With the threat of extinction, the Freebees demanded a new warship, named for there great race. So, the Freebee was launched, the most powerful warship in the navy. This warship proved to be a thorn in the side to both Iconian fighters, and Altarian battleships! The Iconians invaded a world to the south, so the Freebees set out to liberate there brethern. And three weeks later did exactly that. The Iconians weren't as determined as the Altarians- and bowed out of the war. A great sigh of relief swept through the nation. At this time, the UP met- the wars had to stop. ANd thus they did. An uneasy peace set in, however Altarian battle fleets remaind in our territory- they obviously knew what was coming, and exaclty three weeks after the peace had been made the Freebees made a slew of invasionas across the western and eastern Altarian worlds, which would have crushed many other nationas- but only lead to more Altarian worlds- it was on! The Iconaisn again tried to retake one of our southern worlds, this time they failed, and several other transports were destroyed. Also, about 10 Altarian transports had appeared, and were aimed for undefended worlds. So, the Freebees sent several of there fast Battleship Killers to dispatch these transports- the threat of invasion was temporarily removed. The Altarians also continued there war with the Yor. It just shows how powerful there industrial cpacity was- they were kicking the Yors butts, and going tooth and nail with the Freebees. The Freebees attempted to start again with there offensive plans. In the west the Altarians were very powerful, and quick to retake worlds they lost. In the east, things were bogged down, but the Freebees managed to take a few more worlds, before there population hinderd them from mass invasions. At this time, the Freebee was still kicking butt, and delivered defeat after defeat to Iconain fighters to the south- time to bring those ships north. We made our peace with the Iconians yet again. (But they would remain positively on the ltarian side of things, as they'd randomly attack transports, but make peace as soon as it was offered). Not wanting two wars(considering the size of the Altarian empire, both in the east and west I am sure it would have counted as a third war) The Freebees again eliminated Altarian warships from around the prodctive capability- but this time with out the help of the Dark Yor. ALso, the campaign in the northeast started to look up as we finally took several nice worlds- but again the Altarians struck! They retook half there systems in the west, and in the east they had caput the offensive to all but a stand still. Then, they attempted to make short work of the Freebees- they aimed a transport at the capitol! The Freebees faught with pride that day, and pushed the ALtarians off there world.

A scout had located a network of freighters to the Iconians- and nothing guarding the freight. It was now time to test the new Freebee fighter, which was made in response to the Iconain threat. For three weeks the fighters unloaded on the frighters, but in battle they proved a failure.

About this time all but a few worlds in the northeastern portion of the Galaxy had been conqoured, but not a week went by that the ALtarians didn't try to retake them. On our western front, things were in disorder, and a policy of containment was now sought- the west was officially offlimits to military offensives. The Torians, now completely surrounded by our territory, and not wanting to join the fun, decided to make an alliance with the Freebees- and we should them our good nature by giving them two troop transports, and three battleship killers, and a fleet of defenders. The Torians were delighted.
However, a deficate was now forming for the Freebees. Every other week, Taxes and spending had to be adjusted. The stock market was rise sky high, and then the next week plumet like it hadn't even been there. The Freebees couldn't even keep an econo starbase up, before an Altarian battle fleet would appear and destroy it.

The fighters followed the paths of the frieghters and found several more ALtarian systems. We wondered allowed, "Is victory possible?"

In the mideastern Galaxy we managed to take a few more worlds, but costs were starting to show. Our transport producing worlds populations were all but destroyed, we had to move our transports from production worlds to populated worlds, to pick up troops.
At this point, not a week went by that the Yor didn't plead for some kind of aid. We provided them with some tech and a few fighters. The Yor were close to defeat. But we could barely keep our front lines supplied. Even the Freebee was starting to show its age, especially with Altarian dreadnaughts. The freebee could still do some damage, but couldn't face one of those one on one and hope to survive.

Then, something happened: we found the Altarian homeworld! It was time to show the Altarians that this war was serious. We sent 10 billion soldiers, and very quickly now, our transports were very fast.
The Altarians had begun to show some signs of weakness in the east- but definately no loss of resolve as they aimed to try and retake our worlds again! with the bulk of the fleet in the regine or enroute, however, we destroyed several transports, and the last one retreated.
Exactly five weeks after the homeworld of the Altarians was discovered, we started the invasion. Knowing that this was the capitol of this dangerous and mighty foe,
we sent our forces in in waves. The invasion was a success! The ALtarians had been humilated. The Freebees, still struggling with a deficate, ovvered peace with the Altarians!

to be continued

I'm sorry for the lack of pictures/screen shots. I had no idea the game would be so epic.

Wow... I only had one game that epic. Most of the time I never get that many ships in my navy.

thanks:) Sorry it lacks details of planet names as well. I wish I had a fancy for writing those things down.

Ultimately the Altarians and Iconians grew strong again, and fought two further wars with the Freebees. At the ballte of Iconia though, it was obvious to even the most enthusiastic supports of the war that Iconia was breathing its last, like an old man on a respirator, and that Altaria had finally admitted defeat, by how quickly they offered peace. In between the final wars, they attempted to regain control through influence, but the Freebees nabbed two planets from the Iconians.
The Freebees had intended on annihlating the Iconians, because throughout the primary conflict, they would ocasionally breach cease-fires to attack transports, resulting in the deaths of billions of freebee soldiers. But then they'd offer peace immediately, to my great relief, because at the time the Freebees didn't have enough of an industry yet to go after both Iconia and Altaria.

For player notes, I've noticed the Iconians and the Altarians are bound to ally. The combination of the two, if they can get to that point, is unstopable. The Iconians prefer a strategy of light fast fighters, and lots of them, to bigger hulls. While the Altarians will use larger hulls, escorted by light fighters, and then they seem to converge there transports on particular planets, in a kind of combined warfare that I didn't think the AI was capable of. Thats how they defeated the dark Yor, and how they initially tried to win against the Freebees(but luckily the battleship killers were faster than the troop transports). Eventually the Torian Federation joined the Freebee empire. I've noticed the Torians, while capable of becoming strong, they have a tendancy to be anti-social. Part of it may have been the fact that the Freebee republic encumpassed them, but in other games they become very powerful, or are the first to go. As a rule, unless I am a super power I don't ally with the Torians, simply to avoid wars I can't handle.

Wicked Story Man... i wish i had one like that... i guess i'll have to create a new civ. and try it for myself, maybe i'll have the dread lord in their as well... thanks for the insperation.

1900 ships! Swarms!

Must have had lots of planets to build and support that many.

Hydro

Nope, I haven't done any GalCiv2 metaverse. I've looked into it and I have to admit that the instructions aren’t very clear (or I’m a bit dense). I don’t understand generating a ‘character’ or joining a race. When I’ve poked around I haven’t seen anything that explains how it is supposed to work, so I wandered away.

Hydro