Conventional start game, just had my third battle with
precursors in a system next to Sol.
First battle was a squadron of 3 frigates dispatched after the loss of contact with a survey ship, they spotted the enemy only to be obliterated before being able to fire a shot.
Second battle was a follow-up squadron of four updated 5000-tonne frigates with state-of-the-art nuclear pulse drives (
) and improved missiles. The battle started off well, with the enemy taking significant damage to a number of their ships, but the small squadron eventually ran out of missiles and was lost with all hands.
The third battle of Procyon took place a few years after the first two. Having lost two squadrons already it had been decided to wait for another round of upgrades, and after 4-5 years I was ready to venture out again. Determined not to lose a third engagement almost three quarters of the mobile forces available to Earth were dispatched. Nine River Mod B guided missile frigates and three modified frigate leader variants set out for the contested system. The advantage in numbers was decisive this time, and although three more frigates were lost before the battle ended all six enemy craft (which despite being numerically outnumbered still out-massed the fleet by almost 10000 tonnes) were destroyed.
Sadly the database has been corrupted and I think I've lost the game.