Sons Of Earth Campaign:

This AAR follows the exploits of the sons of earth. Having been a fan of Grand Strat. For so long and always, always liked the idea of humanity crafting its way into the galaxy ive decided to link on if you will, the idea of colonizing alpha centauri from the end of the civilization series to the start of Galciv2. I don’t have the expansion and cant afford it either (darn student situation) so this is just the vanilla DL.

*Some liberties taken*After leaving earth in the year 2022, the sons of earth departed their intended flight plan to inspect a strange gravitational anomaly only to be transported across the known galaxy into a distant quadrant of space. Upon Arrival of here they managed to discover a lush world similar to that of earth and over the next 200 years made their new home on new Alpha Centauri. 200 years past and they found their new home to be lush and fertile with no need to venture into the stars just yet as they were happy to build on and develop their new home.

Amazingly through their journey they never encountered alien beings. This was to come as a shock when they managed to intercept an alien transmission arriving from earth detailing the schematics of a revolutionary new engine capable of great speeds and allowing the Sons of Earth to travel great distances at speeds unfathomable before. This transmission stirred up great nostalgia and anxiety for the eldest of the colonists who remember Earth as being an idyllic home that they truly miss. But this caused great curiosity for them; an alien transmission from earth? Had Earth made contact with aliens since they left for alpha centaury or had Earth been conquered? The nostalgia for Earth was lost on the young generations of Alpha Centauri however as they had never seen or heard from Earth and felt more abandoned than anything else. This had polarised their politics for some time and if the sons of earth were to make contact with their homeworld again it is unsure as to how they will proceed, Will they exact revenge for being abandoned? Or will they be welcomed back into the now called Terran Federation?

On the world of Alpha Centauri, once they received the transmission, among other things they learned to listen for the right signs in order to detect life. This quadrant, it seems is teeming with stars, and many of which looks like they contain habitable planets. They also learn that there are many splinter colonies of many alien races in this sector. They Decide that the possibility of Earth being overrun and conquered means that they must start colonising as fast as possible in order to provide the strongest possible resistance to these new races.

Game Stats:

Galciv 2 DL, no DA expansion.

Difficulty: crippling
All random galaxy

Sons Of Earth Stats:
Federalists,
+20% Morale
+30% Population growth
+50% military production
+6% Logistics

Starting Techs:
Hyperdrive, Ion drive, Xeno Engineering, Xeno Research.


It looks like a huge galaxy has been spawned (phew not a gigantic one) and it looks like I’m on the North Eastern long edge of the sector, with splinter colonies of Earth in the eastern corner, the Drath in the southern corner, the Drengin in the SW long edge, thalan in the northern corner and the Yor and Torians to the west. There are quite a few stars around and quite a few clustered around me, but a relative empty dead spot in the middle, and one isolating the Thalan and Drath in their corners.

In an effort to colonise as fast as possible the sons of earth have taken a very simple policy; build as fast as possible and put as many engines on a ship as possible. I immediately redesign the colony ship to include two engines and order my starport to start churning out my colony MKIIs.

First thing I do is to is to drop taxes, to increase morale to 100%, drop social and military prod to 0 and bump research to 100% to get impulse drive(speed bonus). I Buy my 1st colony MKII and factory, and send my 1st colony to the north to look for habitable planets.

Not only do I find somewhere to colonise, I find two planets, but I find two; Lacaille I (class 10) and Duche class (10 as well). I send my MKII to follow and land on both while purchasing another couple MKIIs and a market centre. I plan on having 6 factories on AC, an economic hub on Lacaille and a Research centre on Duche. Planetfall. Yes! I mean No! Lacaille has a precursor factory +700%. I can build a factory here, but it will screw over my economy bad. Im forced to change Duche to an economy hub, and leave AC with just two factories and develop as another Economy planet. I must build a factory not on the bonus tile to avoid bankruptcy and build there later.

I buy a few markets on AC and am down to 500bc with –50bc a week. I finally get Impulse drive and Stellar Cartography and drop my research funding to concentrate on military and social. I also have to bump up tax to 35 and drop IC to stop deficit spending. It takes about 7 turns for a colony ship which is slow, but it looks like the others are taking a while to get going. My FS has been travelling south and found Leto I and IV, both class 11. It seems there are abundant habitable planets and common planets one or the other way round.

April: My movt. 5 MKIIs are getting round the show a bit and I have colonised a few planets by May, but im just not producing fast enough and I’m really lagging in research. Now I find Andersona just to my east with a +300% research! Score! But is it enough?

Now I see that the rush is underway and everyone is advancing and have built a few colonies as well. But the thalans are still in their corner. I now start actively trying to cut them out and colonise towards them. But it looks like its just too late as in June and July, right when im arriving the thalans snaffle up Quatrale I and IV and in august they’re advancing.

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I concede a couple class 6 planets to preoccupy them and turn my expansion south-west. In September I now have a decent economic base so my +700% factory goes online and I’m up and running. Both AC and Lacille are producing colony ships every 3 turns. But the precursor factory has caused me to drop my IC and raise taxes as my economy strains to churn out those colony ships.

October: my Flag ship having made absolutely no discoveries until now finally does some good as I discover 2500bc! Payday! My taxes drop like a lead balloon and up comes my IC. My morale is steady and I hold my tax at the max to ensure 100% morale and its only –167bc/week! But my research is lying in a pool of its own fecal matter, so I have to increase it. When I find Ditla II to the south west and siblia IV to the south, both class 10 or so, and despatch my colony ships. This is when I say hi to the Torians who have crossed the void and beat me to colonies in my own star cluster! How’d they get there? When my colonists arrive on Ditla I find a Precursor library! ive bought a lab there faster than Paris was back in Jail.

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I also just pip the thalans to the other Ditla planet to keep their influence away from me. Notice not a full compliment of colonists as the population of Lacaille is just not growing fast enough to churn out a full compliment.

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And to the south, in Siblia IV find another freakin Precursor factory! Do I even have enough people to support these?

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So, I have two manufacturing capitals in the centre of my empire (Alpha Centauri and Lacaille) and one on the southern fringe of my cluster (Siblia). By December the Yor have shown up on my doorstep, where did they come from? Movement 10? GOOD GOD! It puts my movement 5 to shame! I am lagging in research! They’ve taken the last planets in my cluster! Roddy Buggers! Im sending my remaining colony ships south to claim the planets ignored by the terrans and my eyes turn towards the thalans. The best defence IS a good offence, and these insects are going down. My can of fly spray is rattling.

My precursor factories are sapping credits and my IC is only about 60%. The Elders have made a great coup in the government and it looks like we are to pursue peace with the terrans and my freighters are heading their way to gain useful income. But i think the youth realise that as long as the Thalans, Torians and Yor are in my star cluster, the Terrans shall be useful. But I think its only a matter of time before the elders kark it…


This is how things are after the first year… to be continued.

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