This will likely be my Last post for a while - going on holidays so if the game starts before the second week of next year, can some please look after the Gaim for me?
My list of RCE changes (seems to be working in my current game - so far)
Ship Builder fixed at size 700
Mine Layer, Satellite Layer, Kamikazi ship & Assualt Ship all have max size decreased to 500
Eliminated the 4th Troop Transport entry
Eliminated the Heavy and Super Carrier entries
Current Game : Gaim. Have Trade & Research treaties with the EA and Cascor. War with the Hurr. Did have a brief war with the Grome - they now occupy my Oxygen planets
The Hurr are sending Super Dreadnoughts equipped with 7 Massive Mount Heavy Plasma Mk V guns at me through a single Jump Point. Thanks to my Boarding Parties I've jumped 5 levels in Plasma, 2 in General Heavy and 5 in Ship Construction
The Grome are reputed to be good at ground combat - well so are my Gaim and I wanted a match up. I invaded the Grome's only sector (they were in the game as a Neutral) with an impressive force of 20 Heavy Destroyers, 18 Light Cruisers, 3 Light Carriers (each carrying 120 Light Fighters) and 3 Light Transports (each carrying 1500 Elite Light Infantry with Mk I Infantry guns). I headed straight for the Homeworld. My losses to their defences were 4 Light Cruisers and approx 1/3 of my fighters - but it was the ground combat I wanted to see. The first transport landed and I watched at the 1500 troops were slaughtered by the Grome's 2000+ Light Infantry - but they did kill over 500 of the foe. The second transport grounded and again my entire force was wiped out - but the foe was down to under 700 Infantry and 80 Militia. The final transport dropped and the battle field was finally mine - with a mere 600 Infantry left of the 4500 I came to this battle with.