Game Settings:
Medium size – 600 stars
9 AI Empires
1-2 Fallen Empires
2 Marauder Empires
1.5X habitable worlds
3x primitive civs
1x crisis strength
Random crisis
Diff – Captain – Ai gets boosts
Empires in clusters near each other
I order my construction ship to build research stations in Shapa and mine minerals and credits here. I order my research ship next door to explore next door Pathavon which has two planets in the system.
I order another science vessel built
I choose these techs to research:
Quantum Theory - +20% physics research
Bio. Studies - +20% Society research
Nanomechanics - +20% engineering research
Here is my homeworld and home system:
2201 – February – In our survey, we find habitable worlds in our system, I begin the Habitable Worlds survey event.
I order our new science vessel to survey Antares, next to Shapa and with a continental world
April - I finish construction in the Shepa system and I move my construction ship to Pathavon.
May – I can get a new tradition! I choose the path of Expansion and we get bonuses to colony growth
I order an Autochton Monument in my homeworld which will help our unity growth.
2202 – March - I discover a dig site in Antares
May – We have first contact
I choose an open arms approach to first contact
June - I order civilian industries to turn minerals into goods on my homeworld.
July – I finish surveying Antares; I head next to an unknown system
August – we get a terraforming planet found in Pathavon
Pathavon fully surveyed, I order my ship here to Rimmock and my construction ship to build a star base here
I order a colony ship.