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One of my favorites too, OP.
>playing as the Kaidan, start near the rim of the upper galactic north northeast
>never get much further expansion-wise than that, maybe 9 planets or so when all the other empires had more than double-digit numbers of colonies
>but that’s fine because this is Distant Worlds Universe and the mechanics allow for tall vs wide play to be really fun regardless of which you end up with
>Kaidans are the super-geeks anyways, soon have best tech in the galaxy, and close relations with the Ancient Guardians
>Shakturi events start late game, they end up settling on a planet on the rim to the far galactic east
>Shakturi do what Shakturi do, fuck everyone’s shit up
>get granted a fleet of high tech Guardian ships, set off to blow up Shakturi
>ALERT ALERT ALERT SHAKTURI PLANET DESTORYER EN ROUTE TO COLONY
>and not just any colony, it’s my homeworld
>Shakturi planet destroyer warps right atop the homeworld of the Kaidan, main weapon charging to fire
>overall its ~30 seconds of in-game time before it fires, and having not actually played the Shakturi event before, all my fleets are horribly out of position
>Kaidan homeworld turned to dust moments later
>overall the Shakturi planet buster fleet was able to take out one or two more Kaidan colonies out before finally being cornered and obliterated
>at this point the other Empires have been besieging the Shakturi homeworld
>mostly just a blockade, the Shakturi can’t build any ships that aren’t immediately blown up but their ground presence is too fortified to take with a planetary invasion
>orbital bombardment is also not an option since their planetary shield generator actually stops all bombardment from working
>however I do notice during a failed invasion that if friendly forces are on the ground, the shield generator turns off
>fuck it, this is for Kaidania
>gather all the troops, prepare the nuclear bombs, and land everyone on that bug hole at once

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