First up is the final battle of the War for Allied Independence. When the Allied Democratic Front, which shall be referred to as the ADF, first came onto the galactic stage it had two other neighbors. One of which they bested in a small war and another which they befriended. The one that they waged war upon was then destroyed by the forces of the Core of Light. A hyper advanced civilization bent on the destruction of all sentient life in the galaxy, the Core of Light soon vassalized the nation which the ADF had befriended. Seeing the technology and naval power of the Core, the ADF soon realized the only way to survive would be to become subservient to them.
They became a vassal and quickly adopted all technologies they could get a hold of from the Core. Over many years, a prosperous relationship took place and the Core became naught but a small thought in ADF politics. That is, until the other vassal of the Core was assimilated into their empire and all their planets promptly purged. Seeing their future in the plight of their fellow xenos, the ADF built up its navy in preparation fo the day they would break free of the Core.
That day soon came and the ADF Fleet warped into Core territory. Their first objective was to destroy all military stations in Core territory and destroyed multiple Core fleets in doing so. But they still had to take out the home system of the Core. The Battle of the Core of Light was then fought. The Core fleets were decisively defeated by the ADF fleet as they had similar weapons and the ADF numerical superiority through dividing and conquering the Core fleets.
After the defeat of the Core, the planet was blockaded and unconditional surrender was given by the Core, whose sole home planet was then brought into the ADF.
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I'm short on time right now. Tomorrow I might post another.
Ooh, shiny lasers! Well, now you've got a population of genocidal folks in your empire, I'm sure they won't turn out to be horribly unruly subjects!
As for TLOspyrogirl's shots, second one looks like Julia Roberts from hell and the guy in the third shot should be dubbed "Turtle Guy".
Decided to play some Angels Fall First earlier and got a few nifty screenshots. The context of the first two shots was both sides' battleships were engaged in a close range slug fest, so I hopped in a bomber to apply additional damage while dodging enemy fighter escorts and point defense guns.
Happened to be recording at the time so I actually posted a clip of that bombing run on YT.
The story of this battle isn't as interesting. The ADF, having defeated the Core, had taken the majority of the systems in the southern part of the galaxy. They stood relatively unmatched in terms of power and their fleet was second to none.
This fallen empire began to hassle our diplomats by saying we had insulted them in some way. The ADF had been looking for an excuse to invade and occupy the extremelly lucrative ring worlds found in the fallen empire and thus declared war.
The ADF Fleet warped to the system and fired upon all the defenses from the system's outer edge. The spinal mounted energy cannons fired in unison from all the battleships, decimated the fallen fleets before they could even get close. The energy cannons can be seen firing in this image.
I have one more I wanna post, but it's a long one so I'll wait til later.
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All that is gold does not glitter, Not all those who wander are lost
The old that is strong does not wither, Deep roots are not reached by the frost
From the ashes a fire shall be woken, A light from the shadows shall spring
Renewed shall be the blade that was broken, The crownless again shall be king
One of many battles over Inbebice Prime, a Foundation owned planet on the border of the Quipsu Republic. In this specific image, the fleet of the Jibru Combine, an ally of the Foundation, is relieving the planet which had been under bombardment for years before, and would come under bombardment for years afterward as the war continued.
The war between the Foundation and its allies (namely the Jibru Combine) and the Quipsu Republic and their scattered allies in the southern systems occurred as a result of Foundation expansion near Quipsu territory. The Quipsu, being long time opponents of the Foundation, declared war with their allies invading Foundation southern systems and their fleets spending most of their time in the Jibru Combine and in the Inbebice System. At the wars outbreak they sent their fleet deep into foundation territory but it was cornered and decisively defeated by the Foundation fleet in the Foundation's home system.
In the Inbebice system, Foundation fleets were busy in the south, being tied up with all of the Quipsu's allies and thus were unable to defend their northern systems. The planet shown had been under bombardment for some time and invasion forces were in orbit, but neglected to land as Inbebice Prime would end up having the most defended surface of any planet in Foundation space.
