The Tessellate just kicked my butt

[Slick]

It was turn 223 of a single player game with 9 other TDM AI's. I started off in a bad spot and was immediately surrounded and at war with the Space Vikings in the first year. I was ranked 10th until well after turn 100. I eventually conquered the Space Vikings and Crystlonite and used their populations to undome most of my empire. Around turn 200 I was ranked 2nd, and judging by the numbers and sizes of the Tessellate fleets, they were #1 by a large margin but I was catching up fast. I had made rank #1 a few turns ago and had several fleets of ~30 dreads out capturing planets of several empires; my largest fleet was 70 dreads. I had seen a few very large fleets from the Tessellate Baseships that scared me but I basically gave them room and worked around them. Long story short, a huge Tessellate fleet glassed my homeworld, which was highly guarded and was still my main rally point due to my initial placement. Here's the gory details:


I lost 100% of:
189 Dreads, max crystal tech, mostly trained to 20%
9 max tech BC's
24 Space Station Spaceyard Bases
1 Cargo Space Station Base
1 Max tech Warp opener Battleship
1 Max tech Warp closer Battleship
1 minelayer
17 Minesweepers, mostly max tech Dreads
12 large Troop Transports with a total of > 1000 troops
10 max tech Spaceyard Dreads
20 misc smaller ships

and my HOMEWORLD which contained
spaceport for my home system
ship training facility
fleet training facility
resource converter
and the usual other facilities


He attacked with:
101 max crystal + religious tech BASESHIPS
6 max crystal + religious tech dreads

I killed:
29 of his ships and crippled a handfull more.


Oh, I've still got a lot of firepower left, and that AI just made me blow a capillary so he's going to go down hard, but this just goes to show you what can happen when those tough TDM AI's get a chance to get established. Master Belisarius, I don't know whether to congratulate you on your AI or send you a letter bomb! Just kidding, you did a great job on that AI!!!



Black_Knyght: you were asking about tough races? Link Well, I've been playing this game since SE:III and I've never had such a bad battle against an AI before.

[Kamog]

I've lost to the Tessellates many times. I agree, they are a tough opponent!

[mac5732]

101 Tellessate ships is only the beginning, I've seen them from 200-300 with the majority Baseships, so don't wait to long or they will over power you...... also they will have these numbers in more the 1 fleet, look for multiple fleets and they will also open and close worm holes on you as well they will also invade your worlds so be warned... they kicked my butt a number of times as well.... they are one of the toughest to fite if you give them a chance to expand....
They will also invade your planets, not all but some of them..

good luck and good hunting

[Black_Knyght]

I'm playing a game right now where the Tesselate and the Space Vikings are amongst those in the game.

I haven't encountered the Tesselate yet, but I did encounter the Space Vikings. And so far, I own them !!!

Gotta say that the Goa'uld and the Tholians I encountered are giving me MUCH more trouble than the Space Vikings are.

[narf poit chez BOOM]

There's a goa'uld shipset? Anyone make an ai?

[Black_Knyght]

Here's the one I use. I developed a few new , more appropriate images for it but everything else is as it was when I got it.

[mac5732]

give them a med or high bonus and then watch out.....

[Fyron]

narf poit chez BOOM said:
There's a goa'uld shipset? Anyone make an ai?

The Goa'uld shipset can be found here. It includes AI files.

[Xrati]

One of the early game empires to wath out for is the 'Rage.' They just keep sending ships at you.

[Black_Knyght]

mac5732 said:
give them a med or high bonus and then watch out.....

I'm playing against the Goa'uld with a high bonus, and they are working me HARD !!! Those S.o.B.'s just won't back off !!! And add to that they also managed to kill off the Tholians !!!