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« on: July 05, 2015, 04:27:15 pm »
I decided that I wanted the Securan origin world for my very own. The problem? It was completely under the control of a pirate faction, and heavily defended. There was also the minor matter of being nearly four sectors away from my own territory.
So I first became an ally of the most powerful Securan civilization in order to gain refueling rights in their territory. Sent one of my very first fleets (2nd Fleet), which was the only fleet with an appreciable number of troop transports, stopped off at one of their refueling stations, and then launched my attack. The fighting to clear the pirate space port and fleet was brutal, but I only lost two frigates in the process (one destroyed, the other so heavily damaged that it could no longer fight). After the skies were clear I dropped off the troops, then proceeded to wreck every pirate mining base in the system. By the time the warships had finished, the population of Secura was firmly under my control...except for the pirate fortresses which continued to contribute to unrest and corruption. So with barely a moment to pause, the invading soldiers marched on the fortresses and completely demolished them. The native Securans were apparently quite pleased by this: despite the sheer distance between them and the rest of my empire, and the havoc and deaths, their approval rating is in the 40s (15 is considered good).
Distant Worlds: Universe