In the battle shown, the Jibru had a significant numbers advantage over the Quipsu and wrecked havoc on their troop transports while also dealing a good amount of damage to their fleet before the Quipsu fled the system, making the battle a decisive allied victory.
Inbebice Prime would never be taken over the course of the war and, although its people and structures were devastated, was completely rebuilt at the close of the war, which ended with the Foundation annexing large swaths of Quipsu space to the north and the glassing of multiple capitals of the Foundation's enemies/
Played a relatively quick Galactic Civilizations 2 campaign on a medium sized map with a custom science-focused race called the Reptoids.
The full write-up I did for the campaign:
Played as a custom race called the Reptoids with bonuses to scientific research and the korath tech tree (slave labor n' stuff). I played a medium sized map and the other factions were the Terrans (stock faction, diplomatic), Drengin (stock faction, warlike), and the Bunzoids (custom race, cyborg rabbits that breed like, well, rabbits (thus high population)).
My starting position was located in the middle of the other three factions, so I knew I'd be surrounded for the entire game. I wound up colonizing three additional planets (one with toxic atmosphere, the other radioactive).
My first challenge came when the Terrans decided to seize some asteroid mining operations by destroying some influence starbases that kept them within the borders of my empire. The starbases along the border held them off for a time, but their superior numbers eventually prevailed, largely because my ships were slow-moving and I didn't want to pull them from the capital.
The second danger came from the Bunzoids, whose immense population allowed them to basically control the voting in the Council of Planets (space UN). There was one vote to decide where to locate the headquarters of the CoP (and get a huge influence boost as a result) and of course the Bunzoids won after voting for themselves. That caused their borders to expand to envelop one of my planets and I got a message it was threatening to secede to join the Bunzoids. Knowing I couldn't hold onto the colony, I sold it to the Drengins for some cash and technology (it seceded from the Drengins to join the Bunzoids a few turns later).
All the while my empire was short on cash due to running deficits due to interest payments on earlier ship/building purchases, which in turn was causing dissatisfaction among the populace. As a race with a scientific focus, however, I was able to sell off research to minor factions in return for liquidity. I also had an interest in providing some support for the minor factions, for there was a period where the Terrans and Bunzoids were focused on picking off the minor factions. By providing the minor factions with tech, they were better able to resist the other empires, slowing their expansions.
But this era of small conflicts came to an end when the Terrans and Bunzoids went to war with each other, a war from which the Bunzoids emerged victorious. The Terrans capitulated and surrendered all their territory and assets to the Bunzoids, who now controlled roughly 3/4 of the map. Seeking to build alliances and wealth, I began establishing trade routes with the other factions (all while appeasing the Bunzoids with gifts).
Needless to say, the Bunzoids had become a major threat, but an even greater threat emerged soon thereafter. The Dread Lords appeared and quickly cut through the northern parts of the Bunzoid empire with their super dreadnoughts, laying claim to a multitude of systems (among which were Earth (former Terran homeworld) and the planet I had sold off earlier). They then spread out throughout the galaxy, for no fleet could withstand them. They enforced their dominance of space by hunting and destroying every ship, fleet, trade route, and space station they could find, their fleets swarming the galaxy and filling it with death and destruction.
On the plus side, the Reptoid's debts had been paid off by then so they were running a budget surplus. This enabled them to buy ships at will. At first I tried to maintain the trade routes, but it became apparent that they didn't last long and only served to attract the Dread Lord fleets. By this point I had committed to going for the science victory condition, all I had to do was hold on to my planets. I also had the good fortune of a random event doubling the quality of my capital, enabling me to build additional buildings (mostly labs).
