Just wanted to post something short and sweet as I'm finishing off my fourth 0.95a, Midline focused Campaign. Expect something a bit lenghtier when I've finally done all the things and I get ready for the 5th one, hopefully as soon as D.R.'s Ship & Weapon Pack and Vayra's Sector are updated
I've explored every single system in my standard sized sector, built up every single one of my 4 colonies in the same system to size 6 and I'm almost done integrating 3 hullmods in every single combat ship I have, including the frigates. I've seldomly sold any cores and did just enough core farming in high danger places to allow me to actually fully survey them. Please do note I'm playing with Ruthless Sector which adds [Redacted] in space, so the overall numbers may be a bit higher.
The (almost, thanks AcaMentis
) fully explored Sector
My 4 colonies:
Cores in my Inventory
Unused Relics in my Inventory (I did not do any raiding in this campaign whatsoever, despite picking up Ground Operations)
I'll eventually cover up my combat fleet decently, but the contingent consists of highly mobile ships with a lot of kinetic, EMP and energy damage. There's 170 Deployment Points worth of Capital ships and 100 Deployment Points worth of Frigates. I limited myself to not using phaseships, no high tech fighters and no high tech ship above frigate class. The fleet setup would totally work with Monitor Spam too, I just don't like spamming miniature Paragons across the battlefield.
-2 Officered Herald Class Battlecarriers from Torchships and Deadly Armaments, fitted for direct fire support and heavy fighters
-2 Officered Conquest Class Battlecruisers, using a special variant from Kazeron Navarchy and fitted with 2x Mjolnir, 2x HVD, 2x Squall and Arc Emitters from High Tech Expansion for PD
-7 Officered Aeith Class "Glass Cannon Gunships" From Rotcesrats, using an Ion Pulser, two IR pulse lasers and two Microrailguns from a mod I can't quite remember off the top of my head
-6 Omen Class Frigates using two Graviton Blasters from a mod I can not pinpoint right now.
Some battle screenshot spam:Back when I had two Gryphons and 3 Conquests:
The 100DP frigate force encircling pirate forces before me engaging the "Full Assault" order and letting the carnage begin
"Where did the Persean League touch you" Asked the AI Psychiatrist to the Alpha Core
Conquest mostly soloing Radiants with rivers of kinetic damage and chain overloads
Me raging at the infuriating shield AI
The rest of the fleet is two tugs, two salvage gantries, 6 Atlases and 3 (or was it 4?) Promethei. The total fleet count is exactly 30. My skills are 9 in leadership (I picked Ground Operations), 5 in technology (I picked Special Modifications) and 1 in Industry (I picked Bulk Transport). I initially was planning on integrating 3 logitics hullmods on all my non-militarized capital-class logistic ships but I did waste a lot of story points on ships I did not bring into my endgame fleet so I decided not to.
Here's my modpack for anyone interested. I may write a thread with the new and improved one as soon as I start my 5th campaign with it, let me know if you'd be interested.
I've still got to deal with
the PTSD fleet, Ludd's Angry Broccoli, the Dorito gank Squad, the completely fair and balanced mission and the Explorarium Extravaganza. Sorry I just can't be bothered with spoiler tags since I'm using them way too much already and decided to go with my nonsensical nicknames for the spoiler content. Have a good one fellow starfarers!