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Critch · 03-01-2016, 12:08 PM

It'll be a bit of time before the Dhayut Kingdom can think about wiping the brown smear off the map, the Virgissu Nation will have to wait.

Check Yourself Before You Wreck Yourself

The Dhayut Kingdom’s plan of capturing the Quameno mining stations then taking a step back from the war was flawless, except for one small detail: the Quameno hadn’t got the memo. If the Dhayut strategists had done a little research before rushing into the Quameno/Furmus War a couple of warning signs may have come to light. 1) The Quameno are tech wizards (much faster research) 2) The Quameno have a colony on a planet with abandoned research from the ancient civilizations (tech bonuses) 3) Despite being a much larger empire than the Quameno, the Furmus military strength rating was much the same (both are just over 8k, Furmus military seemed to be shrinking. For reference, the Dhayut military strength was 31k)

With those three points it would have been not difficult to come to the conclusion that the Quameno were technologically advanced and were winning the war, and the Dhayut had joined the wrong side.

The south of the Dhayut Kingdom is a long line of systems leading from Home in the center of the Kingdom down to Ryleuth at the extreme south, most of it defended by destroyers. About half way up the strand is the Dra Junction system. It wasn't a main system, a bit of a backwater, one colony (Beilme, the most recently added Ackdarian colony), a colony space port, a couple of mining bases and the Western Legion troop ships and escorts left since the Beilme invasion. No defense fleet, though. Dra Junction was the system that the Quameno attack fleet turned up in, 12 warships, much more advanced than anything the Dhayut had. Judging by their 8k military strength, this fleet was around a third to half of the Quameno military. Assuming they have defensive bases and ship, it was probably the only Quameno attack fleet.

The Quameno fleet was way too strong for a single Dhayut fleet to take on, so five fleets were sent to the nearest main Dhayut system (Nispes, one system east of Dra Junction). This would give the Dhayut a fleet of 47 ships, outgunning the Quameno fleet by about 2 to 1. Since the Quameno were more advanced with weapons it’s a good bet they were also more advanced on defenses (armor, shields, point defenses, ECM, etc.) so even the 47 may not have been enough.

We wouldn’t find out if it was enough though. By the time the fleet mustered in Nispes the Quameno fleet had laid waste to the Dra Junction system and warped off to Furmus space to take the war to them. They'd destroyed the Beilme space port and mining stations, some freighters, and the Western Legion troop ships and escorts. They didn't try a ground assault on the Beilme colony; the five battalions of Western Legion infantry on the planet may have put them off.

Since the Dhayut Kingdom had been dragged back into the war, it was time to go on the front foot. Betting that the Quameno fleet was a good proportion of their military and was now in Furmus space, the Great Southern Fleet headed off for hopefully lightly defended Quameno regions. It was too far from Dhayut space to invade and hold colonies; this was to be a pillaging mission, destroy anything poorly defended then flee for Dhayut space.

As the first meeting with a real empire’s warships hadn't gone well, the Dhayut Destroyer design was updated. Weapons were almost doubled, engines were increased and the new version was much stronger, almost as fast, but much more expensive. There are 104 destroyers in the Dhayut navy, so retrofitting to the new design wasn't going to be cheap (219k credits, about 10% of the reserves), and perhaps a bit risky while there was a Quameno fleet rampaging around, but the end result would be more security

The Dhayut Kingdom also met the Anseun Empire south of Quameno space, an empire that’s mostly Zenox. The Zenox are a feline race, cute little smiley cat people in fancy suits. Why am I playing as big nasty spiders when I could be playing as intergalactic space kittehs?

03-01-2016, 12:08 PM	#29
Critch lolzcat Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Herndon, VA	It'll be a bit of time before the Dhayut Kingdom can think about wiping the brown smear off the map, the Virgissu Nation will have to wait. Check Yourself Before You Wreck Yourself The Dhayut Kingdom’s plan of capturing the Quameno mining stations then taking a step back from the war was flawless, except for one small detail: the Quameno hadn’t got the memo. If the Dhayut strategists had done a little research before rushing into the Quameno/Furmus War a couple of warning signs may have come to light. 1) The Quameno are tech wizards (much faster research) 2) The Quameno have a colony on a planet with abandoned research from the ancient civilizations (tech bonuses) 3) Despite being a much larger empire than the Quameno, the Furmus military strength rating was much the same (both are just over 8k, Furmus military seemed to be shrinking. For reference, the Dhayut military strength was 31k) With those three points it would have been not difficult to come to the conclusion that the Quameno were technologically advanced and were winning the war, and the Dhayut had joined the wrong side. The south of the Dhayut Kingdom is a long line of systems leading from Home in the center of the Kingdom down to Ryleuth at the extreme south, most of it defended by destroyers. About half way up the strand is the Dra Junction system. It wasn't a main system, a bit of a backwater, one colony (Beilme, the most recently added Ackdarian colony), a colony space port, a couple of mining bases and the Western Legion troop ships and escorts left since the Beilme invasion. No defense fleet, though. Dra Junction was the system that the Quameno attack fleet turned up in, 12 warships, much more advanced than anything the Dhayut had. Judging by their 8k military strength, this fleet was around a third to half of the Quameno military. Assuming they have defensive bases and ship, it was probably the only Quameno attack fleet. The Quameno fleet was way too strong for a single Dhayut fleet to take on, so five fleets were sent to the nearest main Dhayut system (Nispes, one system east of Dra Junction). This would give the Dhayut a fleet of 47 ships, outgunning the Quameno fleet by about 2 to 1. Since the Quameno were more advanced with weapons it’s a good bet they were also more advanced on defenses (armor, shields, point defenses, ECM, etc.) so even the 47 may not have been enough. We wouldn’t find out if it was enough though. By the time the fleet mustered in Nispes the Quameno fleet had laid waste to the Dra Junction system and warped off to Furmus space to take the war to them. They'd destroyed the Beilme space port and mining stations, some freighters, and the Western Legion troop ships and escorts. They didn't try a ground assault on the Beilme colony; the five battalions of Western Legion infantry on the planet may have put them off. Since the Dhayut Kingdom had been dragged back into the war, it was time to go on the front foot. Betting that the Quameno fleet was a good proportion of their military and was now in Furmus space, the Great Southern Fleet headed off for hopefully lightly defended Quameno regions. It was too far from Dhayut space to invade and hold colonies; this was to be a pillaging mission, destroy anything poorly defended then flee for Dhayut space. As the first meeting with a real empire’s warships hadn't gone well, the Dhayut Destroyer design was updated. Weapons were almost doubled, engines were increased and the new version was much stronger, almost as fast, but much more expensive. There are 104 destroyers in the Dhayut navy, so retrofitting to the new design wasn't going to be cheap (219k credits, about 10% of the reserves), and perhaps a bit risky while there was a Quameno fleet rampaging around, but the end result would be more security The Dhayut Kingdom also met the Anseun Empire south of Quameno space, an empire that’s mostly Zenox. The Zenox are a feline race, cute little smiley cat people in fancy suits. Why am I playing as big nasty spiders when I could be playing as intergalactic space kittehs? Last edited by Critch : 03-01-2016 at 12:16 PM.