Then the Dread Lords set their sights on my capital planet, landing invasion forces which killed billions of Reptoids. After the first attempted invasion, the population on the capital was greatly depleted, forcing me to adopt a strategy of smuggling Reptoids from the radioactive planet colony to the capital, carefully evading the detection of patrolling Dread Lord ships. As it turns out, the plan was successful and while billions of reptoids perished in the final stand, they managed to research the victory technology, winning the game. Huzzah!
The TLDR version:
The Dread Lords appeared midway through the campaign and, through their merciless indiscriminate carnage and conquest, rendered space essentially off limits to all factions for no ship, fleet, or trade route could withstand them or long escape their malevolent notice. Isolated and vulnerable, the Reptoid homeworld soon found itself the subject of repeated Dread Lord invasions... while they were able to repel the Dread Lords, billions had lost their lives in the carnage and it was only a matter of time before they succumbed.
Yet hope remained, for they were relatively close to researching the scientific victory technology, all they had to do was hold out a hundred more turns. Thus a bold plot was developed, to buy colony ships (at a colony with essentially no production capabilities) fitted with a bunch of thrusters for max speed and smuggle additional defenders to the homeworld between Dread Lord patrols, then scuttle the ship upon delivery (for ships attracted DL ships and I wanted to stay under the radar). Bolstered by their reinforcements, the Reptoid homeworld was able to withstand repeated invasions long enough to research the victory tech. Huzzah!
Screenshots:
While I'm thinking about it, let me share some of the custom ship designs I've made for my custom GC2 races:
Reptoids
Bunzoids
On a side note, here's another random AFF screenshot:
You better believe I'm proud.
Ooh, shiny lasers! Well, now you've got a population of genocidal folks in your empire, I'm sure they won't turn out to be horribly unruly subjects!
As for TLOspyrogirl's shots, second one looks like Julia Roberts from hell and the guy in the third shot should be dubbed "Turtle Guy".
Decided to play some Angels Fall First earlier and got a few nifty screenshots. The context of the first two shots was both sides' battleships were engaged in a close range slug fest, so I hopped in a bomber to apply additional damage while dodging enemy fighter escorts and point defense guns.
Happened to be recording at the time so I actually posted a clip of that bombing run on YT.
Ghost Recon: Wildlands has the best graphics of any game I have seen, every different part of the map is stunning.
K95 RGB / Logitech G502 PS / Alienware AW3418DW / ViewSonic XG2703-GS / Sennheiser HD 598
save me from this insanity
- C.C.
The story of this battle isn't as interesting. The ADF, having defeated the Core, had taken the majority of the systems in the southern part of the galaxy. They stood relatively unmatched in terms of power and their fleet was second to none.
This fallen empire began to hassle our diplomats by saying we had insulted them in some way. The ADF had been looking for an excuse to invade and occupy the extremelly lucrative ring worlds found in the fallen empire and thus declared war.
The ADF Fleet warped to the system and fired upon all the defenses from the system's outer edge. The spinal mounted energy cannons fired in unison from all the battleships, decimated the fallen fleets before they could even get close. The energy cannons can be seen firing in this image.
I have one more I wanna post, but it's a long one so I'll wait til later.
All that is gold does not glitter, Not all those who wander are lost
The old that is strong does not wither, Deep roots are not reached by the frost
From the ashes a fire shall be woken, A light from the shadows shall spring
Renewed shall be the blade that was broken, The crownless again shall be king
I gotta admit that looks really good in pretty much every way I can think of.
boppin around in the beta with pals was really fun. maybe ill get the game soon
All that is gold does not glitter, Not all those who wander are lost
The old that is strong does not wither, Deep roots are not reached by the frost
From the ashes a fire shall be woken, A light from the shadows shall spring
Renewed shall be the blade that was broken, The crownless again shall be king
Finally...
One of many battles over Inbebice Prime, a Foundation owned planet on the border of the Quipsu Republic. In this specific image, the fleet of the Jibru Combine, an ally of the Foundation, is relieving the planet which had been under bombardment for years before, and would come under bombardment for years afterward as the war continued.
