[God Emperor]

Turn 53;
Piundon just declared war but their ships dont appear to be particularly impressive - have destroyed three destroyers so far without a scratch. Have two destroyers and three lt cruisers opposing them.
Terrans are down to one planet somewhere and they still wont surrender.
Am still appeasing the Klingons, Rage and Colonials. Klingons have claims over two of my systems but have not taken any action so far.
Mineral reserves now around 36,000. Am upping my ship production program.

Player position Ratings;
1st Romulans 31 planets, 53 ships
2nd Borg 33 planets, 48 ships
3rd Klingons 25 planets, 36 ships
4th Piundon 17 planets, 42 ships
5th Abbidon 10 planets, 23 ships
6th Rage 16 planets, 29 ships

7th Me 27 planets, 21 ships


Diplomacy
Me At war with Terrans and Piundon
Borg At war with Norak, Shadows, Colonials and Abbidon!!!
Romulans At war with Darloks and Norak
Klingons at war with Narn and Sergetti
Abbidon At war with Borg
Piundon At War with me
Rage At war with Pyrochette

Comments
Borg ships are not being equipped with Shields even though they have the tech. Not quite sure why. They are equipped with armour, boarding and neural interface though.
Borg have a good selection of planets and should continue to do well barring another race getting a tech they cannot cope with.

Colonials are deploying a lot of carriers but dont have lt cruisers yet. Their destroyers are very poorly kitted out. They will be very reliant on the success of their fighters. Dont seem to have many reserach colonies.

Darlok situation is very similar to that of the Colonials, except that they have discovered Intelligence and have no research or intelliegnce colonies. They do have 3 military installations.

Klingons are continuing to do well. Ships are very heavily designed. Good spread of planet types.

Narn are still getting No Storage Messages whilst building Satellites. Ship designs are very weak. Have a poor spread of planet types - one research colony and three Construction Yards? Dont even have fighters. These guys are dog meat for any of the majors....

Norak arent doing too bad. Have a good spread of planet types and even though they are only deploying destroyers, they do pack Mark V missiles. Norak are in Partnership with the Colonials which should help a fait bit too.

Piundon have spread quite well but seem to have too many Mining Colonies, half of which have less than 80 minerals. Their maintenance is currently well under their production rate, so they must have triggered the auto mining colony build in the past (their Planet_Types file looks ok, although Research and intelligence colonies will be few and far between).
Ship wise, Piundon are just starting to pack Crystalline torpedoes on their destroyers, but, they do have two carriers in action.

Pyrochette seem to be travelling fairly well. Have reasonable ships (lt cruisers packing Shield III's, missile II's, contra terrene engines). Have a good spread of planet types.

Rage look very potent as they have Lt cruisers packing Shield V's, PPB IV's and PD V's. They have a good spread of planet types.
Getting lots of No Storage Messages however.

Romulans are currently the meanest mothers in the valley. Are deploying Lt Cruisers with DUC IV's or Missile III's, Shield III's and 5xArmour III's. Planet wise, they have a very good spread of planet types by virtue of the sheer number of planets that they have colonised.

Sergetti are doing ok currently. Good ships (Lt Cruisers packing DUC V's, Shield III's and contra terrene engines). have a good spread of planet types although no organic colonies (hasnt caused them any problems at this stage though).

Shadows are still suffering from a lack of decent minerals, organics and refining worlds. Ship designs are good with Lt Cruisers packing Shield IV's and parasite or globule III's. Are at war with the Borg so I suspect that they will not do well.

Toron are doing poorly due to a lack of decent minerals, organics and refining colonies. They also have a large number of Construction Yards, although these eventually produce research compounds so overall it may not be a problem. Their ships are weak (still deploying only destroyers), although they do have PPB II's and Armour III.

Xi Chung are doing poorly primarily due to a very slow expansion rate (lots of planets nearby to be colonised). Their ships are weak (still deploying only destroyers), although they do have parasite and globule II's. Fortunately, these guys have only encountered the Toron (at war with them) so they may yet get to grow.

Abbidon are doing very well. They dont have a lot of planets or ships but have very advanced tech (psychic weapons V, shields III, contra terrene engines, Lt cruisers).
These guys could be a serious contender for top AI in this game. They are friendly with most races and are only at war with the Borg.


[This message has been edited by God Emperor (edited 20 May 2001).]