hobknob Posted May 13, 2017 Report Share Posted May 13, 2017 How about this Find DMX orbital platform(s) Get defeated for a very long time since the platforms are in the XXXXXX of tons (big) Finally destroy platform What? No pop group, no ground battles, no spoils??? Meanwhile Neighbors see you are distracted Build lots of ships Wait until you are committed Attack HW Capture HW endgame. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fremen Posted May 14, 2017 Report Share Posted May 14, 2017 well that doesn't sound like fun at all. nope not one bit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Deependra Posted May 14, 2017 Report Share Posted May 14, 2017 That's the worry. Other than stopping the Death Machines attacking my ships, I don't know if there are any benefits to attacking their worlds, plus I have no idea how well defended they are. Still, someone has to find out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glamdring Posted May 17, 2017 Author Report Share Posted May 17, 2017 I destroyed another 3 light cruisers and a minelayer this turn, plus I think I have found a Death Machine home system. Unfortuantely, it has 23 planets so it will take a while to search the system for their base(s). Here is what you will find: Alien Fleet Sighting : Hopedale - 1 [in-system move by empire # xxxx] DMX Death Machines # 9999 'Metallic Sphere Orbiting Dead World' [Zulu] CORE0617 1 OMP SFAC-88 (Orbital Mining Platform - 1,200,000,000 tons) 12 BM MRS1 (Monitor - 2,500,000 tons) [each] 6 BB B4M (Battleship - 4,000,000 tons) [each] The evidence suggests that no one can deal with this enemy until they have Trizenium Flex Plate and some advanced weapons. Furthermore, I see no evidence of DMX troop berthings and I have no reason to believe that there is any Population,troops, or Installations of any kind on the lonely Terrestrial world with a Vacuum atmosphere where I found this DMX Core world. I won't bore anyone with the descriptions of these ships but if you have any juicy gossip or information maybe we could trade info. Are any of the older hands from Andromeda ready to say if this kind of force was typical in the early years of that Galaxy? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fremen Posted May 17, 2017 Report Share Posted May 17, 2017 Not even close. As I recall, about 2 years into Andromeda a 7.5 million ton warship with gen 4/5 weapons and defenses was state of the art. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Deependra Posted May 17, 2017 Report Share Posted May 17, 2017 Sounds like the best plan might be to blockade the warp point out of the DMX system and then ignore them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fremen Posted May 17, 2017 Report Share Posted May 17, 2017 That should work if they keep sending cruisers to break the blockade. It might even be possible to set up a colony in system and build a large orbital and tow it to the warp point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 17, 2017 Report Share Posted May 17, 2017 Just release the rabbits on them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glamdring Posted May 25, 2017 Author Report Share Posted May 25, 2017 I was just started exploring a new system, that is claimed by my local franchise of the DMX. I appear to have uncovered a trend. These are the worlds of this new system: 1 Asteroid Field 0.6 1 Vacuum2 Terrestrial 0.9 5404 Vacuum3 Terrestrial 1.2 9373 Vacuum The trend of Terrestrial worlds with a vacuum atmosphere in these DMX claimed systems leads me to theorize that the OMP (Orbital Mining Platforms) are moving from world to world and system to system. They are destroying all planets that might support lifeforms. If that theory is correct are they doing it with a specific kind of weapon or is it in the code? I saw no particular weapon on the OMP that could do this damage so I believe it is in the code. Perhaps they stay on a world for two turns (more or less) and it is blighted and then start the process anew elsewhere. The blockade theory will be toast. God help your ships when the OMP decides to move through the warp gate to a new system and you stand in its way. I will drop down to one of these planets and do a GEO and ORB and see what clues can be gleamed, assuming my pathfinder can evade the enemy yet again. I wonder if the OMP strips a world of all minerals and reduce the yields to Zero. Does anyone for the early days of Andromeda know the workings of the OMP's and the movements of the DMX OMP's? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fremen Posted May 25, 2017 Report Share Posted May 25, 2017 Did the OMP have a mode of propulsion? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glamdring Posted May 25, 2017 Author Report Share Posted May 25, 2017 Did the OMP have a mode of propulsion? Hmmm..........I did not check my records closely enough! No the OMP has no Propulsion or fuel tanks. My theory will need a bit of modification. The possibilities are: 1. The OMP is producing a yet unseen ship(s) capable of rendering worlds lifeless and is sending them out from its core world.. The Light cruisers loaded with WMD do not appear to be candidates 2. The OMP is using unknown technology to move about ( i.e. code abilities or magic). 3. It is just random chance that I am seeing these terrestrial worlds with no atmosphere in close proximity to each other in DMX space I am open to other ideas but these appear to be the only explanations of my observations. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fremen Posted May 25, 2017 Report Share Posted May 25, 2017 A more plausible theory is that you have stumbled across the main DMX production facility for that sector DMX. Once eliminated the DMX won't be able to produce any more ships in that sector and can be hunted down and destroyed. The trick is to take down that beast. As you had mentioned before it will take some pretty advanced weapons and armor to hang in the fight long enough for victory. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glamdring Posted May 25, 2017 Author Report Share Posted May 25, 2017 A more plausible theory is that you have stumbled across the main DMX production facility for that sector DMX. No, thats not it........clearly the Core world is at Hopedale-1. This is a world nearby Hopedale-1 (as yet I have not mapped out the connection) but is claimed by the same DMX Group as Hopedale-1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 25, 2017 Report Share Posted May 25, 2017 Will My Theory is destroy them all and let the space rabbits have them for food or sit back and study them to destroy them later on Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richardjohns Posted May 25, 2017 Report Share Posted May 25, 2017 I have a system that has a terrestrial with a vacuum Orbit Type Orb Distance(AU's) Diameter (km) Atmosphere 1 Terrestrial 0.4 10288 Vacuum 2 Gas Giant 0.8 2a Asteroid Belt 6568 Vacuum . . . There are other asteroids in this system with vacuum and I have another system with a Terrestrial as a vacuum. I could be wrong but nothing might be wrong. However, if I am wrong then have a look it might be neat to see what the DMX are doing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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