The war between the Foundation and its allies (namely the Jibru Combine) and the Quipsu Republic and their scattered allies in the southern systems occurred as a result of Foundation expansion near Quipsu territory. The Quipsu, being long time opponents of the Foundation, declared war with their allies invading Foundation southern systems and their fleets spending most of their time in the Jibru Combine and in the Inbebice System. At the wars outbreak they sent their fleet deep into foundation territory but it was cornered and decisively defeated by the Foundation fleet in the Foundation's home system.
In the Inbebice system, Foundation fleets were busy in the south, being tied up with all of the Quipsu's allies and thus were unable to defend their northern systems. The planet shown had been under bombardment for some time and invasion forces were in orbit, but neglected to land as Inbebice Prime would end up having the most defended surface of any planet in Foundation space.
In the battle shown, the Jibru had a significant numbers advantage over the Quipsu and wrecked havoc on their troop transports while also dealing a good amount of damage to their fleet before the Quipsu fled the system, making the battle a decisive allied victory.
Inbebice Prime would never be taken over the course of the war and, although its people and structures were devastated, was completely rebuilt at the close of the war, which ended with the Foundation annexing large swaths of Quipsu space to the north and the glassing of multiple capitals of the Foundation's enemies/
All that is gold does not glitter, Not all those who wander are lost
The old that is strong does not wither, Deep roots are not reached by the frost
From the ashes a fire shall be woken, A light from the shadows shall spring
Renewed shall be the blade that was broken, The crownless again shall be king
Nice! Looks like you had a laser doctrine while your enemy used missiles?
Yeah, it's my allies fighting there so I think they went laser, but I usually go mass driver (big cannons) when I can.
All that is gold does not glitter, Not all those who wander are lost
The old that is strong does not wither, Deep roots are not reached by the frost
From the ashes a fire shall be woken, A light from the shadows shall spring
Renewed shall be the blade that was broken, The crownless again shall be king
Played a relatively quick Galactic Civilizations 2 campaign on a medium sized map with a custom science-focused race called the Reptoids.
The full write-up I did for the campaign:
Played as a custom race called the Reptoids with bonuses to scientific research and the korath tech tree (slave labor n' stuff). I played a medium sized map and the other factions were the Terrans (stock faction, diplomatic), Drengin (stock faction, warlike), and the Bunzoids (custom race, cyborg rabbits that breed like, well, rabbits (thus high population)).
My starting position was located in the middle of the other three factions, so I knew I'd be surrounded for the entire game. I wound up colonizing three additional planets (one with toxic atmosphere, the other radioactive).
My first challenge came when the Terrans decided to seize some asteroid mining operations by destroying some influence starbases that kept them within the borders of my empire. The starbases along the border held them off for a time, but their superior numbers eventually prevailed, largely because my ships were slow-moving and I didn't want to pull them from the capital.
The second danger came from the Bunzoids, whose immense population allowed them to basically control the voting in the Council of Planets (space UN). There was one vote to decide where to locate the headquarters of the CoP (and get a huge influence boost as a result) and of course the Bunzoids won after voting for themselves. That caused their borders to expand to envelop one of my planets and I got a message it was threatening to secede to join the Bunzoids. Knowing I couldn't hold onto the colony, I sold it to the Drengins for some cash and technology (it seceded from the Drengins to join the Bunzoids a few turns later).
All the while my empire was short on cash due to running deficits due to interest payments on earlier ship/building purchases, which in turn was causing dissatisfaction among the populace. As a race with a scientific focus, however, I was able to sell off research to minor factions in return for liquidity. I also had an interest in providing some support for the minor factions, for there was a period where the Terrans and Bunzoids were focused on picking off the minor factions. By providing the minor factions with tech, they were better able to resist the other empires, slowing their expansions.
