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[kaian-a-coel]

Still in development. And one involving the fans deeply. The latest race (the Automatons) was fan-made. And their ships design was also decided by fans. Fans proposed designs and fans voted for their favourite design. Now devs are making them a reality.
They are going to implement yet another faction, and fighters/bombers. Ship design and even functionalities are being submitted to the fans for vote.
So different kinds of lava planets may not be impossible
That said, I'm off to the game.

EDIT: Progress!

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I finished the research of N-way fusion plants. The unlocked improvement will give us significantly higher production, once built (+1 or +2 per pop, plus +10%)


And I just finished the mapping of our local cluster. All unexplored lanes are vortex, which means we have to wait for Casimir effect engines to explore further. Note the purple icons locating the Titane-70 sources. The Pilgrims got lucky and have one right on their colony. There is another one on Deki, inside our influence zone, but we cant access it yet. But what is this third one, lost in the backwater sytem of Regulus? Is this a yellow circle around that grey disc?


YESSS. This is a Natural Wonder. This particular one lower the cost of building improvements and ships in this system by 15%. It's a shame it's located in a single-planet system, but it can give us a sweet boost early on. I colonized Ybela before exploring Regulus, so we'll have to build another colony ship if we want that system.

[Neonivek]

So different kinds of lava planets may not be impossible

That is good. While I have nothing wrong with a lava planet being edenistic... it just kind of felt weird how random it was most of the time, especially when it would probably interact with the planets in different ways.

[Thexor]

I repeat: time to invade quickly before the Pilgrim's influence radius expands. You'll get cool resources and cripple your only AI neighbour (at least until a bunch of research happens). 

Alternately, be a pacifist and expand away from your opponent. But where's the fun in pacifism? 

[kaian-a-coel]

Okay, I have now basic missiles, but I need Titanium-70 to make them. So I need to colonize a planet with titanium 70. I have a colonizer ship nearly ready. I have two possible destinations: the tundra planet or the Wonder desert planet. (the tundra colonization tech is nearly ready).


You require more Titanium.


Your choice: the cold Deki in four turns or the hot Regulus in three to four turns?


And a little overview of the Horatio Empire.

[CognitiveDissonance]

Looking good! I vote for the offensive path. They are not Horatio, and must be beautified. With missilies. Colonize that tundra, mine that titanium, and paint the sky red.

[Nirur Torir]

Looking good! I vote for the offensive path. They are not Horatio, and must be beautified. With missilies. Colonize that tundra, mine that titanium, and paint the sky Horatio.

Fixed because it would be a tragedy not to give the most beautiful name in the universe to a color. Seconded because I prefer tundras to arids, and the foes are too close to bother waiting for lasers.

Along similar lines (self-inflicted poverty), I vote dropping the taxation slider down so there's more traditional production and research.

[CognitiveDissonance]

Along similar lines (self-inflicted poverty), I vote dropping the taxation slider down so there's more Horatio.

[kaian-a-coel]

War is coming! This update is the last before glorious Horatio-made missiles start ripping apart the ugly tattooed pilgrims.
In this episode, we meet two new species, claim another world for the Horatio, and build the most powerful armada in the entire Galaxy.
Let's begin!

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Say hello to the Sophons! They come from another constellation, we cant go there yet.


YESSSS. Deki has been colonized (we can rename that). This tundra giant is soon beautified (with factories), while the sweet Titanium is exported to Horatio prime and Ybella V to be turned into missiles. Of beauty.


Pilgrims ask for formal peace. Request denied, we're going to beautify them shortly.


Our scout in Mizar is forced to flee when the Paladin One, piloted by an Admiral -whose name is too ugly to remember- attack it. Yes, this is the entire Pilgrim fleet.


Tax cuts make Horatio happy. They work quicker. Our fleet will be finished in 6 turns.


The Hitters 2 start rolling! (though the term is innapropriate... Name can't be changed, it is an actualisation of an early design, pre-3000.)
Soon 5 of them are assembled and form the First Horatio Fleet (Final name pending)


Meanwhile, research breakthrough make desert colonization possible. Suddenly, numerous planets in the hot constellation become viable targets.


Atemporal finance mean more money! a net +1 dust/turn per pop unit on arid planets.


Say hello to the Amoebas! Yes, we're awfully low-tech... You'll notice that our fleet just finished, and that our scout tried to, well, scout Mizar again. Only to get bullied out again. Pilgrims asked for peace again, and got denied again.


We'll accept the Sophons' offer, though. We can't reach them and we don't even know where they are...


And final screen of the session! Three things to see here: First, our fleet is complete and in position. Second, the Pilgrims' colony has now influence, which mean war needs to be declared. Third, we're officially the first military power of the galaxy. Cheers!

[Thexor]

Wow... Pilgrims, Amoeba, and Sophons. You probably could've played the entire game without a serious military - I don't think any of those factions would build a fleet, never mind declare war.

Oh well. Since they're all afraid of combat, we may take up arms to conquer beautify them all! Our lack of technology will soon be compensated by the sheer number of Horatios, stretching far across the constellation!

[GentlemanRaptor]

Wow... Pilgrims, Amoeba, and Sophons. You probably could've played the entire game without a serious military - I don't think any of those factions would build a fleet, never mind declare war.

Oh well. Since they're all afraid of combat, we may take up arms to conquer beautify them all! Our lack of technology will soon be compensated by the sheer number of Horatios, stretching far across the Horatio!

Constellations deserve beautiful names as well. Posting to watch, 'cause I really enjoyed Endless Space my first go at it.

[kaian-a-coel]

Wow... Pilgrims, Amoeba, and Sophons. You probably could've played the entire game without a serious military - I don't think any of those factions would build a fleet, never mind declare war.

That's not entirely true. My last game I played sophons, against sophons, pilgrims and amoebas... After a hundred turns of colonization, research and buildup, I spent most of my time at war. Wars THEY declared. True, Sophons and Amoebas went down with little to no fight, but the pilgrims threw like 20+ fleets at me, and no small ones.

[Xantalos]

O.O
WHERE IS THIS GAME AND WHERE CAN I GET IT

PTW, also.

[kaian-a-coel]

O.O
WHERE IS THIS GAME AND WHERE CAN I GET IT

PTW, also.

Steam, 30$ (well, 30€ but selling platforms tend to screw us over anyway)

[Xantalos]

O.O
WHERE IS THIS GAME AND WHERE CAN I GET IT

PTW, also.

Steam, 30$ (well, 30€ but selling platforms tend to screw us over anyway)

And I have Steam. Perfect!

[kaian-a-coel]

And here comes your daily update! served hot straight from Horatio Constellation!

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First: WAR!


Our fleets will crash in the Mizar system. Victory is unquestionable.







The first of many.


Meanwhile, our scouts encounter each other above a remote planet of the Ybela system. None is seriously damaged.


And I begin the invasion. Turn out I'll need 34 turns to complete it... We're on turn 36...


But Horatio is not discouradged easily. Research is oriented toward more powerful war machines, to haste the demise of our ugly foes.


To our great surprise, the Pilgrims built a fleet more powerful than the last. Five vessels engage ours in order to break our siege.



But our missiles prove to be too powerful for their ugly hulls. They are vaporised, failing to damage our beautiful ships.


The invasion continue, while our home system launch several satellites (a system improvement), which increase greatly our influence over the constellation. Ybela become a full-fledged colony. And we finally meet the last empire of the galaxy. Sophons, again. The orange ones.

!!FUN!! will ensue. Mizar will be claimed shortly. Vortex travel will be researched soon, too.