These are just some thoughts I had about the races after reading about them and playing them. I didn't really check too much if this was already around and I just wanted to put it down somewhere instead of rattling around in my brain. Also, you can put in your views about each one too, I just want to see what others thinking.
TEC:
My favorite because they are the normal humans and of course because they are not the aggressors...well, in terms of the vasari, not so much advent. When I think of TEC, I see them as they are portrayed, forced into a war and because of all the economic infrastruce already in place, easily transitions to military to become a military powerhouse (america in ww2?...except, not too good econ, lol). Now, I also think their ships should be weaker, more than they are now, but be like a swarm of ships, like thousands of weak ships and thats their only advantage, the numbers, death from a thousand cuts. I think thats how they would have been in the beginning of the war, but this is 10 years later so I guess they wouldn't be so much like that. Something I imagine...but will never happen in the game is that they should start with a shit load of money and resources but have to work hard to do research and easily and quickly build cheap ships. When I picture TEC in the current time instead of how they started, I think they are alright how they are now except for the fact I still imagine a swarm of ships...so really my only problem is that I would like them to have a much higher supply for a fleet instead of caping at 2000.
A side note, I always imagine the sova being around even before the war but just having fighters to protect other ships and very low on fighting abilitly besides anti strike craft weapons and no planet bombardment weapons. Also, because when I look at the sova, I feel it is what tec is all about...it has rapid manufacturing, show how it can build things lightning fast....and embargo, it focuses on economy above all else...so it seems like a perfect cap to represent tec...but probably only for before the war.
Advent:
When i think about the advent, I think of a society that has become very advance and act more like bees in a hive, like they collectively either think alike because of how connected or are one mind. In either case, I don't think they should have a problem with culture and I do like the sleek feel of their ships and the power they wield. I also like how they work together and alone they aren't as good unless they have complementing ships around. I can't be too sure, but for sure in the beinging of the war, when they come after TEC, it seems like there shouldn't be too many of the advent, I get the feeling they are just coming from one planet and leaving it for revenge, not to convert people but to kill. i think they should be fewer in numbers at first, but be extremely powerful like having already researched half the military stuff in the beginning and having all the culture stuff researched.
Not too much to say abou these guys because they are good except I think there should be a few of them in large groups and stick together and just attack, not care about converting or taking over planets until their mission is done...but I suppose they weren't expecting a military to face so that might cause them to start colonizing and growing in numbers.
Really, when I think of the advent, I think of them as starting out as a minor faction and then expanding if given the time.
Vasari:
They are the aliens that know everything and are fiercely powerful. When I think of the vasari in the beginning, I imagine all these level 10 caps jumping in and sucking up resources of planets, I don't really see other ships initially, just caps flying through space, running from the unknown enemy and all those other ships don't really show up cause I don't imagine them managing to go the distance that the caps can. I see them as coming from empire that was nearly unstoppable and having everything researched already...having learned from the empire, I imagine them not requiring to do any research ever, thats how I imagine them in the beginning. Maybe after 10 years, they have a real fleet instead of just caps but I think it is very slow for them to build up a fleet...they would have taken some of TEC planets but they really messed them up and that as they try to build up their ships, it cost a lot, I mean a lot, crazy amounts and it takes time because they have no real infrasture to do this. So I picture them like having a fleet of ships that are super ships but are so costly to make that they wouldn't risk losing one unless they had to. I just see them as a race thats so advance but now because they are in a war are trying to build up a force once again but it is so costly because there is no infrasture that their fleet is small...well, besides of caps, I picture them having all the caps they can have.
Anyways, those are my thoughts...only the TEC one was on my mind, not so much the other two, but I thought why not, just put it in there.
