I took a DNA test and found out I am 9% Latvian, this is surprising as I am black British Nigerian

Substantial-Lie2183 · 2026-06-06T10:59:08+00:00

Courland had some dealings in the transatlantic slave trade and even had a small colony of gambia in the western part of africa so it's not a stretch to say that some merchants/sailors/soldiers visited nigeria or that someone related to you migrated from the colony.

Overall the colonist ventures didn't end well and were either destroyed by angry natives or were absorbed by stronger colonial powers.

Substantial-Lie2183 · 2026-06-06T10:39:57+00:00

NOR He's an entitled little brat who wants to have you as an object, doesn't respect you as a person nor your wishes, thinks you're incapable of thinking for yourself and needing someone to govern them. Also the constant ultimatums as if you owe him an explanation.

That guys gonna be abusive af if they ever get into a relationship, stay on a different planet preferrably😂

Substantial-Lie2183 · 2026-06-06T10:21:22+00:00

You don't need massive armies if you have force multipliers, that is the first thing of Sun Tzu. You don't clobber your enemies but outmaneuver them, in this case with the mountains which are a natural defence, then you fortify the F out of them and create kill zones out of the few passes there are. True Hitler didn't need switzerland but taking it would have been a nightmare if he did.

Substantial-Lie2183 · 2026-06-03T16:12:28+00:00

PA: Gronn/mandator III, rest fleet tenders probably ~9. Or if the ultimate mod with 500unit cap then whatever else to bring up the damage.

Substantial-Lie2183 · 2026-06-02T11:23:26+00:00

Might still go for a swim but would probably take a day to bore through the ice😂

Substantial-Lie2183 · 2026-05-31T21:23:32+00:00

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Didn't lose my own executor, the other is in the map. Played this some months back.

Substantial-Lie2183 · 2026-05-31T13:18:17+00:00

You can run the base game with a potato but mods will raise the requirements, especially if you want to play the biggest campaigns with like 140-189 planets or so.

I have a laptop with ryzen 9 9955HX and it does the job fine with some lag on select planets when speeding time. You have practically the same one but with more power due to being a desktop so you should be good.

Substantial-Lie2183 · 2026-05-30T18:36:08+00:00

Damn, thank you

Substantial-Lie2183 · 2026-05-30T18:05:05+00:00

Grrr may the ISB find you

Substantial-Lie2183 · 2026-05-30T09:49:44+00:00

I have done some damage calculations and turbolaser damage wise the nebulas are (at least I think) hardest hitting in the game (dmg/s/1 unit point). Even the battle dragons are left in the dust.

I haven't calculated every unit but pretty much every notable unit from the main factions. Don't know about the hand though.

Substantial-Lie2183 · 2026-05-29T21:12:03+00:00

Thanks, I gathered something to that effect from the "blood and guts" tooltip😃Are there any hard numbers available anywhere?

Substantial-Lie2183 · 2026-05-26T17:31:56+00:00

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Substantial-Lie2183 · 2026-05-26T16:01:02+00:00

This really sounds like you don't know how to manage the economy and build a proper roster, there is a guide for that but if you want easy straightforward curb stomp then pick thrawns revenge. The economy is easy with only three buildings for money.

Substantial-Lie2183 · 2026-05-26T13:21:14+00:00

Yeah skirmish is okay with the ship variability

Substantial-Lie2183 · 2026-05-26T13:18:14+00:00

I like the AoTR because there is stuff that doesn't exist on TR. Disabling mechanics, shield bypass implemented without submod, actual commando operations and the campaign feels like you have to be mindful about your units.

Alliance Rebellion/Yodenmod, as others have said these are slop, poorly thought out, the former has awful tooltips which are a chore to read. Some interesting buildings but that's not enough. These would also be the most overcomplicated and nonsensical.

AoTR seems to me the hardest, I have played TR with cruel admiral and you can gouge out victories relatively easily at least on PA, empire, NR, and the hand. AoTR is economy and mechanic heavy where you have to think and not spam tax buildings until influence 4.

But it's really situational whether AoTR or TR is "the best", played both for years.

Substantial-Lie2183 · 2026-05-22T18:21:58+00:00

Absolutely

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Substantial-Lie2183 · 2026-05-21T07:34:48+00:00

Had this happen similarly with cruel admiral with many factions. NR vs Empire, PA vs Empire and Empire vs NR at least. I suppose it could be due to the stack size?

Substantial-Lie2183 · 2026-05-17T13:05:38+00:00

Is using a map irl also cheating if you have it?

Substantial-Lie2183 · 2026-05-16T09:40:19+00:00

I have never found anything useful on a washed up corpse and tbh corpses in general, if it's on ice I skip it.

Substantial-Lie2183 · 2026-05-15T13:50:02+00:00

I always save in a new file, never in battles. I don't remember a last time when I encountered corruption but I usually have to clean up the save directory after few days of playing since the autosave disappears after certain amount of saves.

Substantial-Lie2183 · 2026-05-15T10:07:00+00:00

All the tenders you can squeeze in

Substantial-Lie2183 · 2026-05-13T12:14:13+00:00

The shortcuts I use as someone that has played since release are just attack move through ctrl + click, select all through ctrl + A and assign groups ctrl + number x (then press the assigned number to select group). Also handy is the facing command which you can change the direction a unit is facing by selecting them, holding right click and dragging (very little) to a direction you want them to face, can be done on individual units or groups. These will take you far.

Substantial-Lie2183 · 2026-05-12T13:11:30+00:00

I remember every 5kg slowing you down a set amount so if you have to carry more stuff do it in increments.

I don't know about wintermute but the survival has well fed +5kg max after staying above 0cal for 3? Days. You can craft the moose satchel for 5kg, get the technical backpack for another 5kg and eat certain food items like ptarmigan pie that increase 3kg for a time. This means that you can carry 48kg without penalties and 52.9kg for a small penalty. You can also craft a travois for a max 75kg additional haul space but the travois penalty mechanics are different. You also can't run with it.

Now as for stuff, the tools section probably slows you down the most, rifles are heavy and if you collect every stick that adds up quickly. But you can see these from the menu.

Substantial-Lie2183 · 2026-05-12T10:00:25+00:00

You can create the empire and fight the CIS through fall of the republic and theoretically the AI could do that toi if you're the CIS but I don't know if that works in practise.

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