This is why Aurora needs an option for a planet-destroying death star weapon. Some planets are really asking for it. Then you could use asteroid harvester ships to get the minerals from the debris field.
Heh , yes they do
I've had a little peak into the NPR system that constantly is mentioned in combat logs ... no less than 500 wrecks ranging from 1k ton to 29k .... so yeah ....
Little Update :
Terrans made contact with three alien races almost at once in newly discovered Yalta system which led the Navy Command to believe that this system is some kind of contested territory. Two of those races ( Coimbatore Empire and Federation of Glar ) appear to be friendly.
Third one on the other hand is called the Depok Commonwealth and in January 2039 one of their FAC ( i assume it was FAC coz of the 1k tonnage and 7k km/s speed ) launched full salvo against terran survey vessel ORP Galileo. Thankfully the Naval Command had implemented "better safe than sorry" doctrine and had every ship, regardles of class, outfitted with the CIWS system so the Galileo somehow managed to destroy every incoming missile and bolted out of the system with 2 more Survey ships.
Naval Command ordered the Sol Fleet to perform a full Yalta system sweep and elimination of every hostile force encountered.
Month later Sol Fleet led by the ORP Niez?omny jumped to Yalta. Enemy ship was obviously nowhere to be found but small colony was detected and destroyed ( really small - EM signature 500-something ) before fleet retreated from Yalta.
So far not one Depok ship have been detected anywhere else but Terran forces are still on high-alert and the race designation remains " Hostile - shoot on sight "
Meanwhile Pollux system is a site of an intense battles between NPR's ( see attachment ).
Mind that first pic is at 72K !! zoom .. And there is a JP among all those wrecks so its probably an continous incursion attempt .
I love this game <3
Another Update:
On 26th April 2035 I have discovered fourth race - Gouderak Empire. Unfortunately Gouderaks are hostile to everyone which led to the destruction of the ORP Hypatia survey vessel no more than 15 seconds after the jump to the newly discovered Gemini system - this time CIWS didn't help because it was almost point blank laser fire.
Hypatia captain Lt. Commander Nina Witek perished along with the rest of the crew and in the effort to avenge them Sol Fleet have been dispatched yet again.
It arrived aprox. month later and destroyed group of 102 FAC's but Naval Command ordered them to withdraw from the system based on a suspicion that this is the homeworld of Gouderaks and Sol Fleet simply has not enough ammo or fuel to acomplish anything there ( Gemini is a looong way from nearest terran colony ).
Goverment decided against anymore retaliatory actions againt the Gouderak and voted in favor of simply fortyfing systems with colonies.
First of the Medusa JP defense bases are now being tractored to the positions around only Sol JP ( christ setting up fire controls for "ship" with 50 ASM launchers, 100 AMM launchers, 5x ASM FC and 10x AMM FC is a painnnnnn in the ... mikta ).
Medusa is armed with the Hammer missiles ( slower with less range but more agile and more powerful version of the Mjolnir ASM used by the Terran military ships - less range is hardly the problem since Medusas are positioned less then 750k from the jump point ) which will hopefully make a tough nut to crack for anyone attempting to invade Sol.
And couple of years more and i will have the Anti-matter drive technology ^____^
Yet Another Stupid Edit: welp ... i lost ORP Kopernik shredded by laser fire while entering system belonging to the Depok Commonwealth so im now in the state of war
with 3 from 4 known alien races .... and last one has -89 relation with us so its safe to say that they are hostile too ..... FUN. . Ok only 2 races are still hostile
Coimbatore Empire send message apologizing for their captain firing at Galileo and offering trade access for Terran ships ( not both way as the Nationalists party in Commonwealth parliment is too strong to pass Free Trade Act ) and relations with Glar are rising.
Meanwhile fleet was dispatched to rescue Kopernik captain taken prisoner by the Depoks. And thats how i learned the term "Jump blindness" -_____________- when more than 20 railgun equiped FAC's were waiting at the other side ....
Fleet managed to retreat from the enemy system but not before losing ORP Takeda Shingen, Julius Ceasar and Czyngis-Chan destroyer escorts and ORP Ork support ship -_____________-
And now i have to research, design and build a jump ships -____________-