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Gothic III Screenshots
Steve Walmsley:
This is a placeholder thread for screenshots from my current campaign. I haven't been documenting it, but as it becoming quite large I though I would post a few snippets as I go.
I am currently facing five Hive Fleets (five different Swarm races). Hive Fleet Kraken has inertial confinement fusion and Hive Fleet Jormungandr, which I have only just met, is faster so I assume that has anti-matter engines.
There are three Aether Rifts, one of which is three jumps from Sol, and I have met three NPRs, two of which are at war with the third. I have somewhat fractious relations due my attempts to salvage wrecks in their territory but no open war yet. At least one is also at inertial confinement fusion. There is a very large Necron (precursor) presence in Hagia, but I can't get past the jump point due to a large picket force.
The campaign is seventeen years in and I started with gas core engines and limited research admin. Due to a strategy of disabling and capturing Tyranid ships, then using carriers to move the ships back to Terra for repair and scrapping, plus a 70% propulsion construct in Alpha Centauri, I have just managed to get my own race to inertial confinement fusion technology, although it will take a long time for upgrades. I've also explored 210 systems so far.
You will need to scroll the post to the right to see the whole map.
Kaiser:
Impressive!!! Steve, when you have a minute, could you please give your advice as well here? http://aurora2.pentarch.org/index.php?topic=13147.msg163132#new
Thank you!
vorpal+5:
Oh the insanity! The sheer scale of your campaign Steve is mind-boggling, at least for me ;D
Xkill:
That is one impressive starmap! Love the scale! Bet it's hard to keep track of everything.
I'm sure some more info over those NPR-on-NPR conflicts would be interesting... :)
Have they met these Tyranid forces aswell?
Steve Walmsley:
Now almost 19 years into the game and I have explored 237 systems. I think I have wiped out the weakest of the five Hive fleets, although there a few stragglers I haven't tracked down and I have taken a couple more Necron systems, although still not the major Necron system of Hagia. Despite three Aether Rifts, there is no sign of any Chaos ships so far.
I am also holding ground against the fast attack craft of the other hives using the Faustus class interceptor. The latest in the series is shown below. They operate in groups of three (six for older models) from Hydra class bases located within a few million kilometres of the contact jump points.
Faustus V class Interceptor 2,000 tons 22 Crew 886.6 BP TCS 40 TH 806 EM 0
20164 km/s Armour 1-14 Shields 0-0 HTK 14 Sensors 0/0/0/0 DCR 0-0 PPV 12
Maint Life 1.15 Years MSP 1,150 AFR 400% IFR 5.6% 1YR 878 5YR 13,169 Max Repair 403.125 MSP
Commander Control Rating 1 BRG
Intended Deployment Time: 1.5 days Morale Check Required
Ravenor AC-800-DB Attack Craft Drive (1) Power 806.2 Fuel Use 166.02% Signature 806.25 Explosion 21%
Fuel Capacity 198,000 Litres Range 10.7 billion km (6 days at full power)
Valentinian-Ventris V12-240 Heavy Lance Battery (1) Range 240,000km TS: 20,164 km/s Power 37-5 ROF 40
MK III Faustus Fire Control (1) Max Range: 320,000 km TS: 15,000 km/s 97 94 91 88 84 81 78 75 72 69
R-5B Inertial Confinement Fusion Reactor (1) Total Power Output 5.1 Exp 20%
MK III Fury Augur Array (1) GPS 3 Range 3.5m km MCR 317.9k km Resolution 1
Hydra class Interceptor Base 9,750 tons 162 Crew 1,266.9 BP TCS 195 TH 0 EM 0
1 km/s Armour 1-40 Shields 0-0 HTK 74 Sensors 0/33/0/0 DCR 12-12 PPV 0
Maint Life 11.89 Years MSP 3,474 AFR 63% IFR 0.9% 1YR 45 5YR 680 Max Repair 105 MSP
Hangar Deck Capacity 6,000 tons
Captain Control Rating 2 BRG AUX
Intended Deployment Time: 120 months Flight Crew Berths 120 Morale Check Required
Fuel Capacity 451,000 Litres Range N/A
MK II Light Cruiser Active Augur Array (1) GPS 12600 Range 94.6m km Resolution 120
MK II Cloak Detection Array (1) GPS 315 Range 21.1m km Resolution 15
MK II Very Large Electromagnetic Augur Array (1) Sensitivity 33 Detect Sig Strength 1000: 45.4m km
There are still no Inertial Fusion ships in service larger than the Faustus, except for a couple of freighters, although I should have the first before 4020. The Tyranid Hive and its escort ships were taken out by a pair of Emperor II class battleships (Indominus Rex and Thunder of Heaven), with similar tech cruisers and light cruisers in support.
Emperor II class Battleship 78,125 tons 2,533 Crew 19,353.1 BP TCS 1,562 TH 12,500 EM 25,500
8000 km/s Armour 10-162 Shields 850-510 HTK 492 Sensors 33/33/0/0 DCR 60-7 PPV 408
Maint Life 1.61 Years MSP 9,299 AFR 814% IFR 11.3% 1YR 4,188 5YR 62,820 Max Repair 1250 MSP
Captain Control Rating 2 BRG AUX
Intended Deployment Time: 12 months Morale Check Required
Ravenor RDS-2500-B Magnetic Fusion Drive (5) Power 12500 Fuel Use 22.10% Signature 2500 Explosion 12%
Fuel Capacity 2,349,000 Litres Range 24.5 billion km (35 days at full power)
Valentinian-Stern VS-85 Void Shield (10) Recharge Time 510 seconds (1.7 per second)
Valentinian-Ventris V12-240 Heavy Lance Battery (12) Range 240,000km TS: 8,000 km/s Power 37-5 ROF 40
Astaroth Kinetics AK-25 Weapons Battery (24x4) Range 250,000km TS: 8,000 km/s Power 15-5 RM 50,000 km ROF 15
AK-10 Defence Battery (24x4) Range 50,000km TS: 8,000 km/s Power 3-3 RM 50,000 km ROF 5
MK IV Energy Weapon Fire Control (6) Max Range: 320,000 km TS: 8,000 km/s 97 94 91 88 84 81 78 75 72 69
R-25 Tokamak Fusion Reactor (10) Total Power Output 254 Exp 5%
MK II Cloak Detection Array (1) GPS 315 Range 21.1m km Resolution 15
MK II Battleship Active Augur Array (1) GPS 30240 Range 146.5m km Resolution 120
MK II Torpedo Detection Array (1) GPS 21 Range 8.6m km MCR 771.7k km Resolution 1
MK II Very Large Electromagnetic Augur Array (1) Sensitivity 33 Detect Sig Strength 1000: 45.4m km
MK III Very Large Thermal Augur Array (1) Sensitivity 33 Detect Sig Strength 1000: 45.4m km
ECCM-1 (1) ECM 20
Strike Group
1x Thunderhawk Assault Transport Speed: 9504 km/s Size: 19.99
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