First of all, hello everyone o/
Found this game/community while searching for games similar to ascIIsector. Was blown away by the detail of the game and decided to give a try.
So far it's been an amazing experience, aside from the small detail below.
Been playing my first game, following the tutorial closely, for several days now.
Mapped several systems, and recovered tech from some unknown wrecks, so far no encounter with other aliens, except for this one race I found when exploring Sirious.
Cant contact them, as they're too alien, and know nothing about them except for the fact they have a massive fleet of seemingly indestructible ships with 60k km range mason blasters that turn a ship to dust in one volley - Partially because: at first encounter they've had the modest number of 20 ships, 17 years later there are about 130 of them.
My latest ship design, the only one that was able to do some sort of damage, before being vaporized. I've had about 20 of them, but they were destroyed in less than 5 minutes of engaging, while only managing to cause atmospheric (or fluid) venting in one enemy ship:
Heretic class Destroyer 4,450 tons 382 Crew 582. 5 BP TCS 89 TH 160 EM 0
1797 km/s Armour 4-24 Shields 0-0 Sensors 1/1/0/0 Damage Control Rating 2 PPV 10. 4
Maint Life 1. 92 Years MSP 164 AFR 79% IFR 1. 1% 1YR 58 5YR 868 Max Repair 144 MSP
Nuclear Pulse Engine E10M (4) Power 40 Fuel Use 100% Signature 40 Armour 0 Exp 5%
Fuel Capacity 50,000 Litres Range 20. 2 billion km (130 days at full power)
Single 15cm C2 Visible Light Laser Turret (2x1) Range 120,000km TS: 12000 km/s Power 6-2 RM 2 ROF 15 6 6 4 3 2 2 1 1 1 1
Fire Control S16 64-12000 H70 (2) Max Range: 128,000 km TS: 12000 km/s 92 84 77 69 61 53 45 37 30 22
Stellarator Fusion Reactor Technology PO-3 (2) Total Power Output 6 Armour 0 Exp 5%
This design is classed as a Military Vessel for maintenance purposes
Previously attempted missile boats didnt work, as missiles weren't fast enough to track those ships, and my sensors can't pick them up till they're a few mil km away.
Though I am no stranger to games with difficult learning curves (I play EVE and Dwarf Fortress regularly), I find this first, and only, encounter very daunting. Although I did expect to die horribly in my first game, this seems to be quite brutal. After reading the tutorials, wiki, and others' ship designs Im still at a loss of how I should fight those monsters. What fleet size should I be aiming for? Should I focus on developing some sort of special weapons? Was it all just my fault for taking it easy with expansion and letting an enemy become unstoppable?
Thanks in advance,
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