Hi all, After I posted the Trek 2000 soundpack I decided to install the game, and play it with the soundpack. Even after all these years of not playing Trek 2000 I can say I've still got the touch. That is I'm still a seriously competent Starfleet commander and all around good guy.
I started up the game on the Bring Them On level expecting myself to be a bit rusty. I was, but not enough to effect the outcome of the war. I Started out by pulling my fleet together so I could hit the enemy as a single attack fleet. Unfortunately, that didn't quite happen as I had intended. It so happened that a Tholian starbase was not more than 10 units from Starbase 2 and three Tholians moved in to position to hit Starbase 2. U.S.S. Enterprise and Yorktown showed up in time to keep them from destroying the station and we made short work of the three Tholian creeps who thought they'd kick off the enemy offensive by taking out a Federation Starbase. Enterprise took up station near Starbase 2 while Yorktown started pumping phasers into the Tholian station. As expected two Tholians broke off their attack to save the Tholian station which was a faint on my part. Their mistake. I dropped a mine and warped out of range of their weapons. A move later both Tholian ships and the station were turned into space dust. The third Tholian moved in and attacked Enterprise and hit it with a Tholian web. Enterprise crippled the ship with 4500 units of phaser energy, and Yorktown finished him off with another 4000 units or so. Meanwhile Defiant managed to run head long into the main enemy battle fleet. Three Romulans, a Tholian, and four Klingon ships. Let's just say Defiant smoked two of the Romulans, but with that kind of odds Defiant's days were numbered. The other ships moved in and blew Defiant to pieces. Fortunately, Valiant wasn't far away and caught the enemy attack fleet unaware and blew away a Klingon ship, damaged a second, and one of the Romulan ships took some minor damage from phaser fire. To finish the job I dropped a mine and ran back to Starbase 1 for resupplies. Well, after a move or so the mine went off, destroyed the Romulan, toasted two Klingons, and damaged the fourth Klingon, the fourth Romulan, and Tholian. This not only knocked down their forces it gave Valiant time to reach the Starbase and reload up on energy, photons, and prepare to meet the battle fleet head on if need be. Given these odds I dispatched Yorktown to Starbase 1 to back Valiant up. Unfortunately, it never made it. For reasons unexplained the enemy fleet didn't chase Valiant to Starbase 1 and chose to intercept Yorktown as she made her way to Starbase 1. They got in some lucky shots, and Yorktown died from a well placed ambush. Now, by this time I'm boiling with a desire for revenge. I wait on station for the enemy fleet to arrive. Not surprising it was something of a slaughter. I blew away the last romulan and smoked the Klingon ship as they came in. I kept my energy levels at maximum waiting for the final Tholian to fall into my trap. He did. He trapped Valiant in a web, and knocked her shields down. In return both Valiant an Starbase 1 opened fire on the Tholian ship.The Tholian ship blew apart in a spectacular explosion and the war was over. Oh, I may have been rusty, but I'm still master of the game. In total it took me 28 moves to grind the enemy fleet down to size and eliminate all 12 enemy ships and one station. Given a few more moves I still had enough firepower to smoke some of the other enemy starbases too. The funny thing is most of the enemies were dispatched and destroyed by the U.S.S. Valiant. One single ship took out four Romulans, Four Klingons, and a Tholian ship. Without a doubt that makes Starfleet the best military fleet in the Alpha Quadrant. --- Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [email protected]. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://mail.audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to [email protected].
