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//In middle of making the post, my computer crashed and restarted on it's own, so pardon me if first entries are extremely short.
14.


Three cruisers routing away Romulan destroyers from Midos.


Romulans still around as Zakdorn completes USS Sumatra, our first Galaxy-class warship. Cpt.Holstergaard took command of it and the ship is en route to reinforce Chalna system.


Another monster, a crystalline tree entity, hovering near Acamar. I briefly considered pooling our forces in that system instead of going with 'harass Romulans a bit' plan.


Nrdl's strike group (6 cruisers: Exeter, Shelton, Gravina, Wilson, Strong, Winslow) en route to Eden system, just as Calamarain appears right at border of Chalna. Selay accept our friendship proposal in the meanwhile.


Romulans amass several destroyers around Chalna, and Calamarain departs to systems unknown. There is an outpost, two Ambassadors and two Oberths at Chalna in that moment.
Eden system devoid of enemies, so Cpt.Nrdl goes toward Borka. Selay accept our affiliation treaty.


Suddenly, while en route to Borka system, Cpt.Nrdl and his fleet literally bump onto Romulan outpost. As you can see, it has been destroyed with ease and without casualties on our side.
One turn later the strike group arrives at Borka and same situation happens - Romulan outpost destroyed without any problems.


One turn later USS Sumatra, commanded by Cpt.Holstergaard, routs away four cloaked Romulan destoyers. They are covering in fear of our technology or Holstergaard's fame, or maybe both these things.


Romulan transport appears at Chalna. Said vessel is promptly destroyed.


RED ALERT! RED ALERT!
USS Sumatra is ambushed just one warp away from Chalna by those four destroyers. Initial cloaked attack knocks 1/3 of shields away.


Despite skilled crew of Cpt.Holstergaard's on board USS Sumatra, Romulan destroyers ran away yet again without sustaining casualties.
As the destroyers are close to Federation transports nearby, USS Sumatra was temporarily assigned to escort said transports.
Then we receive the news that outpost at Zeta Alpha is completed and our scout vessels arrive at the alien system! Who awaits us there!?


This time, however, USS Andromede and USS Cortes aren't that lucky. Both are destroyed by warships of a race called Trill. The crew of the vessels knew the dangers of exploration and we hope that this misunderstanding won't deter our possible relationship with those aliens. They are skilled scientists and warriors, not to mention that Andromede's sensors detected traces of dilithium in Trill star.
Trill also gave explanation to the other race of aliens with outpost we detected a while ago - it is Cardassian Union, space faring empire of part-reptilean humanoids. They advised caution in dealing with them.
With this bittersweet first contact, comes end of this update.

Another missile launcher for Kardenian suits (and fitted to two of their suits).

And one rifle that might be useful against the shields-clad Tsuans

Derp. Just as I was going to update the first post with MOAR DAKKA, I got a warning...

I've exceeded 40k letters T_T

Decided to move Lore Stuff & Waiting List to the third post in game thread.

What's new:
Kardenian suits (3) and two weapons (rifle, missile launcher) and one utility (Solar Wind Turbines)
Tactical Long-Range Laser Rifle with certain gimmick
Aegis suit upgraded a bit.

//I forgot to regen your shields last turn, and forgot to substract RS from Erava for last turn's laser rifle. Fix'dt

Mission 1, Turn 21

Dylan: 5 + 4.5 = 9.5

Dylan lands at the launching lane and the hangar doors open for him. Inside, engineers in space armors and suits are ready to perform repairs.

Harpe: 5 + 3 = 8

Lasers and missiles at CDF II, it is.

(70+10-20=60>57, hit! Dmg: 64 -> 32 shields, hull) //laser
(30-20=10>8, hit! Dmg: 19+28+20+21+15+22=125 shields) //missiles

Harpe got lucky with both rifle and missiles, severely damaging drone's shields. And then Harpe moved away.

Erava: 4 + 3 = 7

Zaap!

(70+10-20=60>46, hit! Dmg: 71 -> 36 shields, 35 hull)

Sixth Viper drone has been hit.

Kira: 5 + 1.5 = 6.5

Sadly there was no enemies in range, forcing Kira to boost away without shooting anything.

ViperDrone8: 6 + 0.5 = 6.5
ViperDrone9: 5 + 0.5 = 5.5
CobraDrone4: 4 + 0.5 = 4.5
CobraDrone1: 3 + 0.5 = 3.5
ViperDrone6: 3 + 0.5 = 3.5
CobraDrone2: 2 + 0.5 = 2.5
ViperDrone7: 2 + 0.5 = 2.5

Drones have lined up and began shooting at Erava.

(60-25=35>4, hit! Dmg: 26+33=59 -> 30 shields, 29 hull)
(60-25=35<64, miss!)
(60-25=35<77, miss!)
(60-25=35<58, miss!)
(60-25=35<63, miss!)
(60-25=35>25, hit! Dmg: 32+28=60 -> 30 shields, hull)
(60-25=35<40, miss!)

Right after that barrage, Scylla's cannons responded, shooting at VDF VI.

(90-20=70>22, hit! Dmg: 143 -> 37 shields down, 40 hull destroyed)
(Auto-miss, target destroyed)

It exploded even before second bolt managed to hit it.

Viper Drone VI destroyed by Scylla's cannons.

//End of turn & shield regen, this time I didn't forgot!

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Lollipop.

13.

First of all, our cruisers from Chalna 'accidentally' visit Gaspar system.


We destroyed Romulan outpost and colony ship, but a destroyer warped out. This is hostile act, I know, but think of this as of payback for their earlier attacks. We are not going to linger there for long - our cruisers have been ordered to return to Chalna. In the meanwhile, USS Velasco is completed at Acamar.


In the meanwhile, Internal Security reports of a major success against Romulan spies.

Next turn, our scouts bump into Borka system, under Romulan rule.
We disrupt outpost construction there, and what happens for next few combat turns is a game of cat and mouse between our two scouts and Romulan destroyer: It scores a hit, but not hard enough to kill our shields. We try to hit it, but it dodges too well to damage it. After some time, the destroyer cloaks and warps out of the system.


And look who came with a visit to Romulans. Ha ha ha.


Just as Mudor and Zeta Alpha systems are colonized in middle of terraforming, we discover another minor race, the Selay. Our scouts found them on the only star we haven't checked before, between Klingon and Romulan space. We shall start Federation'ing them right awa-


Ehh? And how did they got so far from their systems? Time to form a strike fleet and flush them out of there. USS Gravina, freshly built at Acamar, and USS Shelton, just finished at Zakdorn and crewed by their young tacticians, shall accompany Cpt.Nrdl of USS Exeter in a task of driving away the Romulan raiders.
Oh, and Daystrom Institute (+100% Computer research) is completed at Vendikar.


Just one turn before our strike fleet arrives at Orellius, our scientists finished last Level-4 research - construction. This allowed our technicians to design a new class of warship - Galaxy-class cruiser, capable of wrecking much damage on it's own, not to mention serving as a flagship of larger fleets. Zakdorn shipyards have been ordered to stop Ambassadors production and build few of those technological marvels for now.

One turn later, our fleet at last arrives at Orellius system...


...and Romulans are nowhere to be found. While we are OK with lack of Romulans anywhere around, Cpt.Nrdl expressed his sadness for lack of occasions in which he could prove his tactical prowess.
With construction of USS Wilson at Nrdl's home system, we start production of Galaxy class ships there. That's all for now.

Take your time :3

Adwarf: Landing on the ship means you're leaving the mission ;P

Double check if you want to miss few juicy kills under your belt C: