also, you don't want to be re-captained?

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30.


Eventful week. Games kicks us in the ribs with plauge at Antica, Romulans bombard Ariannus (with 6 cruisers), and Ferengi offer us almost 4k for peace. We agreed to that, whilst our newly commisioned one-and-half of a fleet rushes to Ariannus to stop the pointy-eared bastards.
We get two destroyers and two Ambassadors this turn: Sitak B, Rockford C (it's our 60th Miranda!), Strong A, Wilson A
Also, I found out that Taurus system, one of last near Cardassia, is being culled by Borg. So, now we now were the three remaining cubes are. At least, at the moment.


Woah, that came outta nowhere. What now guys? Should we-

Ah fuck it. Of course we continue!


As you see, lots of diplomacy this turn. The treaty with Ferengi also ensured that they tow our whole fleet to Dimorus. Aren't they nice little chaps? They're on their own against Borg, now - the other Cube is almost done with Cardassians at Harod, so we have to possible attack at Emilia or Delta Vega! This turn only a single Oberth, USS Tudor, was constructed.


Romulans call for peace, Ferengi, for affiliation. I've accepted both - Ferengi for being able to get to Borg if necessary, and Romulans because they're giving us 3k of credits with their offer C:
Sudden peace offer from Romulans is making me nervous, so I'm sending Yridian scout into their territory to check... you know what for.
Shipyard news: Two Mirandas (Somali/Newport C) and Oberth (Trump A).
Those are last ships we're building for now - our income is at -658, so I can't afford more.


Two scientific breakthroughs, which brings us close to upgrade of Galaxy cruisers, and a peace offer from Cardassians with a tribute attached to it. Splendid.


...Do I have to say I'm not surprised? :v
Let's get with next turn...





But the same turn (252) we get this sweet upgrade. As far as my calculations go, the next to go are: Propulsion, Weapons, and Energy as the last upgrade.
Borg refused to appear in our territory.

Also, look at this!:


All the diplomatic shenaningans + victories against Borg and Ferengi during our brief war with the midgets boosted our morale to green levels in almost all systems!


Next turn our scout manages to sneak into heart of Romulan Star Empire - turns out that Borg never visited Romulus system. Lucky them Romulans, I say! As you can see, they have re-settled Turill and that ship at Bersallis is a colony ship!

In the meanwhile, Klingons ask us for donation, and we gladly give them around 2k credits.

For now, I pause. Wow, first update without battle with Borg or being directly threatened by them? This is too good of a coincidence, the game is surely plotting death and murder for us.

Btw, Captain Burnt Pies is getting promoted! For surviving on a Miranda for more than 15 turns without getting slaughtered, which is always a feat in Star Trek franchise, especially in this LP's universe Burnt Pies, look at previous roster list and grab an Ambassador for yourself.

//And with this, I go to sleep. G'night folks, sweet cyborg dreams for you all C:

Sorry Iituem, got your request too late Besides why you want an inferior ship to your Amabassador-class cruiser?

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29.


236.2 have warped into Dulisian system. It's just one warp away from Ariannus, which is doomed. From there, the Cube might start 'disassembling' Romulan Neutral Zone, or it might attack Morikin or Altec systems. Or just randomly warp away to Romulans, who knows.
We asked Ferengi for 5k credits of tribute for our help, we will see if they agree.

Next turn and Cube 236.2 warped to Morikin, starting to slaughter the population.


Oh my god. It's designation is 237, but I'm not able to check if it's the original 237 or maybe it's 'sequel'. Still, it means that Admiral will have to deal with another Cube whilst he is there. After that, he will get back to our territory, and two reinforcement fleets await him - at Shelia and near Sol.


All Oberths and Mirandas destroyed in the fleet, except USS Kirkland B. Lucky bastards.
That leaves Admiral's fleet at 23 cruiser-size ships and 1 destroyer. We decided to retreat for now and get reinforced with new Takara-Shelia fleet. USS De Ruyter, Galaxy-class cruiser, is finished at Yridia.

Next week, USS Gravina A, Ambassador-class, Shelia.

Week after that, USS Makarov A, another Galaxy cruiser, leaves Yridia yards. Ferengi want an alliance, but screw you midgets. You didn't even repaid me for defending your capital system!

And next week we get 2 Galaxies (USS Navarra A, USS Lazarev A), 1 Ambassador (USS Shelton A) and 1 Miranda (USS Alameda B). We also lose Morikin system and Romulan cruisers are hovering near our border.

USS Stratford B, Miranda, is built at Yridia next week. The Cube from Morikin went missing as it didn't attacked any of our systems or outposts.


Just as we got declaration of hostility from Ferengi, they attacked Mintaka and Takara outposts, destroying the former. Romulans pierced Romulan Neutral Zone and struck Outpost near Altec.
Tian An Men, Lantree and Brittain, all B-variants, are finished this week.
Chalnoth is wiped off their home system, and currently we're trying to find out where the Cube is as we lack an Oberth-scout in Admiral's fleet.
Goddamn-! The end of affiliation are stranded our Galaxy-class ships in Ferengi space! The fleet is doomed if we leave it here, and doomed if we split it up! The runaway cube warped to Atalia system deep in Ferengi space and our spies say that one of the cubes must be in Harod system, the population there dropping rapidly.

This is worst thing ever.

Yer gettin' USS Berkeley B, the newest Miranda, which is currently at Shelia. Or near Yridia, I don't remember