25.06.17

It has been forever since I've lost a battle. My massive fleets are present in every single one of my systems, for I am constantly under siege from all sides and from all empires. There must be at least five battles happening at all times, yet despite all this, not only I have I not lost a single battle, I have not lost even a single ship. Most flee before I can engage them, others perish before so much as scratching my ships. I am by all means invincible. Sadly, time is not on my side, as there is one other empire who is working on a project to end this war once and for all. My conquests are slow, and I fear I may not be able to stop them in time. But suddenly, my scientists alert me of a new discovery. They tell me of a piece of Endless technology capable of shattering planets. Surely this would hasten my war efforts, for I have no need of the planets of my enemies, I simply need them not working for who they do now. I order as much of my empire to switch around to science production as possible, and get to work on researching this technology, as well as a ship large enough to fit this device. Further along the line, I set in motion a counter-project for ending this war. We are close to unlocking the secrets of the Endless, and with all of their knowledge combined, we can finish the war. As the planet destroyer's research draws to a close, I order one to go into production. A special fleet is prepared as an escort, and in due time, it is finished. I immediately receive a plea for a truce, but I reject it. I will settle for no less than total eradication. This universe shall be wiped clean of all lifeforms, just as this universe is eradicating ours. It is only fair that we take this one in exchange. The destroyer arrives at its first target. In a panic, they manage to muster a large enough fleet to destroy one of the ships protecting my destroyer. It's been a long time since that last happened. But their now shattered planet serves as a fair trade. I move on to the next one, slowly approaching their homeworlds.

So, yeah, the Endless Space 2 game is really starting to drag on as I have to fight a ton of battles each turn and carefully manage all my systems to make sure I don't slip anywhere. Unless someone manages to ninja a victory condition past me, I should be on my way to a Science Victory, but that'll still take around 50 turns - about 4 hours at the current pace. Honestly, I feel like as always, that the only true victory time should be complete elimination, but I didn't know if they'd managed some good victory conditions before I started. Apparently not, but I'm stuck with them for the current game. So if all goes well, I'll finish this run tomorrow.