Nooooo!!! I should have read that trade screen.
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I started a new game, on a large galaxy, with all races enabled and set to challenging. Planets and Habitable planets were both set to uncommon, but other options were in their default positions. I picked the Terrans.
When the game began, I was starting in the southern corner. My immediate neighbours were the Vor and the Drengin, and the only star system not already inside their borders had no habitable planets. However, Earth had a +700% Manufacturing bonus on one tile, so I decided to give it a go and see what happened.
4 economic starbases and many weeks later, Earth was a massive producer of 'stuff'. I was a little behind in tech, but I had just enough ships to take out any Drengin fleets and defenders I encountered. I was researching Planetary Invasion, and had about 3 or 4 weeks to wait before I could crank out some transports...
...and that's when the Vor demanded tribute. They had been conquering some nearby races and were larger than the Drengin. I wasn't sure if my production could cope with that kind of war, so I decided to accept. That's when I spotted "Earth" out of the corner of my eye, but it was too late. My brain had already told my finger to click. I had just enough time to mentally scream "Nooooooooooooo!!!!!!!" before the deal was done.
All I had left was Mars, which wasn't in very good shape. I didn't have enough money to rush build any factories, or the population to build enough transports.
When the game began, I was starting in the southern corner. My immediate neighbours were the Vor and the Drengin, and the only star system not already inside their borders had no habitable planets. However, Earth had a +700% Manufacturing bonus on one tile, so I decided to give it a go and see what happened.
4 economic starbases and many weeks later, Earth was a massive producer of 'stuff'. I was a little behind in tech, but I had just enough ships to take out any Drengin fleets and defenders I encountered. I was researching Planetary Invasion, and had about 3 or 4 weeks to wait before I could crank out some transports...
...and that's when the Vor demanded tribute. They had been conquering some nearby races and were larger than the Drengin. I wasn't sure if my production could cope with that kind of war, so I decided to accept. That's when I spotted "Earth" out of the corner of my eye, but it was too late. My brain had already told my finger to click. I had just enough time to mentally scream "Nooooooooooooo!!!!!!!" before the deal was done.
All I had left was Mars, which wasn't in very good shape. I didn't have enough money to rush build any factories, or the population to build enough transports.