But this era of small conflicts came to an end when the Terrans and Bunzoids went to war with each other, a war from which the Bunzoids emerged victorious. The Terrans capitulated and surrendered all their territory and assets to the Bunzoids, who now controlled roughly 3/4 of the map. Seeking to build alliances and wealth, I began establishing trade routes with the other factions (all while appeasing the Bunzoids with gifts).
Needless to say, the Bunzoids had become a major threat, but an even greater threat emerged soon thereafter. The Dread Lords appeared and quickly cut through the northern parts of the Bunzoid empire with their super dreadnoughts, laying claim to a multitude of systems (among which were Earth (former Terran homeworld) and the planet I had sold off earlier). They then spread out throughout the galaxy, for no fleet could withstand them. They enforced their dominance of space by hunting and destroying every ship, fleet, trade route, and space station they could find, their fleets swarming the galaxy and filling it with death and destruction.
On the plus side, the Reptoid's debts had been paid off by then so they were running a budget surplus. This enabled them to buy ships at will. At first I tried to maintain the trade routes, but it became apparent that they didn't last long and only served to attract the Dread Lord fleets. By this point I had committed to going for the science victory condition, all I had to do was hold on to my planets. I also had the good fortune of a random event doubling the quality of my capital, enabling me to build additional buildings (mostly labs).
Then the Dread Lords set their sights on my capital planet, landing invasion forces which killed billions of Reptoids. After the first attempted invasion, the population on the capital was greatly depleted, forcing me to adopt a strategy of smuggling Reptoids from the radioactive planet colony to the capital, carefully evading the detection of patrolling Dread Lord ships. As it turns out, the plan was successful and while billions of reptoids perished in the final stand, they managed to research the victory technology, winning the game. Huzzah!
The TLDR version:
The Dread Lords appeared midway through the campaign and, through their merciless indiscriminate carnage and conquest, rendered space essentially off limits to all factions for no ship, fleet, or trade route could withstand them or long escape their malevolent notice. Isolated and vulnerable, the Reptoid homeworld soon found itself the subject of repeated Dread Lord invasions... while they were able to repel the Dread Lords, billions had lost their lives in the carnage and it was only a matter of time before they succumbed.
Yet hope remained, for they were relatively close to researching the scientific victory technology, all they had to do was hold out a hundred more turns. Thus a bold plot was developed, to buy colony ships (at a colony with essentially no production capabilities) fitted with a bunch of thrusters for max speed and smuggle additional defenders to the homeworld between Dread Lord patrols, then scuttle the ship upon delivery (for ships attracted DL ships and I wanted to stay under the radar). Bolstered by their reinforcements, the Reptoid homeworld was able to withstand repeated invasions long enough to research the victory tech. Huzzah!
Screenshots:
While I'm thinking about it, let me share some of the custom ship designs I've made for my custom GC2 races:
Reptoids
Bunzoids
On a side note, here's another random AFF screenshot:
Bomber squadron unleashing a powerful barrage on the enemy battleship.
my fridge on LSD
no, I don't know why it spawned there
BABY JERBOA!
Keep calm and Kannon
no idea
I loved this thing
.....
not say'n it was spies, but it was probably spies
this can only end well
and I stand corrected
apparently a rex corpse
SPYPER AHEAD!
Anyone know how to change my user name?
"And just when you thought you where the sexiest one here, i show up" -Fernando
check out my suggestion for Yggdrasil, the great world tree
FOR THE HOLY LOVE OF ARCEUS AND HELIX COMBINED PALADINS IS NOT AN OVERWATCH CLONE. tf2's the true king anyways
-Let's make some noise
My best screenshot ever
I really need to buy this game...
I know, I just never bought it. I'll probably get at this coming sale.
Heads up, this screenshot contains gore.
I managed to level every single class at once on Angry Birds Epic. This screenshot apparently was so good that it won a contest.
Stay fluffy~
I was mining in Minecraft when I came across this at just the right moment.
This corvette is having a very bad day